Lead Banking Operations - Cards

Qonto; Paris; On-site; EUR 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Chargeback chain in-house

Automation & AI roadmap

Impact on losses and trust

Diverse senior analysts team

Job summary

Qonto is seeking a Lead Banking Operations, Cards to manage and scale our card dispute and fraud controls across European markets from Paris. You will lead a team of senior analysts and drive end-to-end chargeback processes in collaboration with engineering and operations teams.

You will report to Justine, Head of Banking Operations Payments, and contribute to a scalable, AI-enabled operations strategy that protects customers and company margins.

Qualifications

• Experience leading an operational banking/payments team.
• Proven ability to own KPIs and SLAs and plan capacity.
• Analytical mindset for high-value cases and risk controls.
• Experience with AI-native workflows and automation collaboration.
• Fluent in French and English.

Responsibilities

• Lead and grow your team.
• Own card disputes end to end.
• Keep SLAs and backlog under control.
• Scale with BPO, automation and AI.
• Cross-team collaboration with care, AML & Fraud, Risk & Compliance, Product and Ops Engineering.

Skills

People leadership

Performance forecasting

Analytical

AI-native workflow

Languages: French & English

Job description

Our mission and customers: We are creating the freedom for SMEs to succeed by delivering Europe’s leading finance workspace with banking at its core, augmented by financial tools. We are proud to be _ rated 4.8 on Trustpilot _. ,****based on 55,000+ reviews. Our culture puts customer satisfaction at the core of what we do, as proven by our Net Promoter Score of 75_(more about our culturehere)._

Our journey: Founded in 2017 by _ Alexandre _ and Steve , Qonto has grown to 1,700 Qontoers serving over 750,000 customers across 8 European countries. We have been profitable since 2023, and we are just getting started.

Our beliefs: We hire for skills and potential. With 80+ nationalities, 45% women, of which 56% of women in our leadership team, diversity isn’t a program; It’s who we are. We’ve built a discrimination-free hiring process because the best teams are built on merit.

AI at Qonto: AI is deeply embedded in how we work (here)- Every Qontoer gets unlimited access to the best AI tools. We want people who experiment without waiting for permission, push AI beyond the obvious, know when to trust it, and when to question it.

Join us as Lead Banking Operations, Cards to keep card disputes and card fraud under control across Qonto’s European markets. You’ll lead a team of 7 people and run the full chargeback chain. You’ll also prepare it to scale through our BPO partner, automation and AI, under the guidance of Justine, our Head of Banking Operations Payments.

What you’ll do

• Lead and grow your team: You’ll set expectations, coach people at different levels and cut dependence on individuals through cross-training and backup rotations.
• Own card disputes end to end: You’ll own fraud, commercial and ATM disputes and Mastercard chargebacks within Mastercard and PSD2 rules, and make the call on complex cases.
• Keep SLAs and backlog under control: You’ll own the KPIs, forecast workload from live data and absorb spikes and absences by reprioritising.
• Scale with BPO, automation and AI: You’ll decide what moves to our BPO partner, to automation or to AI-assisted analysis and what stays with the team, then measure the result.
• Cross-team collaboration: You’ll work with Customer Care, AML & Fraud, Risk & Compliance, Product and Ops Engineering to push through what the team needs.

What we’re looking for

• People leadership: You’ve led an operational team for 3+ years, ideally experience in banking, payments or card operations.
• Performance and forecasting: You’ve owned KPIs and SLAs and planned capacity.
• Analytical: You stay analytical on ambiguous or high-value cases and understand operational risk and L1/L2 controls.
• AI-native workflow: You use AI tools daily and enjoy working with engineers to automate how operations run.
• Languages: You’re fluent in French and English.

What we can offer you

• The whole chargeback chain in-house: Since our move to our own card processor and direct link with Mastercard, you run it from first to second presentment.
• Automation: AI dispute analysis, automatic alerts and bots are live, and you inherit the roadmap to take them further.
• Real impact: Your decisions on fraud and chargebacks directly affect Qonto’s losses and customer trust.
• A team ready to grow: You’ll lead a diverse team of senior analysts.

Your future manager

You will report to, Justine, Head of Banking Operations Payments, who leads the team responsible for ensuring smooth and secure payment operations across all Qonto markets. Your manager brings extensive experience in banking operations and control frameworks, and is committed to building a robust, scalable control environment while developing team members’ expertise.

Your security matters to us

On average, our hiring process lasts 20 working days**. Moreinformationon our candidate journey _ here**_