Program Manager, Fraud and Payments Risk
- Location
- San Francisco Bay Area
- Salary range
- USD $144,000 – $162,000 base
- Workplace
- In office
- Level
- Individual contributor
- Job family
- Investigations
- Posted
- 5 weeks ago
The T&S Network estimates this role to be P3, Senior. The typical base salary for that level in Investigations & Threat Intel is $130k to $180k at an employer this size in the San Francisco Bay Area. Key skills at this level: runs an investigation end to end, from signal to enforcement to writeup, builds and maintains the tradecraft others on the team follow, and works law enforcement and external referral pathways correctly.
Why this level
Estimated from the posting rather than stated by the employer: the title reads as P2 · asks for 5+ years · posts $144k to $162k base at a company of 500 to 5,000 in the San Francisco Bay Area.
The role, in T&S terms
Written by the T&S Network from Discord's posting.
Payments, fraud and risk work for a gaming communication platform: the team manages large-scale fraud detection, card network fee and chargeback strategy, and early fraud risk review for new product launches. The team sits between Payments Strategy, Engineering, Legal, Product and Revenue, embedding fraud and financial risk expertise into those groups' work.
What you'd do
- Drive multi-team programs across Engineering, Legal, Payments Strategy, Product and Revenue, tracking timelines and blockers
- Lead complex fraud investigations, run root cause analyses and propose rule changes and cross-functional actions
- Write SQL against fraud and payments data and build Mode or Datadog dashboards and alerts
- Contribute to fraud risk assessments for new product launches and carry out mitigation plans
- Explain business impact to stakeholders before, during and after launches, adjusting detail to the audience
- Own fraud detection, payments operations and risk assessment in an assigned area, from strategy through post-launch measurement
- Mentor junior team members and contribute to team knowledge sharing
What it asks for
- 4 to 5+ years in payments, fraud or risk operations with hands-on card network rules, chargeback and dispute experience
- Deep knowledge of payments flows, Visa, Mastercard and Amex rules, and chargeback processes
- Proficiency in SQL for querying and analyzing large datasets
- Prior work setting up fraud dashboards and alerts in Mode, Datadog or comparable BI tools
- Ability to own an end-to-end function and run mid-size programs with minimal oversight
- Strong written and verbal communication for technical and senior audiences
- Prior experience coaching colleagues or acting as the go-to technical expert on a team (preferred)
Worth knowing
- Must reside in or be willing to relocate to the San Francisco Bay Area
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About Discord
Social platforms · Gaming · San Francisco, CA · 501 to 1,000 people · Founded 2015
Voice, video and text chat platform organized around servers and communities.
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