Payments Risk Manager
Core
Monitor transaction activity and merchant behavior across card and alternative payment rails to detect fraud and abuse vectors.
Role type
Payments Risk Specialist (IC)
Builds
Transaction and merchant risk frameworks, dashboards, and alerts
Domain
Fintech / Digital Goods / Marketplaces
Deliverable
production ML models | dashboards & analysis
Required skills
Transaction monitoring, fraud pattern analysis, chargeback trend analysis, KYC/KYB risk controls, rule tuning, behavioral signal interpretation, financial signal interpretation
Preferred skills
Digital goods experience, marketplace experience, creator platform experience, sponsor bank environment experience, card network monitoring program experience
Technologies
Card rails, alternative payment rails
Responsibilities
Monitor transaction activity and merchant behavior, analyze fraud patterns and chargeback trends, partner with Compliance on onboarding risk controls, fine-tune rules and thresholds, design dashboards and alerts for risk trends, work cross-functionally to prevent systemic exposure