Senior Manager, FinCrimes/AML – KYC at Polymarket

About Polymarket Polymarket is the world's largest prediction market platform. We enable individuals to express views on real-world events by trading on outcomes across politics, economics, sports, culture, and current affairs. Built as a peer-to-peer marketplace with no centralized "house," Polymarket aggregates diverse opinions into transparent, market-based probabilities that reflect collective expectations about the future. We're growing fast, both in terms of volume ($21B traded in 2025) and adoption as an alternative news source. Our ambition is to become a ubiquitous beacon of truth in global media and we need your help adding fuel to the fire. About the Role Polymarket US is hiring a Senior Manager of KYC to own our Know Your Customer program end-to-end. This is a hands-on leadership role sitting within the Legal and Compliance function. You will be responsible for the design, implementation, and ongoing maintenance of our CIP, CDD, and EDD processes, and you will manage a team of KYC analysts who execute against those programs daily. The mandate is clear: build a KYC program that meets CFTC, BSA, and OFAC requirements, scales with our growth, and does not create unnecessary friction for customers trying to get on the platform. This role matters because Polymarket is operating in a fast-moving regulatory environment, and we need someone who has been here before. You will be setting the standards, writing the procedures, and making the calls that determine how we identify and manage customer risk across the full client lifecycle, including clearing members, market participants, and institutional clients. You will coordinate closely with Operations, Product, and Legal to make sure KYC requirements are embedded into onboarding workflows from the start, not bolted on after the fact. If you have personally rebuilt or designed a KYC framework at a regulated FinTech or derivatives firm, managed a team of AML analysts through a period of real growth, and navigated a regulatory exam without significant findings, this role was written for you. What You'll Do Own and continuously maintain Polymarket's KYC program, including all CIP, CDD, and EDD policies, procedures, and process documentation, keeping them current with CFTC, NFA, and BSA requirements. Design and refine the customer risk rating methodology, including documentation standards, escalation criteria, and decisioning frameworks, and recalibrate it as customer profiles and regulatory expectations evolve. Review and adjudicate escalated EDD cases from the analyst team, and establish quality assurance and quality control processes to ensure KYC files are consistent, accurate, and audit-ready. Manage a team of KYC analysts, including hiring, training, coaching, and performance management, with a focus on building a high-performing team that can scale with the business. Partner with Product and Operations to embed KYC and CIP requirements into onboarding workflows for new products, resolving bl