Business Operations & Compliance Expert

About this role

**Mercor is recruiting UK-based Business Operations & Compliance Experts for a research project with a leading frontier AI lab.** We are seeking experienced operators with 5+ years in **business operations, internal controls, advertising or marketing operations, risk, or compliance program management**. Strong candidates can take regulatory requirements and internal policies and turn them into clear checklists, approval steps, examples, training, and recurring controls. **Ideal candidates have experience at one or more of the following types of business:** - Media or publishing - Advertising agencies - Live events - Consumer subscription businesses - Regulated marketing or finance operations - Or another business with a substantial commercial compliance function **Ideal candidates have experience with one or more of the following:** - Translating regulations and internal policy into practical checklists and approval steps - Compliance training design and delivery - Recurring controls and control documentation - RACI definition, data checks, and approval workflows - Monthly operating review calendars, agendas, and templates - Facilitating sessions, assigning owners, and tracking follow-ups You'll help create, review, and evaluate high-quality business operations and compliance scenarios, leveraging your experience in internal controls, compliance programs, and operating cadence. Strong candidates explain requirements in plain language, surface confusion, know when to escalate a legal question rather than improvising an answer, and stay detail-oriented without becoming bureaucratic. Here are more details about the role: - You will be contributing high-quality training data for frontier AI systems - This is a full-time engagement running from 10 August 2026 to 4 September 2026 - The project team collaborates on a UK business-hours rhythm, with live team sessions each working day and occasional evening messages - The project pays two weeks of garden leave at the end of the engagement, with a one month non-compete running concurrently - Successful contributions increase the likelihood of being selected for future Mercor projects **The vetting process involves:** - Resume and work history screen - Short interview evaluating business operations and compliance expertise **Please note:** Candidates **must be based in the United Kingdom and have the right to work in the United Kingdom**.

Eligible applicant countries

This role accepts applicants from:

• GBR

Skills & domains

• ai-training
• rlhf
• sme
• annotation
• Business Operations