Senior Manager, Governance Assurance

About the role

As an Governance Assurance Program Manager on Remitly's Risk, Oversight, and Compliance team, you will serve as the operational and strategic lead for Remitly's compliance governance infrastructure. This role sits at the intersection of regulatory operations, control management, and cross-functional governance. You will be responsible for building and maintaining the foundational systems that keep Remitly compliant, audit-ready, and positioned for responsible growth by applying deep domain expertise and a global risk lens to build scalable control and governance systems. This role requires strategic thinking, and cross-functional influence . You will partner with senior stakeholders across Product, Engineering, Operations, Legal, and Risk to guide Remitly's approach to assurance, drive systemic improvements, and deliver insights and systems that inform compliance strategy and enterprise risk decisions. You Will: Establish and scale a dynamic global assurance framework that integrates an evergreen regulatory obligation inventory with a structured control library, transforming these into living, use-tested systems that drive strategic alignment across product innovation, international expansion, and enterprise risk management. Generate and embed innovative ideas (e.g., AI applications) to improve and speed up systems and processes. Serve as the face of governance within the organization - evangelizing adoption of compliance governance frameworks, driving consistency, and helping teams understand how governance infrastructure enables their work. Oversee policy management processes, ensuring policies remain current, traceable to obligations, and accessible across the organization. Build and maintain cross-functional partnerships with senior stakeholders; align governance and assurance scope to broader risk, audit, and compliance priorities. Provide leadership and guidance to peers and junior team members, mentoring others and uplifting team craft standards . You Have: Bachelor's degree in Business, Finance, Risk, or related discipline-or equivalent practical experience. 7+ years of experience in compliance assurance, internal audit, risk testing, regulatory consulting, regulatory program management, and/or governance in financial services or fintech. Proven ability to deliver enterprise-wide assurance and programs in complex, ambiguous environments, including regulatory transformation or expansion scenarios. Comfort with being a champion, educator, and internal advocate. Advanced communication skills with a track record of influencing senior stakeholders and synthesizing risk insights into clear, actionable recommendations. Excellent program management skills with experience managing cross-functional initiatives and stakeholders in ambiguous, fast-moving environments. High ownership mindset and bias for strategic execution ; able to set vision and guide others in ambiguous or high-stakes environments. Experience managing or mentoring small teams ; comfortable leading through influence as much as through direct authority.