Chief Compliance Officer
Atlys
Legal
India · Delhi, India
Posted on Feb 2, 2026
Job description
🎯 Atlys' mission is to enable every person on earth to travel freely.
At Atlys, we believe that the path to creating a more open world is by making it efficient to travel. Travelers cite visas as the most frustrating pain point, and we're starting by automating that completely. We're looking for talented people who are interested in building the future of travel alongside us.
Building technology to increase global movement liquidity will be one of the most exciting developments in decades. If you are curious why the smartest people want to work at Atlys, read this post.
As we scale across countries, products, and partnerships, compliance is the backbone of trust. The Chief Compliance Officer will own end-to-end compliance for Atlys globally.
Job requirements
You will design compliance frameworks, ensure platform level regulatory adherence, manage risk, engage with government bodies, and build governance systems.
The Job
Platform Compliance: Ensure Atlys products and processes remain fully compliant by design across all markets, embedding regulatory controls into workflows and systems.
Government Compliance: Own adherence to all regulatory requirements, licenses, filings, statutory reporting, and audits across operating geographies.
Board Governance: Drive compliance strategy, establish governance frameworks, and present structured risk and compliance updates directly to the Board.
Risk Management: Build controls to identify, monitor, and mitigate regulatory, operational, and reputational risks while enabling business growth.
AML and Privacy: Oversee AML, KYC, sanctions screening, fraud controls, and data privacy compliance globally, ensuring strong monitoring and reporting mechanisms.
Regulatory Engagement: Act as the primary interface with regulators, external auditors, and government authorities, ensuring proactive and transparent relationships.
The Ideal Candidate
Experience: 10+ years in compliance leadership within fintech, travel tech, payments, or other regulated industries.
Strong understanding of AML, KYC, sanctions, data privacy, licensing, and global regulatory frameworks.
Proven ability to build and operationalize compliance functions from scratch in high-growth environments.
Comfortable engaging regulators, auditors, investors, senior leadership.
Capable of moving from strategy to hands-on implementation in a fast-paced startup setting.
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