Head of Adversarial Fraud Testing & Defense

Adobe; New York (NY); On-site; USD 114,000 - 273,000; Full time

Job summary

Adobe in New York seeks a seasoned leader to build and head the Adversarial Fraud Testing function within Global Consumer Trust. You will simulate real-world attacks, test defenses, and drive risk reduction across Adobe’s products and journeys.

You will partner with Fraud Prevention, Product, Engineering and Security to design adversarial tests, translate findings into actionable improvements, and grow a high-performing, technically fluent team.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's or Master's degree in Computer Science, Economics, or related field, plus 10+ years of hands‑on industry experience.
• Experience leading technical teams in fraud prevention, adversarial testing, security, abuse prevention, risk engineering, or a related field.
• Strong understanding of how fraudsters and other bad actors exploit digital products, customer journeys, APIs, identity systems, payments, and business processes.
• Technical fluency with APIs, automation, scripting, data analysis, and modern web and cloud architectures, with the ability to effectively lead highly technical testing.
• Must have: Python/similar programming, APIs/HTTP, automation, debugging, Git, data/SQL, ability to understand product architecture.
• Useful: JavaScript, cloud services, browser automation, authentication/identity systems, CI/CD, security testing tools.
• Strong adversarial mindset with the ability to think creatively about how controls and intended product behaviors could be circumvented or abused.
• Experience developing structured testing methodologies and translating findings into actionable product, engineering, and fraud‑control improvements.
• Proven ability to influence Product, Engineering, Fraud, Security, and senior leaders without direct authority.
• Strong judgment and ability to balance effective adversarial testing with customer, business, security, legal, and operational considerations.
• Excellent communication skills with the ability to translate complex attack paths and technical findings into clear business risks and executive recommendations.

Responsibilities

• Build and lead Adobe’s Adversarial Fraud Testing function within Global Consumer Trust, proactively testing how fraudsters and other bad actors may exploit Adobe’s products, services, and fraud controls.
• Develop an adversarial testing strategy and methodology that safely simulates real-world fraud and abuse across customer journeys, APIs, account creation, payments, entitlements, and other externally facing product experiences.
• Lead the recreation of significant fraud attacks to understand how controls were bypassed, identify weaknesses, and determine opportunities to strengthen Adobe’s defenses.
• Partner with Fraud Prevention, Product, Engineering, Security, and other teams to design adversarial tests, evaluate controls, and prioritize remediation of identified gaps.
• Build repeatable testing capabilities using automation, APIs, scripting, and other technical approaches to simulate fraud and abuse at scale.
• Validate new and existing fraud controls by testing whether mitigations effectively disrupt attack paths and reduce opportunities for circumvention.
• Establish clear processes for documenting findings, assessing risk, communicating recommendations, and tracking remediation through completion and retesting.
• Identify patterns across adversarial tests and real-world incidents to surface systemic weaknesses and influence Adobe’s fraud prevention strategy and product roadmaps.
• Build and develop a high-performing team with the technical, fraud, and adversarial expertise needed to anticipate and reproduce evolving attack techniques.

Skills

Adversarial testing

Fraud prevention

Team leadership

Python

APIs

Automation

Data analysis

Git

SQL

Product architecture understanding

Education

Bachelor's or Master's in Computer Science, Economics, or related field

Tools

Cloud services

Browser automation

CI/CD

Job description

Adobe in New York seeks a seasoned leader to build and head the Adversarial Fraud Testing function within Global Consumer Trust. You will simulate real-world attacks, test defenses, and drive risk reduction across Adobe’s products and journeys.

You will partner with Fraud Prevention, Product, Engineering and Security to design adversarial tests, translate findings into actionable improvements, and grow a high-performing, technically fluent team.