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Director of Compliance (Consumer-facing Website focused)
Location: Palm Beach Gardens FL On-site
Salary: Open and will commensurate on experience.

Must have the following

• 8 years of progressive compliance experience ideally within travel hospitality airlines online travel/e-commerce or another highly regulated consumer-facing environment.

• Strong FTC experience with a preference for candidates who have directly worked and communicated with the Federal Trade Commission on regulatory/compliance matters and/or previously worked at the FTC.

• Strong working knowledge of FTC regulations involving advertising pricing disclosures consumer protection and unfair or deceptive trade practices.

• Strong knowledge of U.S. federal state and local travel-industry regulations including DOT consumer protection requirements and state Seller of Travel laws.

• Demonstrated experience managing compliance across multiple jurisdictions including registrations licensing bonding disclosures consumer protection requirements and regulatory deadlines.

• Experience interpreting complex regulations and translating them into practical requirements for booking pricing refunds disclosures marketing payments and traveler data.

• Working knowledge of international travel and privacy regulations affecting the EU UK Canada and Mexico.

• Experience communicating regulatory risks and recommendations to C-suite executives and senior business leaders.

• Strong cross-functional leadership skills and the ability to partner effectively with Legal Marketing Product IT Privacy Security Finance Customer Service and global business leadership.

• Bachelors degree required.

• Local candidates must be able to work on-site in Palm Beach Gardens Florida.

• Relocation assistance may be available for the right candidate.

Responsibilities

• Lead the compliance program covering U.S. federal state and local travel-industry regulations while monitoring and implementing applicable international requirements.

• Serve as a key compliance leader for FTC-related regulatory matters including direct interaction and communication with regulators as required.

• Monitor interpret and implement FTC requirements involving advertising pricing disclosures consumer protection and unfair or deceptive trade practices.

• Ensure compliance with Department of Transportation regulations including airline consumer protection tarmac delay and full-fare advertising requirements.

• Manage state Seller of Travel requirements including registrations bonding trust accounts disclosures renewals and filing obligations.

• Monitor state consumer-protection cancellation/refund privacy licensing and travel-related requirements.

• Maintain a comprehensive compliance calendar covering registrations licenses renewals bonding requirements and regulatory filings.

• Monitor and implement applicable EU Package Travel Directive GDPR EC 261/2004 UK Package Travel Regulations UK GDPR ATOL Canadian APPR/PIPEDA and applicable Mexican tourism consumer-protection and data-protection requirements.

• Partner with local counsel and regulatory advisors to validate regulatory interpretations and implementation requirements across international markets.

• Manage compliance involving cross-border transfers of traveler PII and payment information.

• Oversee applicable IATA ARC PCI-DSS ADA/WCAG travel insurance accessibility airline/supplier and travel-distribution requirements.

• Monitor emerging regulations involving AI use in pricing personalization chatbots passenger-data sharing and evolving border technologies.

• Build and maintain a scalable compliance framework supporting multi-state and multi-country travel operations.

• Develop a compliance risk matrix mapping regulatory obligations by jurisdiction and business line including air hotel package tours cruise and car rental.

• Draft and implement policies and procedures covering booking terms cancellations refunds consumer disclosures pricing marketing and traveler data.

• Establish monitoring controls designed to identify regulatory issues before they reach consumers.

• Develop and deliver compliance training for reservations marketing customer service product and other business teams.

• Conduct internal compliance audits covering booking systems disclosures refunds pricing marketing and data handling.

• Prepare compliance reports regulatory updates and risk assessments for executive leadership and the Board.

• Manage regulatory inquiries escalated consumer complaints investigations and audits involving the FTC DOT state Attorneys General and applicable international regulators.

• Lead remediation and corrective-action plans for identified compliance gaps.

• Support regulatory due diligence for new suppliers market expansion new products and M&A activity.

• Partner with senior leadership to integrate compliance priorities into global business planning and market strategy.

Requirements

Required

• Bachelors degree.

• 8 years of progressive compliance experience.

• Significant FTC regulatory experience ideally including direct communication and interaction with the FTC and/or previous employment with the FTC.

• Strong knowledge of FTC requirements affecting advertising pricing disclosures consumer protection and unfair or deceptive trade practices.

• Strong understanding of U.S. travel-industry regulatory structures across federal state and local jurisdictions.

• Demonstrated experience with Seller of Travel laws DOT regulations and/or travel and consumer-protection frameworks.

• Ability to interpret complex regulatory requirements and translate them into operational policies processes disclosures controls and technology requirements.

• Experience managing compliance across multiple jurisdictions.

• Strong written verbal and executive-level communication skills.

• Ability to influence without authority and translate complex regulatory issues for business and technical stakeholders.

• Organized proactive collaborative and comfortable operating in a fast-changing regulatory environment.

Strongly Preferred

• Direct experience within an online travel agency tour operator airline hospitality organization or related travel business.

• Previous FTC employment and/or substantial direct interaction with FTC regulators.

• International regulatory experience involving the EU UK Canada and Mexico.

• Experience with GDPR UK GDPR PIPEDA and/or Mexican data-protection requirements.

• JD advanced degree or professional compliance/privacy certification such as CCEP CIPP/E or CIPP/US.

Nice to Have

• Experience with PCI-DSS ADA/WCAG IATA and ARC requirements.

• Familiarity with GRC/compliance-management platforms.

• Spanish and/or French language capabilities.

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