Regulatory Data Associate (Legal Engineer)

Summary

Responsiv builds AI-powered tools that help organizations monitor regulatory change, identify relevant requirements, and improve compliance programs. The Regulatory Data Associate bridges legal and product teams by translating regulations into specifications, truth sets, demos, and customer-facing insights while partnering with engineering to improve product accuracy and performance.

Responsibilities

• **Own our Truth Set**: Establish and maintain a gold-standard benchmark for each module’s performance and ensure consistency and accuracy across all outputs. This includes drafting comprehensive, long-form regulatory memos to cover regulatory research, requirements extraction, gap analysis, and other platform areas. You'll review our horizon scanner alerts and our regulatory topic maps. Continuously refine these truth sets based on emerging regulations, industry best practices, and user feedback
• **Structured & Unstructured Feedback**: Act as the “user champion” by reviewing and critiquing preliminary versions of the software. Use quantitative scorecards (e.g., accuracy, relevance, comprehensiveness) to evaluate new model updates
• When a model can be improved, drive the end-to-end investigation. Assess whether the correct sources were identified, the right information was extracted, and if the the summarized output was complete and accurate. Work with engineering to define corrective actions, and write clear and thorough customer responses
• **Engage with Customers & Prospects**: Join calls to uncover compliance pain points, align on expectations, and showcase Responsiv’s domain expertise. Clearly communicate the product’s value in addressing specific regulatory challenges
• **Represent Responsiv at Industry Events**: Participate in key conferences, panels, and roundtables. Build relationships with compliance executives, gather market insights, and bolster Responsiv’s thought leadership
• **Build Industry-Specific Demos**: Partner with product marketing to develop comprehensive demo environments—complete with synthetic real-world data—for various industries (e.g., Private Equity, Tier 1 Banks, Tier 2 Banks)
• Show how Responsiv’s platform addresses each sector’s unique regulatory obligations, highlighting the real-world impact of our software
• Build competence in our product. You will have high expectations for our team and of yourself as we expect to get work done with quality and speed. You will own the SLAs to respond quickly to prospect and customer questions, as well as internal colleagues. Your ability to adapt, shift and change quickly as the environment changes will give you an edge

Skills

• Juris Doctor (JD) with admission to at least one U.S. jurisdiction or practical experience in Compliance or as a Paralegal at a relevant organization
• Subject Matter Expertise: 1 to 3 years in legal, compliance, or regulatory roles, ideally within financial services or similarly regulated industries
• Regulatory Analysis Experience: Demonstrated track record of interpreting complex regulations and translating them into tangible product or program requirements
• Technical Collaboration: Comfort working with complex products
• Exceptional Communication: Ability to articulate complex regulatory scenarios in an accessible, solution-oriented manner to internal and external stakeholders

Qualifications

Must Haves

• Juris Doctor (JD) with admission to at least one U.S. jurisdiction or practical experience in Compliance or as a Paralegal at a relevant organization
• Subject Matter Expertise: 1 to 3 years in legal, compliance, or regulatory roles, ideally within financial services or similarly regulated industries
• Regulatory Analysis Experience: Demonstrated track record of interpreting complex regulations and translating them into tangible product or program requirements
• Technical Collaboration: Comfort working with complex products
• Exceptional Communication: Ability to articulate complex regulatory scenarios in an accessible, solution-oriented manner to internal and external stakeholders

Benefits

• Remote • Hybrid