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Director, Product Risk and Compliance

Discord
San Francisco, CA, USANew York, NY, USAWashington, DC, USA
Posted 2 days ago
Last seen 1 day ago
Active
full-time
Legal
US base salary range for this full-time position is $260,000 to $325,000+ equity + benefits

Job Summary

Lead Discord's global product risk and compliance as a Director, overseeing privacy, safety, and security. This senior role offers the chance to build robust compliance programs and influence product strategy at a leading gaming and social platform.

About this job

Discord is seeking a Director, Product Risk and Compliance to lead its global product compliance function, focusing on privacy, safety, security, and consumer protection. This senior leadership role involves building operational systems, setting strategic direction, and providing deep subject matter expertise across multiple compliance domains to ensure Discord stays ahead of its obligations.

Requirements

- 12+ years of experience in compliance, risk management, or a related field, with demonstrated experience leading compliance functions across multiple subject matter areas - Breadth across at least two core domains: privacy (GDPR, CCPA, and global privacy frameworks), online safety and content regulation (DSA, COPPA, children's safety laws), or security compliance (SOC 2, ISO 27001, NIST CSF) - Experience owning risk registers, building and maintaining control libraries, setting maturity targets, and producing risk reporting for different audiences - Experience managing teams across multiple compliance disciplines, with the people management and prioritization skills to lead a function of seven or more people across three distinct areas - Strong executive communication skills, able to represent our risk and compliance posture clearly and credibly to senior leadership, make realistic tradeoffs out loud, and bring stakeholders along without overpromising - A real point of view on how compliance programs should be built and run, and the ability to adapt that philosophy to Discord's stage, culture, and risk profile - Comfort operating in a fast-moving environment with incomplete information

Benefits & Perks

- Equity - Benefits - Reasonable accommodations during the interview process - Opportunity to work on a multiplatform, multigenerational, and multiplayer platform focused on gaming and friendships

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