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Director, Compliance

Fidelity

Fidelity

Legal
smithfield, ri, usa · Merrimack, NH, USA · Boston, MA, USA
Posted on Oct 1, 2025

Job Description:

The Role

As a Director within the Fidelity Enterprise Services Compliance team, you will serve as a trusted business partner promoting a culture of commitment to compliance, regulatory and legal obligations. In this role, you will support Fidelity Labs, Fidelity Investments’ in-house startup incubator and other enterprise teams to build and maintain an enhanced compliance program. You will also work closely with the firms’ legal, risk, corporate affairs, and technology teams involved in supporting and strengthening Fidelity’s artificial intelligence and digital asset ecosystems.

You will:

  • Closely collaborate with enterprise teams to ensure alignment between evolving business needs and the supporting compliance framework

  • Monitor the regulatory environment, advise internal partners on emerging rules and requirements, and assess the applicability of new rules and regulations

  • Research compliance matters and provide advice related to emerging technologies

  • Expand and adapt your compliance knowledge at a rapid pace to support a growing range of fields across FinTech, RegTech, and other lines of business at the frontline of financial services technology

  • Ensure business awareness and alignment with corporate policies and develop supplemental guidelines that contribute to a flexible compliance framework

  • Support the development, implementation and maintenance of business specific compliance roadmaps

The Expertise and Skills You Bring

For this role your ability to master complex subject matters quickly, collaborate effectively, and problem solve with a risk-oriented mindset will be more important than in-depth experience in specific areas of compliance. Teamwork is not a slogan for us: it’s our daily experience and at the core of everything we do. The expertise and skills you bring will include most or all of the following:

  • Bachelor’s degree or equivalent, and at least 8 years of experience with a preference for a background in compliance, risk, and/or regulatory practice

  • Familiarity with SEC, FINRA, FTC, CFTC and/or state level rules & regulation

  • Experience in researching and interpreting legal regulations and guidance

  • An understanding of global compliance programs, including compliance policies and procedures, control frameworks, and risk assessments

  • Experience supporting software-as-a-service businesses and experience with data protection, digital asset, and AI related laws and regulations

  • Intellectual curiosity, passion for learning, and the ability to collaborate with teams focused on advanced data-science based technologies

  • Willingness to adapt to new systems and help maintain compliant practices in a rapidly evolving business environment

  • Ability to build relationships with decision makers and senior leaders across the organization

  • Outstanding analytical, organizational, communication, and problem-solving skills

  • Proven experience leading effective meetings to create positive outcomes

  • Ability to lead multiple projects while also contributing individual work

The Team

This team reports to the Chief Compliance Officer for Fidelity Enterprise Services, a portfolio of agile, standalone organizations, which drive innovation with the purpose of collaborating with Fidelity’s businesses to develop new sources of revenue, explore emerging technologies, enhance operational capabilities, and improving the customer experience. The Enterprise Services portfolio also includes the Fidelity Center for Applied Technology, Advanced Technologies for Investment Management, Soteria and other teams.

Certifications:

Category:

Compliance

Most roles at Fidelity are Hybrid, requiring associates to work onsite every other week (all business days, M-F) in a Fidelity office. This does not apply to Remote or fully Onsite roles.

Please be advised that Fidelity’s business is governed by the provisions of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the Investment Advisers Act of 1940, the Investment Company Act of 1940, ERISA, numerous state laws governing securities, investment and retirement-related financial activities and the rules and regulations of numerous self-regulatory organizations, including FINRA, among others. Those laws and regulations may restrict Fidelity from hiring and/or associating with individuals with certain Criminal Histories.

Company overview

At Fidelity, we are passionate about making our financial expertise broadly accessible and effective in helping people live the lives they want! We are a privately held company that places a high degree of value in creating and nurturing a work environment that attracts the best talent and reflects our commitment to our associates. We are proud of our diverse and inclusive workplace where we respect and value our associates for their unique perspectives and experiences. For information about working at Fidelity, visit FidelityCareers.com. Fidelity Investments is an equal opportunity employer. Fidelity will reasonably accommodate applicants with disabilities who need adjustments to complete the application or interview process.

