Ramp

Program Manager – Transaction Monitoring and Sanctions Screening

Ramp

full-time

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Origin:  • 🇺🇸 United States • New York

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Salary

💰 $132,500 - $202,000 per year

Job Level

Mid-LevelSenior

Tech Stack

CloudSQL

About the role

  • Oversee the health and performance of Ramp’s transaction monitoring and sanctions screening systems, including rules, thresholds, workflows, and exception handling.
  • Serve as a technical SME, partnering with Engineering and Data Science to evaluate system behavior and drive improvements.
  • Maintain policies and documentation to meet regulatory expectations and follow existing guidance and best practices.
  • Manage system governance processes, including rule tuning, model testing, validation coordination, and logic changes.
  • Draft and maintain clear business requirements and testing plans for any logic or tooling updates.
  • Use SQL and dashboarding tools to perform data analysis, track false positives, and improve rule precision.
  • Support partner audit and regulatory exam preparation, including system documentation, policy walkthroughs, tuning history, and metric reporting.
  • Establish operational KPIs and ensure reporting to internal stakeholders (e.g. Compliance leadership, Risk Committees).

Requirements

  • 6+ years of experience in AML/BSA compliance, financial crime systems, or compliance operations—preferably in fintech
  • Deep familiarity with transaction monitoring and sanctions screening programs and tools, including governance, logic design, and alert management
  • Strong understanding of regulatory frameworks
  • Hands-on experience in testing, tuning, and documenting monitoring systems and alert thresholds
  • SQL proficiency
  • Demonstrated ability to partner with engineering, product, data science and operational teams to translate compliance needs into tooling requirements and priorities
  • Strong written communication and documentation skills
  • Comfort preparing materials for and engaging with financial partners, auditors and regulators
  • Accreditation by ACAMS, an equivalent industry body, or other qualifications in the areas of financial crime, risk management, or compliance (nice to have)
  • Experience with data design, internal tooling, or compliance systems implementation (nice to have)
  • Prior ownership of partner or regulatory exam response processes (nice to have)
  • Certifications such as CAMS or other relevant industry designations (nice to have)