Head of Fraud Operations

PSA

$139K — $200K *
Finance & Insurance
5 - 7 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • 7+ years in fraud operations or investigations, including team leadership experience.
  • Hands-on experience with fraud detection systems and case management at scale.
  • Strong knowledge of payment fraud typologies, including account takeover and seller fraud.
  • Understanding of AML/KYC operations and suspicious activity reporting process.
  • Data fluency with the ability to analyze trends and translate insights into actionable changes.

Responsibilities

  • Own day-to-day fraud decisioning and case management operations.
  • Monitor and tune fraud rules and ML-model performance in collaboration with Data Science.
  • Manage review queues, decision SLAs, and team productivity.
  • Lead wide-ranging investigations into various fraud types and enforce security operations.
  • Oversee KYC/CIP review, alert disposition, and compliance screening for lending and marketplace.
  • Manage vendor relations for fraud, identity, and device intelligence tools.
  • Build and develop the fraud-operations team in alignment with growth.

Benefits

  • Comprehensive health insurance including medical, dental, and vision for full-time employees.
  • Additional fertility, commuter, and educational assistance benefits available.
  • Competitive 401(k) matching plan to support employees' financial goals.
  • Flexible vacation policy for salaried employees.
  • Ten paid holidays for all regular, full-time employees.
  • Employee discounts on select services for approved submissions.
  • Flexible work hours with various shifts to accommodate team members' needs.
  • Engaging work environment with team-building activities and celebrations.
Full Job Description

The Head of Fraud Operations runs the operational engine of fraud prevention across Collectors’ Marketplace, Power Packs, and emerging Financial Services lending business. This senior leader owns real-time and manual-review decisioning, fraud investigations, and AML alert operations; tunes rules and partners with Data Science on models; and builds the team, tooling, SLAs, and metrics that hold fraud losses down without imposing undue customer friction. The role manages a team, reports to the Head of Risk & Compliance, and works closely with Disputes Operations on fraud-related chargebacks and with Trust & Safety on enforcement.

What You'll Do

Fraud Detection & Decisioning Operations

  • Day-to-day operations. Own real-time decisioning, manual-review queues, and case management across Marketplace, Power Packs, and lending.

  • Rules & model performance. Monitor rules and ML-model performance, recommend and implement rule and threshold changes, and partner with Data Science / Risk Strategy on tuning and retraining.

  • Queue & SLA health. Manage review-queue health, decision SLAs, and analyst productivity and quality.

Investigations & Response

  • Multi-typology investigations. Lead investigations into payment fraud, account takeover, seller / listing fraud, counterfeit and authenticity abuse, collusion and shill activity, promotion abuse, and laundering of value through high-worth collectibles.

  • Account-takeover response. Own ATO and account-security operations — detection, containment, recovery, and customer remediation.

  • Cross-team handoffs. Partner with Disputes Operations on fraud-driven chargebacks and with Trust & Safety on enforcement and offboarding.

AML/KYC Operations

  • Alert operations. Run KYC / CIP review, transaction-monitoring alert disposition, and sanctions / OFAC screening for the lending business and marketplace.

  • SAR support. Prepare and support suspicious-activity reporting and maintain investigation documentation to AML and audit standards.

Tools, Vendors & Reporting

  • Tooling & signals. Manage fraud, identity, and device-intelligence tooling and vendors; evaluate and onboard new signals and platforms.

  • Metrics & continuous improvement. Define and report fraud loss rate, false-positive / decline rate, detection rate, review SLA, and recovery; drive continuous improvement against targets.

  • Team building. Build, lead, and develop the fraud-operations team; scale headcount and managed-services support in line with volume growth.

Who You Are:

Required Qualifications

  • 7+ years in fraud operations or fraud investigations, including leadership of analysts or teams.

  • Hands-on experience with fraud-detection systems (rules engines, ML-based decisioning), case management, and manual review at scale.

  • Strong command of fraud typologies in payments and marketplace settings — account takeover, payment fraud, and seller fraud in particular.

  • Working knowledge of AML / KYC operations and the SAR process.

  • Data fluency: able to analyze fraud trends and translate them into rule and threshold changes; comfortable with SQL and dashboards.

Preferred Qualifications

  • High-volume, high-AOV consumer marketplace or fintech / lending fraud experience.

  • Certifications such as CFE (fraud) or CAMS (AML).

  • Experience standing up or materially scaling a fraud-operations function.

  • Familiarity with collectibles / authenticity fraud or abuse of chance-based products.

    Salary Range: The salary range for this position is $139,641 - $200,711. Actual compensation on this range varies based on a variety of non-discriminatory factors, including location, job level, experience, and skill set. This role may be eligible for bonuses, commissions, or other forms of compensation, please ask your recruiter for details.

    Reasons To Join Us:

    • Health Insurance: All full-time employees are eligible to enroll in Medical, Dental, and Vision

    • Additional Benefits: Full-time employees are eligible for fertility, commuter, and educational assistance benefits

    • 401(K) Matching Plan: We are proud to offer a competitive 401k matching plan to our employees to support their future financial goals

    • Vacation: All salaried employees are eligible for flexible time-off

    • Holiday Pay: All regular, full-time employees are eligible for ten company paid holidays

    • Employee Discounts: Employees receive discounts on select grading services for approved submissions

    • Flexible Hours: Many of our teams offer flexible schedules with varying shifts and will work with you to accommodate your needs

    • Fun Working Environment: Our team members are invited to participate in celebrations, holiday events, and team building activities

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