Regulatory Gaming Compliance Manager
DraftKings is seeking a Regulatory Gaming Compliance Manager to lead regulatory engagement and compliance efforts across a complex, multi-jurisdictional environment. The role involves overseeing regulatory reporting, managing relationships with regulators, and translating evolving requirements into actionable guidance for the business.
In this position, the manager will partner cross-functionally to ensure compliance across products and operations. They will also drive process improvements that enhance accuracy, efficiency, and risk management within the organisation.
- Lead regulatory engagement activities, including responding to regulator inquiries, requests, examinations, and audits.
- Own and manage recurring and ad hoc regulatory reporting across jurisdictions, ensuring accuracy, timeliness, and consistency.
- Interpret regulatory requirements and translate them into clear, actionable guidance for internal stakeholders.
- Serve as a key point of contact for regulatory matters, partnering with Legal, Compliance, Product, Analytics, and Operations to ensure alignment with regulatory and risk management requirements.
- Support new market and product launches by assessing regulatory requirements and ensuring operational readiness.
- Monitor regulatory developments across jurisdictions and assess their impact on compliance policies, operational processes, and product features.
- Drive improvements to regulatory reporting processes, controls, and documentation to enhance scalability and efficiency.
- Manage relationships with regulatory bodies and support external engagements as needed.
- Bachelor’s degree in a relevant field (required).
- Advanced degree (nice-to-have).
- 5+ years of experience in regulatory, compliance, legal, or a related function within a highly regulated industry (required).
- Demonstrated experience interpreting regulatory requirements and translating them into operational processes and controls (required).
- Experience managing regulatory reporting across multiple jurisdictions or regulatory bodies (required).
- Strong organisational and project management skills, with the ability to manage multiple priorities and deadlines independently (required).
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills, with experience engaging directly with regulators and senior stakeholders (required).
- Experience in gaming, sports betting, iGaming, or a similarly regulated industry (preferred).
- Proficiency with data, reporting tools, and collaboration platforms such as Excel, JIRA, Confluence, and Slack (required).
- US base salary range of 96,600.00 USD - 120,800.00 USD, plus bonus and equity.
- Comprehensive health benefits including medical, dental, and vision plans.
- Wellbeing program including free therapy sessions with Lyra, the Calm App, and virtual yoga classes.
- 14 weeks of 100% paid parental leave and workplace lactation support.
- Care finder and backup childcare partner through Care.com.
- Family planning benefits including support for adoption, surrogacy, and fertility treatments.
- Flexible PTO for US employees.
- Pet insurance.
- Gym membership reimbursement.
- Financial planning support including 401(k) matching and Origin Financial.
- Commuter benefits.
- Tuition reimbursement program.
DraftKings Inc. is a leading American digital sports entertainment and gaming company, headquartered in Boston, Massachusetts. Founded in 2012, it started in daily fantasy sports and has grown into one of the largest US online sportsbook and iGaming operators. The company offers mobile sports betting, online casino and daily fantasy contests across regulated North American markets. DraftKings is listed on the Nasdaq stock exchange and employs several thousand people.