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About the Role

Tools for Humanity (TFH) is building the technology behind World, a real human network designed to accelerate people in the age of AI. As bots and autonomous agents reshape the internet, people, institutions, and applications need a trusted way to confirm who is a real human while preserving privacy. The TFH and World tech stacks make this possible: the Orb verifies real, unique people, World ID proves it privately, and World App puts these capabilities, and more, in people’s hands. Together, they add a human layer to an AI-driven internet.

Responsibilities

Lead the company’s global regulatory strategy across financial services, crypto-assets and blockchain, digital identity, consumer protection, payments, platform and technology regulation, and other applicable legal and regulatory frameworks.
Advise executive leadership on complex and emerging regulatory issues involving digital assets, token issuance and distribution, blockchain networks, wallets and payments, digital identity, consumer protection, financial services, artificial intelligence, and other emerging technologies.
Develop and lead strategies for regulatory engagement, licensing and registration matters, supervisory relationships, regulatory examinations, investigations, enforcement actions, and related government inquiries across multiple jurisdictions.
Lead significant regulatory inquiries, examinations, investigations, and enforcement matters, coordinating strategy across Legal, Policy, Communications, Product, Compliance, and Market Operations.
Monitor global legislative, regulatory, and enforcement developments, assess their potential impact on the company and the World network, and translate emerging risks and opportunities into practical, business-oriented guidance.
Lead the company's global litigation strategy across commercial, regulatory, employment, consumer protection, intellectual property, and other disputes.
Manage significant litigation, arbitrations, investigations, enforcement actions, and other high-risk matters from strategy through resolution.
Direct outside counsel, oversee litigation budgets, and advise executive leadership on legal, business, and reputational risk.
Lead the legal response to significant litigation, regulatory, and enforcement matters.
Develop crisis-response frameworks and lead the legal response to high-impact litigation, regulatory, enforcement, and compliance matters.
Serve as the primary legal partner for Trust & Safety on non-privacy matters and advise executive leadership on strategic litigation and regulatory issues.
Partner closely with Product, Market Operations, Commercial, Privacy, Corporate, Employment, and Policy teams to support product launches, regulatory engagement, and business initiatives.
Build, mentor, and lead a high-performing Regulatory and Litigation legal team.
Build scalable litigation, regulatory, and compliance operations, including playbooks, response frameworks, matter management, reporting, litigation holds, knowledge management, and other systems that improve organizational readiness, consistency, responsiveness, and effectiveness.
Develop documentation, training, and self-service resources that enable the business to identify, manage, and appropriately escalate legal and compliance risk.

Requirements

10-15+ years of experience as a regulatory, litigation, investigations, or enforcement attorney at a leading law firm, government agency, or in a senior in-house legal role supporting a technology company or other highly regulated business.
Significant experience managing complex litigation, regulatory inquiries and examinations, government investigations, and/or enforcement matters across multiple jurisdictions.
Experience advising executive leadership on high-stakes legal, regulatory, business, and reputational issues.
Exceptional business judgment and the ability to balance legal risk, operational realities, and business objectives.
Comfortable operating in ambiguous, fast-moving legal and regulatory environments where clear precedent may not exist.
Strong executive presence and sound judgment under pressure.
Proven ability to build trusted relationships across legal, product, policy, communications, security, and executive leadership.
Excellent communicator capable of translating complex legal and regulatory issues into practical, business-oriented guidance.
Experience building or scaling legal teams, processes, and operational frameworks in a fast-growing organization.
A collaborative, low-ego working style.
Juris Doctor from a top-tier law school
Membership in at least one U.S. state bar
Ability to work in-person from San Francisco, CA

Skills

Regulatory strategy
Government engagement
Financial services regulation
Crypto-asset regulation
Blockchain regulation
Digital identity regulation
Consumer protection
Payments regulation
Platform regulation
Technology regulation
Litigation strategy
Investigations
Dispute resolution
Crisis management
Cross-functional advisory
Team building
Process scaling
Legal operations

Location

San Francisco, California

Work Type

In-person

Experience Level

10-15+ years

Education Level

Juris Doctor from a top-tier law school

Salary/Compensations

$297,500 - $350,000

Benefits

Collaborative, creative office space in San Francisco
Flexible, unlimited PTO
Monthly phone reimbursement or company-provided device
3 meals/day served in house
Comprehensive medical, dental, vision, and mental health coverage
401(k) plan with employer match
Commuter benefits
Professional development stipend
Competitive long term incentive package
Healthcare
Dental
Vision
401(k) plan and match
Life insurance
Flexible time off
Commuter benefits
Professional development stipend

About the Company

Tools for Humanity (TFH) designs and builds technology behind World. World is building a real human network designed to accelerate people in the age of AI. As bots and autonomous agents reshape the internet, people, institutions, and applications need a trusted way to confirm who is a real human while preserving privacy. The TFH and World tech stacks make this possible: the Orb verifies real, unique people, World ID proves it privately, and World App puts these capabilities, and more, in people’s hands. Together, they add a human layer to an AI-driven internet.
World is already running at a global scale. More than 17 million people across 160 countries have verified with World ID, and more new Orb verifications take place each week. World App is already among the most used wallets globally. Developers are integrating World ID to build safer online experiences and create spaces where real people can participate, earn, and be recognized in ways AI simply can’t replicate.
Founded in 2019, TFH has more than 400 people across hardware, software, AI, cryptography, mobile engineering, and global operations. Our teams come from OpenAI, Tesla, SpaceX, Apple, Google, Stripe, Meta, Coinbase, Palantir and MIT Media Lab. We’re backed by leading investors, including a16z, Khosla Ventures, Bain Capital Crypto, Blockchain Capital, Variant, Tiger Global, and Coinbase Ventures, as well as prominent operators and founders across fintech and AI.
TFH and World have been featured on the cover of TIME Magazine, highlighted in Fast Company’s Next 5 in Fintech, and explored in a Bloomberg deep dive. The New York Times, Bankless and TechCrunch have all recognized our collective progress in identity, cryptography, AI, and global-scale hardware deployment. Our leadership is also named to the Time AI 100. Learn more about the newest product launches from our Liftoff event.

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