Compliance Lead

Decentralized Masters

. The Compliance Lead is the operational owner of legal and regulatory compliance across the entire organization.

Posted 4/21/2026full-timeRemote • Florida, Texas • 🇺🇸 United StatesSeniorWebsite

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

The Compliance Lead is the operational owner of legal and regulatory compliance across the entire organization.
Build infrastructure, enforce standards, manage external counsel relationships, and serve as the front line of risk management for every department that touches customers, marketing, or revenue.
Establish and operate a formal pre-launch review process for all external marketing assets such as ads, landing pages, and email sequences.
Build and maintain a versioned asset library with compliance notes, approval status, and review history for marketing collateral.
Develop and enforce a testimonial and income claims system in compliance with FTC’s 2023 Endorsement Guides.
Review and approve sales webinar scripts and one-on-one sales frameworks before use.
Conduct post-webinar compliance audits and feedback sessions with sales leadership.
Implement a restatement protocol for all sales interactions.
Conduct a full risk assessment of all current products and maintain compliance glossary.
Review and update student onboarding agreements and manage compliance tracking.

Requirements

What you’ll need

Background in a compliance, legal, or risk management role within FTC-regulated marketing, financial publishing, fintech, or direct-response marketing. Familiarity with crypto, DeFi, or broader fintech regulatory landscape (SEC, CFTC, and state-level securities laws are a plus).
Hands-on knowledge of FTC Endorsement Guides (2023 update), TCPA, CAN-SPAM, and the Publisher’s Exemption under the Investment Advisers Act of 1940.
Direct exposure to affiliate ecosystem compliance: monitoring affiliate claims, drafting affiliate agreements, and managing takedowns.
Experience reviewing marketing copy, VSLs, email sequences, and webinar scripts for compliance risk in a high-volume, fast-moving content environment.
Typicality and earnings claim analysis: understands the distinction between specific income claims, lifestyle claims, and substantiated educational context.
Understands digital marketing mechanics: funnels, copywriting psychology, affiliate channels, and how promotional content is constructed — not just reviewed.
Can translate legal risk into business-friendly decisions: says “no” when required but always brings an alternative.
Comfortable working without a formal legal team above them — this role is the team. Must be a self-starter who builds systems from scratch.
Strong written communication: produces clear, actionable compliance memos, policy documents, and feedback that non-attorneys can act on.
Commercially aware: understands that compliance is a business enabler, not a roadblock. The goal is compliant revenue growth, not revenue prevention.
High sense of urgency: DM is a fast-moving content organization. The Compliance Lead must be able to turn around reviews quickly and communicate clearly about timelines.
Low ego, high standards: this person will push back on marketing, sales, and leadership when needed. Must do so confidently and constructively.
Pattern-recognition instinct for enforcement: when reviewing content, conversations, business products and initiatives, the internal question is always “would a regulatory body flag this?”

Benefits

Comp & perks

Competitive salary - benchmarked to experience and output, not just credentials
Full access to DM courses and educational resources
Direct exposure to the founders and senior leadership - your work will be seen
100% remote and async-friendly culture
The chance to build and own the organic growth function from the ground up
A brand with a real audience and real students - your work will have measurable impact immediately

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Hard Skills & Tools

compliance managementrisk assessmentFTC Endorsement GuidesTCPACAN-SPAMaffiliate compliancemarketing copy reviewearnings claim analysisdigital marketing mechanicspolicy document production

Soft Skills

strong written communicationself-starterhigh sense of urgencylow egohigh standardspattern recognitionbusiness-friendly decision makingconstructive feedbackclear communicationcommercial awareness