Regulatory & Compliance
Professionals in this role navigate the intersection of product development, regulatory evolution, and operational scaling within AI companies, managing compliance programs that span data protection, government contracting, export controls, and emerging AI-specific rules. They operate as strategic executors who translate complex regulatory requirements into practical workflows, coordinate across Legal, Engineering, Product, and Business teams, and build scalable processes that enable rapid innovation while maintaining risk discipline. These roles typically sit within Legal or Legal/Compliance functions at growth-stage AI companies, working closely with senior counsel and compliance leadership to anticipate regulatory shifts, operationalize compliance controls, and support both routine reviews and high-stakes government engagements. What distinguishes this work from traditional compliance is the need to move at algorithmic speed—advising on novel regulatory questions, managing multi-jurisdictional trade controls and AI-specific restrictions, and integrating compliance early in the product lifecycle rather than retrofitting it afterward.
Measured across 54 of 54 open postings.
This role is advertised at 3 levels, so a single figure for the role would describe none of them. Experience and pay are the midpoints for each level on its own.
| Level | Share | Median years | Median pay |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mid | 31%(17) | 5 | — |
| Senior | 28%(15) | 8 | — |
| Manager | 22%(12) | 8 | — |
A dash means too few postings stated it to report a midpoint. Most companies do not publish a salary band, so pay is indicative rather than a market rate. 3 levels with fewer than 10 open postings are not shown.
“how we use Legora to operationalize legal work”
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“partnering with Product, Engineering, Design, Data (PEDD) to develop the tooling, automation, and AI-enabled capabilities”
“shape how Internal Audit approaches Artificial Intelligence (AI)”
Requirements are a share of every open posting, so a role missing from this list is one where almost nobody asks. Work mode is different: many postings never say, so that figure counts only the ones that do. A posting stops being advertised when it is filled, cancelled or reorganised, so read the last figure as how long these stay on the market, not as time to hire.
Skills
What companies are looking for in this role.
Compliance program management
Internal controls and audit readiness
Process design and improvement
Security policy and standards
Security risk management
Contract negotiation
Security engineering
Data quality and governance
Data privacy compliance
Regulatory compliance and document control
Security program strategy
Third-party risk management
AI governance and trust advisory
Compliance automation
AI regulatory compliance
Cross-functional collaboration
Technical communication
Translating legal into business guidance
Detail and documentation rigor
Technology
The tools and technologies that define this role.
Open Jobs
54 open Regulatory & Compliance jobs across 22 companies.
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