Global Payments Risk & Compliance Leader

Veem Inc.; San Francisco (CA); On-site; USD 180,000 - 270,000; Full time

Job summary

Veem Inc. is seeking a senior leader to head Risk, Payments, shaping the strategy for risk management, fraud prevention, and compliance as our products scale globally. You will collaborate with Product, Engineering, Operations, Legal, and Data to implement scalable controls and secure payment experiences.

The role requires setting direction, building robust risk frameworks, and guiding teams across geographies to ensure compliant, smooth operations in a growing fintech environment.

Qualifications

• 10+ years of experience in risk, compliance, or fraud within payments, fintech, or financial services.

Responsibilities

• Set and lead Veem's risk, fraud-prevention, and compliance strategy across our payment products and global operations.
• Build and improve risk frameworks, policies, controls, and escalation processes that can scale with the business.
• Guide the company's approach to AML/CFT, sanctions, fraud, customer and business verification, and data privacy risk.
• Partner with Product and Engineering to bring risk controls into product design, payment flows, and internal systems.
• Use data, automation, and compliance technology to strengthen risk detection and make controls more effective and scalable.
• Advise on risk across payment products and rails, including cards, ACH, wires, and real-time payments.
• Support growth into new markets by identifying relevant risks and helping teams understand jurisdiction-specific requirements.
• Evaluate, select, and manage third-party vendors, including KYC, transaction monitoring, fraud, and sanctions technology providers.
• Work with Operations, Legal, Product, Engineering, and Data to assess issues, manage escalations, and continuously improve controls.
• Communicate risk priorities, decisions, and trade-offs clearly to senior leaders and cross-functional partners.

Skills

Risk management

Fraud prevention

Compliance leadership

Cross-functional leadership

Job description

Veem Inc. is seeking a senior leader to head Risk, Payments, shaping the strategy for risk management, fraud prevention, and compliance as our products scale globally. You will collaborate with Product, Engineering, Operations, Legal, and Data to implement scalable controls and secure payment experiences.

The role requires setting direction, building robust risk frameworks, and guiding teams across geographies to ensure compliant, smooth operations in a growing fintech environment.