Head of Payments Risk & Compliance

Veem; United States; À distance; USD 180 000 - 260 000; Plein temps

Résumé du poste

Veem is seeking a Head of Risk, Payments to shape risk management, fraud prevention, and compliance as our payments products expand globally. Lead strategy, build scalable controls, and partner with Product, Engineering, Legal, and Data to secure fast, compliant payments.

You’ll guide AML/CFT, sanctions, and data privacy risk, while scaling risk frameworks and third-party partnerships across cards, ACH, wires, and real-time payments.

Qualifications

• 10+ years of experience in risk, compliance, or fraud within payments, fintech, or financial services.
• Leadership experience across risk and compliance programs for payment products, ideally in a global company

Responsabilités

• 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.

Connaissances

Risk management

Leadership

Description du poste

Veem is seeking a Head of Risk, Payments to shape risk management, fraud prevention, and compliance as our payments products expand globally. Lead strategy, build scalable controls, and partner with Product, Engineering, Legal, and Data to secure fast, compliant payments.

You’ll guide AML/CFT, sanctions, and data privacy risk, while scaling risk frameworks and third-party partnerships across cards, ACH, wires, and real-time payments.