Sr. Manager, Payment Ecosystem Risk & Compliance

Location: Atlanta, Georgia, United States; hybrid with a minimum of 3 days per week in the office. Travel: 5–10%.

Salary: $142,500–$228,100 USD per year, with potential bonus and equity eligibility.

Company

hirify.global is a global payments technology company facilitating transactions among consumers, merchants, financial institutions, and governments in more than 200 countries and territories.

What you will do

• Lead a team of compliance and risk professionals responsible for monitoring, investigations, remediation, and enforcement across hirify.global Rules and ecosystem risk programs.
• Oversee complex compliance reviews, client engagements, corrective action plans, enforcement decisions, and risk escalations.
• Drive compliance outcomes through client engagement, negotiation, remediation, and enforcement strategies.
• Use reporting, analytics, and operational insights to identify trends, emerging risks, and improvement opportunities.
• Advise internal and external stakeholders on hirify.global Rules, compliance requirements, risk management, and enforcement approaches.
• Develop team capabilities through coaching, performance management, career development, process optimization, automation, and technology-enabled initiatives.

Requirements

• 8+ years of relevant experience with a Bachelor’s Degree, or 5+ years with an advanced degree, or 2+ years with a PhD.
• 8+ years of experience in payments, financial services, banking, risk management, compliance, investigations, audit, consulting, or a related field.
• Experience leading teams, compliance or risk programs, investigations, enforcement activities, or complex initiatives in regulated environments.
• Strong analytical, investigative, problem-solving, communication, stakeholder management, and program management skills.
• Experience with reporting and productivity tools including Microsoft Excel and PowerPoint.
• Fluency in English required; the role is based in Atlanta with at least 3 office days per week.

Nice to have

• Deep knowledge of card payments, ACH, push payments, network operating rules, compliance frameworks, and regulatory requirements.
• Experience with hirify.global, payment networks, financial institutions, regulators, consulting firms, or other financial services organizations.
• Experience with large datasets and visualization tools such as Tableau or Power BI.
• Experience driving automation, operational improvements, and technology-enabled compliance solutions.
• Professional certifications in risk, compliance, audit, fraud, governance, or project management; additional languages and international business experience.

Culture & Benefits

• People leadership in a collaborative, global, matrixed organization.
• Focus on accountability, continuous improvement, operational excellence, and talent development.
• Benefits may include medical, dental, vision, 401(k), FSA/HSA, life insurance, paid time off, and a wellness program.
• Office-based work with department-dependent working hours.