Head Of Fraud Prevention (Fintech)

TL;DR

Head Of Fraud Prevention (Fintech): Lead and consolidate the global Fraud Ops team, owning real-time fraud operations, alert handling, and the evolution of fraud stack with an accent on operational excellence with strong people leadership and a product mindset to modernize how to detect, review, and respond to fraud. Focus on stabilize, rebuild, and elevate the team’s professionalism, accountability, ownership, and collaboration after a period of turnover and change.

Location: Remote in Europe and Africa, including Spain, London, Paris, Rome, Casablanca, Cape Town, Tel Aviv, Cairo, and Istanbul. Availability within EMEA time zones is required.

Company

hirify.global enables the biggest companies in the world to collect payments in 40 countries in emerging markets.

What you will do

• Define and deliver the vision and roadmap for the next generation of alert platform.
• Drive automation of alert handling to reduce manual review and focus analysts on edge cases and high-impact decisions.
• Structure Fraud Ops as the single intake and coordination point for operational fraud-related requests.
• Own core Fraud Ops KPIs and drive continuous improvement.
• Ensure robust incident management and processes are auditable and compliant.
• Design and implement the Fraud Ops organization model to ensure clear ownership and 24/7 coverage.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Economics, Engineering, Statistics, or a related field.
• Extensive experience in Fraud Prevention within fintech, payments, banking, or digital financial services, with ownership of end-to-end fraud strategy across products and markets.
• Proven track record leading and scaling global teams across multiple regions and time zones.
• Deep understanding of fintech fraud typologies and experience designing preventive and detective controls.
• Intermediate level of SQL with hands-on experience.
• Fluency in English (spoken and written).

Nice to have

• Master’s degree is a strong plus.
• Spanish is a plus but not required.

Culture & Benefits

• Remote work: work from anywhere or one of our offices around the globe!
• Flexibility: we have flexible schedules and we are driven by performance.
• Get access to a Premium Coursera subscription and free language classes.
• Monthly budget to chill out with your team and deepen your connections!

Hiring process

• Our Talent Acquisition team is invested in creating the best candidate experience possible.
• We will review your CV and keep you posted by email at every step of the process!