Head of Compliance & Customer Protection

Social Discovery Group (SDG) is a group of social discovery companies. SDG solves the problems of loneliness, isolation, and disconnection - transforming virtual intimacy into the new normal. SDG’s products redefine the way people interact and connect with one another.

Our portfolio includes social entertainment platforms designed to connect people online across different cultures and regions of the world.

We bring together a team of like-minded people and IT professionals who specialize in creating and developing globally impactful social discovery products. Our international team of digital nomads works remotely from all over the world.

We’re proud to be a two-time “Great Place to Work” winner (USA & Japan, 2024–2025) and a Top-5 Company for Work-From-Anywhere Jobs (FlexJobs, 2025).

We are looking for a Head of Compliance & Customer Protection to join our team.

Your main tasks will be:

• Merge moderation and Customer Protection into one process: signal → risk assessment → review → decision → enforcement → appeal;
• Manage moderation of clients and partners: set review priorities, SLAs, quality control and the review of wrongful restrictions;
• Run investigations of complaints and violations: fraud, pressure on clients and other prohibited practices; ensure evidence and proportionate decisions;
• Develop and update rules together with Legal; turn agreed requirements into instructions for moderators, Support, Supply and partners;
• Ensure decisions are enforced across teams: Support communicates with the client, Supply drives partner actions, Compliance checks that the violation is fixed and does not recur;
• Remove root causes of repeat violations: change checks, rules, partner training and product requirements based on investigation findings;
• Automate checks with error control: together with ML and automation, choose processes to automate and set requirements for accuracy, manual review, appeals and rollback;
• Manage the team (in-house and freelancers) and the function's efficiency: plan workload, train people, review errors, control the speed, quality and cost of checks;
• Report the risk picture: serious and repeat violations, misses, wrongful blocks, investigation timelines and enforcement of measures.

We expect from you:

• Building an end-to-end risk process: intake, risk assessment, investigation, decision, enforcement, appeal;
• Moderation management: priorities, SLAs, quality control, sample-based review;
• Investigations: collecting evidence, recognising fraud and pressure patterns, proportionate measures;
• Turning legal requirements into operational rules and instructions for several teams;
• Automating checks with ML: requirements for accuracy, manual review, appeals and rollback; evaluating pilots by missed violations and wrongful blocks;
• Data and reporting: case tracking by risk, cause, timing, decisions and recurrence; checking data quality and separating the effect of measures from changes in volume.

What do we offer:

• REMOTE OPPORTUNITY to work full-time;
• The initial pay level or pay range for this role will be shared with candidates during the recruitment process and before the commencement of employment;
• Vacation 28 calendar days per year;
• 7 wellness days per year (time off) that can be used to deal with household issues, to lie down and recover without taking sick leave;
• Children's education reimbursement. 50% compensation for the costs of kindergarten or school, up to $1000 gross per year per child, according to the paychecks after the integration period.
• Bonuses up to $5000 for recommending successful applicants for positions in the company;
• 50% payment for professional training, international conferences, and meetings;
• Corporate discount for English lessons;
• ​Health benefits. According to the paychecks, if you are not eligible for corporate medical insurance, the company will compensate you with up to $ 1,000 gross per year per employee. This can be spent on self-purchase of health insurance or on doctor’s fees for yourself and close relatives (spouse, children);
• ​Workplace organization. The company provides all employees with an equipped workplace and all the necessary equipment (table, armchair, wifi, etc.) in our offices or co-working locations. In the other locations, the company provides reimbursement of workplace costs up to $ 1000 gross once every 3 years, according to the paychecks. This money can be spent on the rent of the co-working room, on equipping the working place at home (desk, chair, Internet, etc.) during those 3 years;
• Internal gamified gratitude system: receive bonuses from colleagues and exchange them for our merchandise, team building activities, massage certificates, etc.

Sounds good? Join us now!