Manager, Engineering Compliance

At LinkedIn, our approach to flexible work is centered on trust and optimized for culture, connection, clarity, and the evolving needs of our business. The work location of this role is hybrid, meaning it will be performed both from home and from a LinkedIn office on select days, as determined by the business needs of the team.

This role will be hybrid in LinkedIn's Mountain View campus.

About the team

Governance, Risk, Automation, Compliance & Engineering:

Trust is our foundation. At LinkedIn, we build secure, compliant infrastructure with integrity woven into every layer. By embedding security, governance, and regulatory alignment into our development lifecycle and business, we don’t just protect our members, customers, and employees—we set the standard for trusted technology and operations at scale.

Our commitment to our customers and members isn’t just a statement; it’s engineered into our culture of security and compliance through these foundational pillars:

• Proactive Governance & Engineering Alignment 

• Scaled Lifecycle & Integrated Controls

• Assured Ecosystem & Quantified Risk Management

Role Summary

LinkedIn is seeking a strategic and technical Manager for Engineering Compliance to lead a team focussed on the full lifecycle of building and overseeing compliance across the enterprise. This leadership role will be key to strengthening and scaling LinkedIn’s compliance posture through embedding compliance and security into products and engineering systems. 

The role will focus on various global regulatory frameworks and certifications. Primary focus will be the full compliance lifecycle related to these horizontals: Security, AI Compliance, Infrastructure Risks, Privacy - these include but not limited to: SOC 2, PCI, ISO, CRA, NIS2. EU AI Act. Additionally you will also partner closely on leading: Content (e.g. DSA), Competition (e.g. DMA), Finance (e.g. SOX) and Enterprise Risk horizontals 

You will guide a team of compliance engineers and analysts, and collaborate cross functionally with engineering, product, legal, partner compliance teams, finance, sales and enterprise teams to establish and scale compliance engineering programs across the company. You will be crucial in aligning our engineering compliance strategy with LinkedIn’s overarching business objectives, fostering a culture where compliance is integrated seamlessly into system design and engineering practices.

Key Responsibilities

• Lead & Mentor: 

  • Lead and mentor a high-performing team of risk and compliance engineers.

  • Foster a culture of trust, inclusion, and technical excellence.

  • Provide strategic direction, career development, and performance coaching.

• Program Ownership: 

  • Partner closely across engineering teams to proactively build compliance as part of system design 

  • Own and deliver regulatory programs, including regulations covering AI regulations and standards, Competition (DMA), Finance (SOX, Non Financial Metrics), Product Certifications (e.g. MRC), Privacy and emerging frameworks.

  • Lead team to deliver on multiple compliance and regulatory programs - which includes: establishing compliance programs for new regulations or major systems, compliance readiness assessments, audits and certifications.

• Strategic Partnership

  • Collaborate with engineering, product, finance, legal, and security teams for end to end compliance lifecycle from obligation requirements, translation to technical roadmap all the way through controls assurance and reporting

  • Build partnership with cross functional teams for compliance to help address the risks optimally, and drive planning for compliance across org

• Audit & Stakeholder Engagement

  • Lead the team for pre-audit preparation with engineering owners and stakeholders, drive org wide trainings

  • Drive engineering compliance collaboration for audits and represent engineering controls and posture during audits, certifications and reviews

• Regulatory Monitoring & Impact Analysis

  • Monitor emerging regulations and translate them into actionable engineering and process changes.

  • Conduct risk assessments and regulatory impact analyses.

• Metrics & Governance

  • Define and report compliance metrics, risks, and trends.

  • Participate in governance forums and certification steering committees.

• Incident & Remediation Management

  • Build scalable systems for incident tracking, root cause analysis, remediation planning, and verification.

  • Ensure sustainable long-term solutions for compliance-related issues.

• Training & Enablement

  • Sponsor and oversee training programs for engineering teams.

  • Ensure control owners and developers understand their compliance responsibilities.

  • Drive awareness through onboarding, quarterly reviews, and enablement sessions.