Business Development Manager - Risk & Fraud

Sporty Group; Wes-Kaap; Remote; ZAR 900,000 - 1,300,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive salary

Performance-based bonuses

28 days paid annual leave

Top-of-the-line equipment

Annual company retreats

Job summary

A leading tech firm is seeking a Business Development Manager - Risk & Fraud in South Africa to ensure platform integrity while enhancing customer journeys. The role focuses on risk analysis, fraud prevention, and compliance while actively collaborating with product and tech teams in a remote-first environment. Ideal candidates will have over 6 years of experience in risk management within emerging markets and strong stakeholder management skills. This position offers a competitive salary, quarterly bonuses, and considerable paid leave.

Qualifications

• 6+ years of experience in risk, fraud, compliance, or payments security.
• Strong working knowledge of KYC, AML, transaction monitoring, and risk controls.
• Proven experience collaborating with product and engineering teams.
• Emerging markets experience preferred.
• Comfortable operating in greenfield, low-structure environments and managing multiple streams in parallel.

Responsibilities

• Monitor fraud trends and operational leakage across markets.
• Support new market launches, ensuring compliance with regulatory frameworks.
• Run monthly competitor analysis on fraud tools and KYC processes.
• Partner with Product and Tech to improve onboarding, withdrawal and transaction flows.
• Evaluate, onboard and manage KYC, AML, fraud and compliance partners.
• Lead partner negotiations and support cost-optimisation initiatives.
• Support PCI DSS compliance, security audits and broader regulatory readiness programmes.
• Ensure end-to-end risk and fraud readiness for new market rollouts.
• Build dashboards and reporting frameworks to provide leadership with clear risk visibility and decision support.

Skills

Risk analysis

Fraud prevention

Regulatory compliance

Stakeholder management

Analytical skills

Problem-solving skills

Adaptability

Job description

Business Development Manager - Risk & Fraud

Sporty Group is looking for a Business Development Manager - Risk & Fraud to safeguard platform integrity while enabling seamless customer journeys at scale. This role sits at the intersection of regulatory analysis, fraud prevention, compliance readiness, and product‑led risk design, supporting multiple markets across Africa and LATA, often in greenfield environments.

What You’ll Be Doing

• Monitor fraud trends, risk ratios, and operational leakage across markets, with regular reporting and insights.
• Support new market launches, working closely with Legal, Admin, Product, and Ops teams to assess regulatory frameworks, data privacy, AML, KYC and compliance obligations, and design and optimization of customer onboarding and transaction flows.
• Run monthly competitor analysis on fraud tools, KYC processes, and risk controls, ensuring a best‑in‑class balance between security and user experience.
• Partner with Product and Tech teams to continuously improve onboarding, withdrawal, and transaction flows.
• Evaluate, onboard, and manage KYC, AML, fraud, and compliance partners.
• Lead partner negotiations and support cost‑optimisation initiatives.
• Support PCI DSS compliance, security audits, and broader regulatory readiness programmes.
• Ensure end‑to‑end risk and fraud readiness for new market rollouts.
• Build dashboards and reporting frameworks to provide leadership with clear risk visibility and decision support.

What You’ll Bring

• 6+ years of experience in risk, fraud, compliance, or payments security.
• Strong working knowledge of KYC, AML, transaction monitoring, and risk controls.
• Proven experience collaborating with product and engineering teams in fast‑moving environments.
• Highly analytical with strong attention to detail and problem‑solving skills.
• Experience working in emerging markets strongly preferred.
• Comfortable operating in greenfield, low‑structure environments and managing multiple streams in parallel.
• Highly adaptable and resilient, with the ability to navigate evolving regulatory and market requirements.
• Strong stakeholder management skills across Product, Operations, Technology, Legal, and external partners.
• Fluency in both written and spoken English is essential.

What’s In It For You

• Sporty is a remote‑first company committed to sustainability.
• A competitive salary plus individual performance‑based bonuses every quarter.
• 28 days paid annual leave.
• Referral bonuses & flash bonuses.
• Top‑of‑the‑line equipment.
• Annual company retreats to provide great internal networking opportunities.

If you’re interested, we encourage you to apply! Every application is reviewed by a member of our team (AI is not used in our recruitment process), and we aim to respond within 48 hours. Seniority level: Mid‑Senior level | Employment type: Full‑time | Job function: Business Development and Sales.