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About the role
- Own critical components of the risk platform that protect PPRO, its partners, and merchants across the global payments ecosystem.
- Modernize and scale technical capabilities of customer due diligence and fraud prevention through automation.
- Replace fragmented, manual controls with a consistent, programmatic approach to risk decisioning across geographies and payment methods.
- Work closely with Engineering, Risk Operations, Compliance, and external vendors to ensure regulatory obligations are met while enabling fast, trusted growth.
Requirements
- Deep risk domain knowledge: Proven experience in Fraud, AML, and KYC within payments or financial services.
- Product judgement: Ability to balance regulatory obligations, risk mitigation, and customer experience.
- Data-driven mindset: Comfortable working with complex data sets, signals, and metrics to inform decisions.
- Technical fluency: Experience building API-based platforms and collaborating closely with engineering teams.
- Strong execution: Ability to move from ambiguous problem spaces to shipped, measurable outcomes.
- Cross-functional leadership: Trusted partner to Compliance, RiskOps, Commercial, and external providers.
- Languages: English required. German, Spanish, or Portuguese is a plus.
Benefits
- Hybrid working - We offer a hybrid structure with a 3 days / week on site expectation
- 30-day holiday allowance
- Work from abroad policy for up to another 30 days per year
- €1,000 annual budget for professional growth
- Leadership cafés
- On-the-job training
- Various insurances including accident insurance, disability insurance, direct insurance (bAV), and travel insurance
- Gym membership assistance
- Enhanced family leave
- Mental health platform for therapy and courses
- Pet-friendly office
Applicant Tracking System Keywords
Tip: use these terms in your resume and cover letter to boost ATS matches.
Hard Skills & Tools
FraudAMLKYCAPI-based platformsdata analysisrisk decisioningautomationprogrammatic approachcomplex data setsmetrics
Soft Skills
product judgementdata-driven mindsetstrong executioncross-functional leadershipcommunicationproblem-solvingcollaborationtrust buildingadaptabilitycustomer experience