Regulatory Affairs and Licensing Southern Africa Lead 100% remote

Tether and its affiliated entities (e.g. Bitfinex) are searching for an organized self starter to join our Regulatory and Licensing team, to lead efforts in the Southern Africa Region. The successful candidate is someone with an understanding of the regulatory environment pertaining to the crypto asset industry / stablecoin industry in the country, and who is excited by the opportunity to apply their existing legal and / or regulatory experience in an exciting and dynamic business environment.

To succeed in this role, the incumbent will continuously strive to self develop and enhance their skill sets including understanding the Company's products and services, blockchain technology, and regulatory requirements.

You will have a focus around working with regulators to translate policy objectives of the companies into favourable regulatory requirements in the applicable countries, as part of enabling the broader business strategy. From time to time, this may also include working on obtaining regulatory authorisations / approvals.

The successful candidate should be comfortable managing relationships and communications between various stakeholders both internal and external to the business, including regulators and policy setters, as well as working with cross functional teams such as Operations, Finance, Technology, Business Development.

You will report to the Head of Regulatory and Licensing Affairs Africa, and work alongside project managers and members of the wider business to execute on regulatory and licensing initiatives.

• Monitor regulatory developments impacting Tether and affiliates companies in the Southern Africa Region.

• Maintain active relationships with policymakers, regulators, central banks, and financial intelligence units.

• Represent the company in consultations, workshops, industry roundtables, and regulatory dialogues.

• Prepare briefing papers, comment letters, and policy submissions aligned with broader global regulatory strategy.

• Identify opportunities to shape emerging frameworks in a risk sensitive, innovation oriented manner.

• Conduct structured assessments on whether licensing/registration is required for operations in the country.

• Lead or support licensing applications end to end, where needed, including preparation of supplementary documentation, legal opinion coordination, regulator communications, and post submission follow up.

• Provide actionable risk and regulatory insights to internal stakeholders (legal, product, compliance, risk, commercial).

• Support enterprise level planning for new products or expansions into the countries, advising on regulatory constraints and enablers.

• Help coordinate responses to supervisory reviews, information requests, and regulatory audits.

• Contribute to internal reporting and executive briefings on policy risks and regulatory trajectory within the region.

• Minimum of 5 years governmental affairs / regulatory affairs / legal experience ideally within the financial services or crypto asset industry in South Africa.

• Experience engaging with regulators or government bodies advocating and advising in a regulatory capacity, with demonstrated achievements securing favourable policy positions on behalf of another organisation.

• Excellent written and verbal communication skills, with the ability to synthesise complex regulatory topics for non technical audiences.

• Proven ability to manage multiple stakeholders across borders and time zones.

• Exceptional communication skills, both written and verbal, with experience in public speaking and representing companies in regulatory discussions.

• Must be a strong team player, and willing to be fully engaged with key stakeholders both in our company but also with our partners. Must be a hands on professional capable of working collaboratively and independently.