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From the employer's careers site First seen 25 Oct 2026 · Still live on 29 Oct 2026

Senior Compliance Lead, EMEA

Airbnb London senior full-time

Salary

£122,000-£152,000 GBP per year

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Description

As Senior Compliance Lead, EMEA, you will own Airbnb's platform regulatory compliance program across EMEA, focusing on EU and UK obligations. You will translate each obligation into a durable operating process, a defensible reporting methodology, or a product change, and serve as a trusted advisor to Legal, Policy, and Product leadership.

A typical day:

  • Own the EMEA compliance portfolio, establishing operating processes and documentation, and reporting and monitoring status and risk.
  • Deliver regulatory reporting and submissions, owning the annual and ad hoc reporting calendar end to end.
  • Assess obligations and strengthen assurance, identifying new and changing obligations early, evaluating readiness, and recommending measures.
  • Translate regulatory requirements into scalable solutions, defining product, engineering, and data requirements, and partnering with Product and Engineering.

Your expertise:

  • 12+ years of experience in regulatory compliance, compliance program management, or regulatory operations.
  • Proven track record owning a multi-jurisdiction, cross-functional compliance program end to end.
  • Hands-on experience with regulator-facing reporting cycles and relationship management.
  • Track record partnering with Product and Engineering to deliver regulatory requirements.
  • Data fluency to define, own, and defend a reporting methodology.
  • Familiarity with regulatory technology and automation tools.
  • Strategic thinking, excellent communication, and negotiation skills.
  • Strong analytical skills and ability to design operational structures.
  • Proven leadership growing and coaching high-performing teams.

The base pay range for this role is £122,000-£152,000 GBP per year.

Skills

Required

  • regulatory compliance
  • compliance program management
  • regulatory operations
  • Digital Services Act
  • UK Online Safety Act
  • data fluency
  • regulatory technology

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