Job Title:          Head of Digital Compliance

Salary:             £80K - £100K

Location:        UK or Gibraltar

About the Role

We are seeking an experienced and strategic Head of Digital Compliance to lead and oversee regulatory compliance across our digital operations. This is a senior leadership position with responsibility for ensuring all online activity aligns with applicable laws, licence conditions, and regulatory expectations.

Acting as a key second line of defence, you will provide governance, oversight, and direction across the business—ensuring regulatory risks are effectively managed and compliance frameworks remain robust and fit for purpose.

Reporting directly to the Director of Compliance, you will play a critical role in supporting, guiding, and constructively challenging first line teams, while promoting strong governance and regulatory accountability across the organisation.

This role is ideal for a solutions-focused compliance professional who combines strategic thinking with operational pragmatism and can influence stakeholders at all levels.

Key Responsibilities

  • Provide strategic leadership for all regulatory compliance activity across the digital business

  • Develop, maintain, and communicate compliance policies, standards, and procedures in line with legislation and regulatory expectations

  • Deliver second line oversight, ensuring regulatory obligations are understood and consistently applied

  • Lead and develop the digital compliance team, fostering a culture of accountability and transparency

  • Monitor effectiveness of first line controls and support continuous improvement initiatives

  • Oversee regulatory horizon scanning and assess the impact of legislative or guidance changes

  • Maintain and monitor the digital regulatory risk register

  • Act as a trusted advisor to senior stakeholders on complex compliance matters

  • Support regulatory submissions and manage communications with the UK Gambling Commission and other regulators

  • Ensure appropriate escalation and handling of regulatory breaches or risks

  • Collaborate with Product, Marketing, Customer Operations, and Risk teams to embed compliance into business processes

  • Oversee compliance training and awareness initiatives

  • Manage third-party compliance oversight, including audit and testing programmes

Skills & Experience

Essential:

  • Significant experience in a senior compliance role within gambling, financial services, or a regulated digital environment

  • Strong knowledge of UK Gambling Commission LCCP and regulatory requirements for remote operators

  • Proven ability to design and implement governance and oversight frameworks

  • Strong leadership and team management skills

  • Excellent stakeholder management and influencing capabilities at senior level

  • Highly analytical with strong attention to detail

  • Exceptional communication skills, both written and verbal

  • Strong organisational skills with the ability to manage competing priorities

  • Solid understanding of risk management principles

Desirable:

  • Experience in online gambling, fintech, or digital platforms

  • Knowledge of governance structures and regulatory reporting frameworks

  • Experience leading regulatory change or policy development programmes

  • Understanding of safer gambling and customer protection practices

 Additional Information

  • This role includes line management responsibility (1–2 direct reports)

  • The successful candidate will be required to obtain a Personal Management Licence (PML) from the UK Gambling Commission

 Why Join Us?

This is an opportunity to shape and lead compliance within a dynamic digital environment, playing a key role in protecting customers, strengthening governance, and supporting sustainable business growth.

TO FIND OUT MORE AND/OR TO APPLY PLEASE SEND A COPY OF YOUR CV TO CHRISTINE@GRS-RECRUIT.COM