If you would like to request an accommodation, please contact us at:

accommodations@fmr.com

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Join us

At Fidelity, you’ll find endless opportunities to build a meaningful career that positively impacts peoples’ lives, including yours. You can take advantage of flexible benefits that support you through every stage of your career, empowering you to thrive at work and at home. Honored with a Glassdoor Employees’ Choice Award, we have been recognized by our employees as a top 10 Best Place to Work in 2024. And you don’t need a finance background to succeed at Fidelity—we offer a range of opportunities for learning so you can build the career you’ve always imagined.

Fidelity's working model blends the best of working offsite with maximizing time together in person to meet associate and business needs. Currently, most hybrid roles require associates to work onsite all business days of one assigned week per four-week period (beginning in September 2024, the requirement will be two full assigned weeks).

We invite you to Find Your Fidelity at fidelitycareers.com.

Fidelity Investments is an equal opportunity employer. We believe that the most effective way to attract, develop and retain a diverse workforce is to build an enduring culture of inclusion and belonging.

Fidelity will reasonably accommodate applicants with disabilities who need adjustments to participate in the application or interview process. To initiate a request for an accommodation, contact the HR Accommodation Team by sending an email to [email protected], or by calling 800-835-5099, prompt 2, option 3.

At Fidelity, we value honesty, integrity, and the safety of our associates and customers within a heavily regulated industry. Certain roles may require candidates to go through a preliminary credit check during the screening process. Candidates who are presented with a Fidelity offer will need to go through a background investigation and may be asked to provide additional documentation as requested. This investigation includes but is not limited to a criminal, civil litigations and regulatory review, employment, education, and credit review (role dependent). These investigations will account for 7 years or more of history, depending on the role. Where permitted by federal or state law, Fidelity will also conduct a pre-employment drug screen, which will review for the following substances: Amphetamines, THC (marijuana), cocaine, opiates, phencyclidine.

Benefits
Learning & development
Culture

Benefits that adapt to everything life sends your way

401(k) with company match

Medical, dental, vision and prescription drug coverage

16-week maternity leave & 12-week parental leave

Student loan assistance

Fidelity is invested in you

Committed to Professional Development

At Fidelity, we are constantly adapting to the changing needs of our customers, new technologies, and better ways of working. And we empower our employees to do the same, with an emphasis on developing skills and connections that will help propel you forward in your career while being able to make an impact for Fidelity’s customers around the world.

We offer a wide range of options for professional development including online, in-person, and mentor driven solutions. Special interest and networking groups are also part of our culture of empowerment, personal and professional enrichment, diversity and inclusion, and knowledge sharing.

Continuing Education & Training

  • Assess, build, and align your development plan through resources like our skill-building classroom and online courses.
  • Video-based training for technology, leadership, management & more.
  • Ongoing skills development and coaching opportunities.
  • Paid training with a facilitator who is dedicated to your onboarding and will track and evaluate your progress, giving you strategies to improve.
  • A range of talent development programs to support career mobility.

Mentoring

  • Utilize the skills of experienced leaders to enrich your career.
  • Dedicated mentors to help you grow into new areas of Fidelity’s business as you develop new skills.
  • An open atmosphere of knowledge sharing and collaboration.
  • Opportunities to pay it forward, sharing the knowledge you develop and as you help others define how they want their career to take shape.

Our Commitment

Discover opportunities to build a fulfilling career within a supportive culture that celebrates individuality. We empower our associates to pursue career paths that align with their unique goals and personalities.

Giving back to our communities

Throughout Fidelity, you’ll find a genuine commitment to social responsibility – where we strive to make an impact for customers, while also making an impact on the world.

Fidelity Cares

  • Provides associates with opportunities to actively volunteer and share their talents.
  • Hosts numerous company-wide volunteer events (in-person and virtual).
  • Partners with nonprofit organizations to support our local communities.
  • More than 12,500 associates donate time annually – from interns to SVPs.
  • Impact includes refurbishing schools, donating books and supplies, and teaching financial literacy.

Fidelity Charitable®

  • Created to make it easy for people to support charitable organizations they care about.
  • Helped deliver $14.9billion in donor-recommended grants to charity in 2024.
  • Supported more than 433,000 unique charities around the world.
  • Since its inception, more than $100 billion has been given to public charities.

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