ME Cross-Border Risk Strategy Lead

PingPong Payments; Dubai; On-site; AED 670,000 - 1,004,000; Full time

Job summary

PingPong Payments in Dubai seeks a senior risk and compliance specialist to design end-to-end controls for new products, markets and client segments, covering onboarding, transaction monitoring, limits and review triggers.

The role requires translating local regulatory requirements into proportionate controls, producing audit-ready documentation, and partnering with commercial, compliance, operations and HQ to land practical solutions.

Qualifications

• 7+ years in risk, compliance, or financial crime within payments, fintech, or banking.
• Strong knowledge of local ME regulatory practices and market norms.
• Ability to design proportionate controls and implement compliance solutions.

Responsibilities

• Design end-to-end risk control frameworks for new products and markets.
• Translate local regulatory requirements into proportionate controls.
• Produce audit-ready documentation such as frameworks, risk assessments, and policies.
• Collaborate with commercial, compliance, operations and HQ to deploy solutions.
• Localise HQ frameworks to ME market reality and oversee live and new markets.

Skills

Risk management

Financial crime

Regulatory compliance

Policy writing

Documentation

Cross-border experience

Stakeholder management

Job description

PingPong Payments in Dubai seeks a senior risk and compliance specialist to design end-to-end controls for new products, markets and client segments, covering onboarding, transaction monitoring, limits and review triggers.

The role requires translating local regulatory requirements into proportionate controls, producing audit-ready documentation, and partnering with commercial, compliance, operations and HQ to land practical solutions.