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Senior Manager, Merchant Risk Operations, APAC

SG - Singapore💼 Full-time🗓 2026-07-21 → 2026-09-26

Core

Lead APAC Merchant Risk Operations team to strengthen global risk control strategy, manage operational performance, and ensure portfolio risk aligns with enterprise risk appetite.

Role type

Senior Manager, Merchant Risk Operations

Builds

Global risk control strategy, operational workflows, and risk tooling (rules engines, case management, AI/LLM-based workflows)

Domain

Fintech, Global Payments, Merchant Risk

Deliverable

production ML models | dashboards & analysis | client delivery

Required skills

Payments/fintech/acquiring expertise, Merchant Risk (credit/fraud/brand), People management (3+ years), Cross-functional stakeholder management, Operational excellence, Strategic planning, Team scaling

Preferred skills

Data analysis and dashboarding, Risk tooling design/automation, AI/ML/LLM operations experience, Mandarin proficiency

Technologies

Rules engines, Case management systems, AI/LLM workflows, Analytics surfaces

Responsibilities

Lead APAC Merchant Risk Operations team for Payments, Own end-to-end operational performance (SLAs, quality, loss metrics), Oversee design and execution of merchant monitoring/investigation workflows, Partner with global legal/risk/compliance on policy implementation, Work with Product/Engineering to evolve risk tooling, Champion automation and AI to reduce manual work, Drive key performance metrics (fraud/chargeback ratios), Proactive stakeholder management

Seniority

Senior Manager, hands-on leadership

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