Head of Risk shaping fraud prevention, compliance, and scalable controls for Veem’s global payment products. Leading cross-functional risk strategy across fintech operations and payment rails.
Responsibilities
Set and lead Veem’s risk, fraud-prevention, and compliance strategy across payment products and global operations
Build and improve scalable risk frameworks, policies, controls, and escalation processes
Guide the company’s approach to AML/CFT, sanctions, fraud, customer and business verification, and data privacy risk
Partner with Product and Engineering to embed risk controls into product design, payment flows, and internal systems
Use data, automation, and compliance technology to strengthen risk detection and improve control scalability
Advise on risk across cards, ACH, wires, and real-time payment rails
Support expansion into new markets by identifying risks and jurisdiction-specific requirements
Evaluate, select, and manage third-party risk technology vendors
Collaborate with Operations, Legal, Product, Engineering, and Data to assess issues, manage escalations, and improve controls
Communicate risk priorities, decisions, and trade-offs to senior leaders and cross-functional partners
Requirements
10+ years of experience in risk, compliance, or fraud within payments, fintech, or financial services
Leadership experience across risk and compliance programs for payment products, ideally in a global company
Experience with AML/CFT, sanctions, fraud, customer and business verification, and data privacy risk
Experience building scalable risk frameworks, policies, controls, and escalation processes
Experience partnering with Product, Engineering, Operations, Legal, and Data teams
Experience with payment products and rails, including cards, ACH, wires, and real-time payments
Experience evaluating and managing third-party KYC, transaction monitoring, fraud, and sanctions technology vendors
Benefits
Bonus eligibility for all Veem employees
Opportunities for career growth in a growing fintech company
Opportunity to use and build AI capabilities on the job
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Head of Risk shaping fraud, compliance, and secure payment controls for Veem’s global payments platform. Leading scalable risk strategy across products, markets, and payment rails.