VP. Risk & Fraud

New Era Solutions; Bengaluru; On-site; INR 24,00,000 - 30,00,000; Full time

Job summary

A fast-growing fintech in Bengaluru is seeking a VP Risk & Fraud to lead fraud operations. The position requires 5-8 years of experience in fraud and transaction monitoring. You will be responsible for investigating suspicious activities and maintaining fraud controls, with direct access to founders and strategic decision-making. This on-site role offers competitive salary, performance-based commission, and exposure to the AI startup ecosystem.

Benefits

Competitive salary + performance-based commission

Health insurance

Team offsites

High autonomy and fast decision cycles

Qualifications

• 5-8 years of experience in fraud operations or risk ops.
• Hands-on experience reviewing transactions and chargebacks.
• Familiarity with merchant fraud and transaction laundering.

Responsibilities

• Review transactions and identify suspicious patterns.
• Investigate high-risk merchants and suspicious activities.
• Follow and improve fraud SOPs and maintain audit records.

Skills

Fraud operations

Transaction monitoring

Strong judgment

Attention to detail

Job description

About Dodo Payments Dodo Payments is the Monetisation Engine for AI-native products. We're a Merchant of Record + Billing & Monetization platform that helps SaaS, AI, and digital businesses accept payments globally, automate billing (subscriptions, usage-based, one-time), and stay fully compliant with taxes and regulations in 220+ countries.

We're building the growth engine that powers global digital commerce, and we’re looking for a sharp, driven VP Risk & Fraud to help take that mission forward.

Role Overview

This role is accountable for Risk & Fraud discipline at Dodo Payments. Think merchant fraud, chargebacks, investigations, and policy enforcement. You will design risk policies, define fraud controls, run ongoing investigation, and lead a small execution team.

This is not a policy-only or ML role.
This is an operator role with real authority and real accountability.

This is an on-site role in Bengaluru, ideal for someone who thrives on building relationships, closing deals, and driving growth from zero.

You’ll report directly to the founder and collaborate with and legal, compliance, and ops teams to ensure Dodo Payments is running a tight ship.

What You’ll Do

Transaction and Merchant Monitoring

• Review transactions across first transaction, threshold-based, and ongoing monitoring flows
• Identify suspicious patterns across velocity, geo mismatch, BIN risk, device signals, and behavior
• Flag, restrict, or block merchants and transactions based on risk signals
• Escalate complex or high-risk cases to the Fraud Lead

Escalations & Investigations

• Investigate high-risk merchants and suspicious activity
• Conduct deep dives using transaction data, logs, and external signals
• Recommend enforcement actions like caps, reserves, or termination
• Maintain clear investigation notes and audit-ready documentation

Controls and Playbooks

• Follow and improve fraud SOPs and review playbooks
• Suggest new rules, thresholds, and review logic based on learnings
• Work closely with Ops and Compliance on flagged merchants
• Maintain clean records for audits, partners, and banks

What You Bring

• 5-8 years of experience in fraud operations, risk ops, or transaction monitoring
• Familiarity with merchant fraud, transaciton laundering and other fraud patterns
• Hands-on experience reviewing transactions and chargebacks
• Strong judgment and comfort making decisions with imperfect information
• High attention to detail and strong written documentation

Nice to Have

• Experience at a PSP, MoR, fintech, or marketplace
• Exposure to high-risk merchant categories
• Basic SQL or analytics experience
• Understanding of AI, SaaS or Software products
• Prior interaction with banks or card networks

Why Join Dodo Payments

• Build the Risk & Fraud engine for one of the fastest-growing fintechs powering global AI-native businesses.
• Direct access to founders and strategic decision-making.
• Full ownership from day one - your impact is measurable and immediate.
• Exposure to international markets and AI startup ecosystems.
• On-site role in Bengaluru’s startup hub.

Perks & Benefits

• Competitive salary + performance-based commission.
• Opportunity to define the Risk & Fraud engine for a fast-growing fintech platform.
• High autonomy and fast decision cycles.
• Health insurance and team offsites.

Want to help build the financial rails for the next generation of AI businesses?
Let’s talk.