Principal Product Manager – Risk & Compliance

Role Overview

The Principal Product Manager – Risk & Compliance owns the product roadmap for compliance and risk-related capabilities across the organization. You will work cross-functionally with Engineering, Operations, Legal, and Risk to design scalable systems that ensure regulatory adherence, fraud prevention, and operational excellence.

Responsibilities

• Thought Leadership: Monitor global regulatory trends and propose innovative compliance solutions for the roadmap.
• Product Leadership: Define and drive vision, strategy, and roadmap for risk/compliance products, including:
  • Transaction monitoring
  • KYC/KYB
  • AML and sanctions screening
  • Fraud prevention
• Regulatory Enablement: Translate complex requirements into scalable product features and processes (e.g., FinCEN, Fintrac, OFAC, PSD2, AUSTRAC).
• Risk Management: Partner with Risk & Compliance to identify key risks and implement real-time detection/mitigation systems.
• Cross-Functional Collaboration: Deliver compliance-by-design solutions with Engineering, Data, Legal, and Operations.
• Vendor/Partner Management: Evaluate and manage third-party compliance tools and data integrations (e.g., KYC providers, screening APIs).
• Metrics & Reporting: Define KPIs and dashboards to track compliance performance, operational risk, and fraud trends.
• Customer Experience: Keep compliance processes frictionless while meeting regulatory obligations.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Business, Computer Science, Finance, or related field (MBA preferred).
• 8+ years product management experience, including 3+ years in risk, compliance, or fraud within payments/fintech/financial services.
• Strong understanding of AML/CFT, sanctions, fraud, and data privacy regulations.
• Proven ability to deliver products that scale across multiple markets/jurisdictions.
• Strong technical acumen to work closely with engineering and data pipelines.
• Excellent communication, leadership, and stakeholder management skills.
• Experience with compliance technology (KYC, transaction monitoring, sanctions APIs) is highly desirable.

Offer / Work Setup

• Hybrid work: 2 days onsite/week.
• Salary + bonus + stock options and health/dental/vision benefits.
• Flexible hours, remote-friendly culture, learning & development budget.