Senior Director of Underwriting, Fraud Monitoring & Boarding

Responsibilities

• Lead a team focused on merchant boarding and underwriting operations
• Redesign the onboarding journey using AI-driven approaches
• Define risk appetite and establish operational workflows for risk governance
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to enhance technology for risk decision-making
• Implement automation for underwriting processes and maintain review controls
• Contribute to building the lending operating model for future products
• Monitor ongoing merchant risk and build reporting dashboards

Qualifications

• 8+ years of experience in payments risk or financial services operations, including 3+ years in leadership roles
• Expertise in KYB/KYC processes and merchant underwriting
• Proven success modernizing boarding processes with automation
• Familiarity with verification vendors and current risk management practices
• Strong analytical skills and proficiency in SQL and data analysis
• Ability to leverage alternative data signals for risk evaluation
• Excellent communication skills for stakeholder engagement

Pay

$150,000 – $170,000 annually

Schedule

Remote - US based candidates only, no visa sponsorship available