What are the responsibilities and job description for the Compliance Manager, Predictions position at DraftKings Inc.?
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The Crown Is Yours
As a Compliance Manager focused on Predictions, you'll help shape the compliance foundation for one of DraftKings' newest regulated offerings. You'll partner across Compliance, Legal, Engineering, Operations, Marketing, and other teams to help build and scale a robust compliance program that supports innovation while meeting regulatory expectations. Every day, you'll help ensure our prediction market offering operates with integrity, transparency, and a strong commitment to customer protection in an evolving regulatory landscape.
What you’ll do as a Compliance Manager, Predictions
We’re a publicly traded (NASDAQ: DKNG) technology company headquartered in Boston. As a regulated gaming company, you may be required to obtain a gaming license issued by the appropriate state agency as a condition of employment. Don’t worry, we’ll guide you through the process if this is relevant to your role.
The US base salary range for this full-time position is 100,800.00 USD - 126,000.00 USD, plus bonus, equity, and benefits as applicable. Our ranges are determined by role, level, and location. The compensation information displayed on each job posting reflects the range for new hire pay rates for the position across all US locations. Within the range, individual pay is determined by work location and additional factors, including job-related skills, experience, and relevant education or training. Your recruiter can share more about the specific pay range and how that was determined during the hiring process. It is unlawful in Massachusetts to require or administer a lie detector test as a condition of employment or continued employment. An employer who violates this law shall be subject to criminal penalties and civil liability.
The Crown Is Yours
As a Compliance Manager focused on Predictions, you'll help shape the compliance foundation for one of DraftKings' newest regulated offerings. You'll partner across Compliance, Legal, Engineering, Operations, Marketing, and other teams to help build and scale a robust compliance program that supports innovation while meeting regulatory expectations. Every day, you'll help ensure our prediction market offering operates with integrity, transparency, and a strong commitment to customer protection in an evolving regulatory landscape.
What you’ll do as a Compliance Manager, Predictions
- Support the execution and continuous enhancement of the compliance program for DraftKings' prediction market offering, ensuring alignment with Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) regulations, National Futures Association (NFA) requirements, and internal policies.
- Manage day-to-day compliance activities, including monitoring, issue management, documentation, control execution, and ongoing compliance reporting.
- Partner with Legal and Compliance leadership to respond to regulatory inquiries, examinations, audits, self-certifications, and other information requests.
- Collaborate with Engineering, Marketing, Operations, and other cross-functional teams to translate regulatory requirements into scalable business processes, platform enhancements, and go-to-market initiatives.
- Develop, maintain, and enhance compliance policies, procedures, playbooks, and internal controls across areas including market surveillance, anti-money laundering and know your customer (AML/KYC), customer protection, marketing compliance, and information security.
- Monitor compliance risks by reviewing alerts, documenting findings, escalating potential issues, and helping drive timely remediation.
- Improve compliance operations by enhancing reporting, automation, tooling, and governance processes as the business continues to grow.
- Prepare dashboards, reports, and presentations that communicate compliance activities, regulatory developments, emerging risks, and key metrics to internal stakeholders.
- A Bachelor's Degree with at least 5 years of experience in compliance, risk, regulatory operations, legal, audit, or a related function within a futures commission merchant (FCM), designated contract market (DCM), derivatives clearing organization (DCO), introducing broker (IB), financial services organization, or regulatory agency.
- Working knowledge of regulatory frameworks governing prediction markets, commodities, derivatives, financial markets, fintech, or other highly regulated industries.
- Familiarity with the Commodity Exchange Act, CFTC regulations, CFTC Core Principles, NFA rules, market surveillance, AML/KYC requirements, compliance monitoring, or related regulatory programs.
- Experience supporting regulatory examinations, audits, compliance testing, policy implementation, internal controls, or regulatory reporting.
- Sound judgment with the ability to identify potential compliance risks, recommend practical solutions, and escalate issues when appropriate.
- A collaborative, solutions-oriented mindset, a strong commitment to ethical decision-making, and genuine interest in helping shape an emerging regulated market.
We’re a publicly traded (NASDAQ: DKNG) technology company headquartered in Boston. As a regulated gaming company, you may be required to obtain a gaming license issued by the appropriate state agency as a condition of employment. Don’t worry, we’ll guide you through the process if this is relevant to your role.
The US base salary range for this full-time position is 100,800.00 USD - 126,000.00 USD, plus bonus, equity, and benefits as applicable. Our ranges are determined by role, level, and location. The compensation information displayed on each job posting reflects the range for new hire pay rates for the position across all US locations. Within the range, individual pay is determined by work location and additional factors, including job-related skills, experience, and relevant education or training. Your recruiter can share more about the specific pay range and how that was determined during the hiring process. It is unlawful in Massachusetts to require or administer a lie detector test as a condition of employment or continued employment. An employer who violates this law shall be subject to criminal penalties and civil liability.