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LinkedIn is the world’s largest professional network, built to create economic opportunity for every member of the global workforce. Our products help people make powerful connections, discover exciting opportunities, build necessary skills, and gain valuable insights every day. We’re also committed to providing transformational opportunities for our own employees by investing in their growth. We aspire to create a culture that’s built on trust, care, inclusion, and fun – where everyone can succeed.

Join us to transform the way the world works.

At LinkedIn, our approach to flexible work is centered on trust and optimized for culture, connection, clarity, and the evolving needs of our business. The work location of this role is hybrid, meaning it will be performed both from home and from a LinkedIn office on select days, as determined by the business needs of the team.

This role will be hybrid in LinkedIn's Mountain View campus.

Governance, Risk, Automation, Compliance & Engineering:

Trust is our foundation. At LinkedIn, we build secure, compliant infrastructure with integrity woven into every layer. By embedding security, governance, and regulatory alignment into our development lifecycle and business, we don’t just protect our members, customers, and employees—we set the standard for trusted technology and operations at scale.

Our commitment to our customers and members isn’t just a statement; it’s engineered into our culture of security and compliance through these foundational pillars:

+ Proactive Governance & Engineering Alignment

+ Scaled Lifecycle & Integrated Controls

+ Assured Ecosystem & Quantified Risk Management

Role Summary

LinkedIn is seeking a strategic and technical Manager for Engineering Compliance to lead a team focussed on the full lifecycle of building and overseeing compliance across the enterprise. This leadership role will be key to strengthening and scaling LinkedIn’s compliance posture through embedding compliance and security into products and engineering systems.

The role will focus on various global regulatory frameworks and certifications. Primary focus will be the full compliance lifecycle related to these horizontals: Finance, Completion (e.g. DMA) , Content (e.g. DSA), AI - these include but not limited to: SOX, Non Financial Disclosure Metrics, MRC Certification, AI regulations, Enterprise Risks. Additionally you will also partner closely on: Security, AI Compliance, Infrastructure Risks, Privacy regulatory compliance programs and certifications.

You will guide a team of compliance engineers and analysts, and collaborate cross functionally with engineering, product, legal, partner compliance teams, finance, sales and enterprise teams to establish and scale compliance engineering programs across the company. You will be crucial in aligning our engineering compliance strategy with LinkedIn’s overarching business objectives, fostering a culture where compliance is integrated seamlessly into system design and engineering practices.

Key Responsibilities

+ Lead & Mentor:

+ Lead and mentor a high-performing team of risk and compliance engineers.

+ Foster a culture of trust, inclusion, and technical excellence.

+ Provide strategic direction, career development, and performance coaching.

+ Program Ownership:

+ Partner closely across engineering teams to proactively build compliance as part of system design

+ Own and deliver regulatory programs, including regulations covering AI regulations and standards, Competition (DMA), Finance (SOX, Non Financial Metrics), Product Certifications (e.g. MRC), Privacy and emerging frameworks.

+ Lead team to deliver on multiple compliance and regulatory programs - which includes: establishing compliance programs for new regulations or major systems, compliance readiness assessments, audits and certifications.

+ Strategic Partnership

+ Collaborate with engineering, product, finance, legal, and security teams for end to end compliance lifecycle from obligation requirements, translation to technical roadmap all the way through controls assurance and reporting

+ Build partnership with cross functional teams for compliance to help address the risks optimally, and drive planning for compliance across org

+ Audit & Stakeholder Engagement

+ Lead the team for pre-audit preparation with engineering owners and stakeholders, drive org wide trainings

+ Drive engineering compliance collaboration for audits and represent engineering controls and posture during audits, certifications and reviews

+ Regulatory Monitoring & Impact Analysis

+ Monitor emerging regulations and translate them into actionable engineering and process changes.

+ Conduct risk assessments and regulatory impact analyses.

+ Metrics & Governance

+ Define and report compliance metrics, risks, and trends.

+ Participate in governance forums and certification steering committees.

+ Incident & Remediation Management

+ Build scalable systems for incident tracking, root cause analysis, remediation planning, and verification.

+ Ensure sustainable long-term solutions for compliance-related issues.

+ Training & Enablement

+ Sponsor and oversee training programs for engineering teams.

+ Ensure control owners and developers understand their compliance responsibilities.

+ Drive awareness through onboarding, quarterly reviews, and enablement sessions.

Basic Qualifications

+ BA/BS in Computer Science, Engineering, Accounting, or related technical discipline (or equivalent practical experience).

+ 8+ years of relevant experience in technology compliance, engineering risk, or systems audit.

+ 1+ year(s) of management experience or 1+ year(s) of staff level engineering experience with management training

+ 2+ Experience senior level stakeholder management and cross functional collaboration

+ Experience leading regulatory compliance programs like DMA, SOX, AI and / or related compliance programs

+ Experience with engineering systems and processes

+ Experience with compliance domains such as Access Management, Change Management, Ads revenue compliance, Information Security, or related technical control environments.

+ Experience conducting system design reviews, code reviews, or large-scale compliance assessments.

Preferred Qualifications

+ MS in MIS, MBA, or related advanced degree.

+ 4+ years of leadership experience managing engineering or compliance teams.

+ 12+ years of engineering compliance or systems audit experience in the technology sector.

+ Experience managing compliance programs for regulations such as SOX, MRC, DMA, DSA, AI Governance, and international standards like ISO, SOC, GDPR.

+ Deep understanding of compliance frameworks, controls, and best practices (SSAE 16 – SOC 1 & 2, PCI, ISO, GDPR, etc.).

+ Demonstrated success in building and scaling automated compliance solutions in engineering environments.

+ Strong program management skills, with the ability to manage multiple priorities in a fast-paced, high-growth environment.

+ Professional certifications such as CISSP, CISA, or equivalent.

Suggested Skills & Technical Experience

+ Leadership in IT / Systems Technology Compliance & Audit

+ Technology Risk Assessment & Regulatory Impact Analysis

+ Technical fluency in Java, SQL, Hadoop, Azure, Kubernetes, and large-scale distributed systems

+ Financial reporting and revenue compliance in technology contexts

+ Strong interpersonal, communication, and influencing skills across technical and non-technical stakeholders

You will Benefit from our Culture

We strongly believe in the well-being of our employees and their families. That is why we offer generous health and wellness programs and time away for employees of all levels. LinkedIn is committed to fair and equitable compensation practices. The pay range for this role is $139,000 - 229,000. Actual compensation packages are based on a wide array of factors unique to each candidate, including but not limited to skill set, years & depth of experience, certifications and specific office location. This may differ in other locations due to cost of labor considerations. The total compensation package for this position may also include annual performance bonus, stock, benefits and/or other applicable incentive compensation plans. For additional information, visit: https://careers.linkedin.com/benefits.

Equal Opportunity Statement

We seek candidates with a wide range of perspectives and backgrounds and we are proud to be an equal opportunity employer. LinkedIn considers qualified applicants without regard to race, color, religion, creed, gender, national origin, age, disability, veteran status, marital status, pregnancy, sex, gender expression or identity, sexual orientation, citizenship, or any other legally protected class.

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+ Documents in alternate formats or read aloud to you

+ Having interviews in an accessible location

+ Being accompanied by a service dog

+ Having a sign language interpreter present for the interview

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