Lead Product Manager, Fraud Risk

The role

You will build a dedicated first-line Fraud Risk capability from scratch. You will define the roadmap, own product strategy for KYC and account-related risk controls, and lead the design of fraud detection and prevention capabilities.

What you will do

• Define and drive the roadmap for first-line fraud risk capabilities.
• Own product strategy for KYC and account-related risk controls.
• Lead the design and evolution of fraud detection, prevention, and resolution capabilities.
• Own delivery end-to-end from detailed spec through production launch.
• Own transaction limits, rules, and controls across products and rails.
• Debug and root-cause production issues alongside engineers.
• Lead the evaluation, integration, and optimization of third-party fraud risk vendors and AI tooling.
• Architect AI workflows and autonomous agents to automate risk operations.
• Partner with Compliance/Legal to ensure decisions meet regulatory obligations.

Required qualifications

• 8+ years of Product Management experience in fraud risk, or trust & safety.
• Deep, hands-on understanding of how fraud risk systems are architected and operated, including rules engines, device/behavioral signals, transaction monitoring, case management, and model-based decisi
• Direct experience with KYC/CIP onboarding flows and identity verification systems.
• Working understanding of the regulatory context (BSA/AML) that shapes them.
• Track record of leading discovery and shaping ambiguous, 0-to-1 problem spaces into a sequenced roadmap.
• Experience owning delivery through full production launch, including rollout planning, post-launch monitoring, and iteration.
• Experience partnering with engineering on system architecture decisions for fraud risk tooling.
• Strong analytical fluency to use data to diagnose fraud patterns, evaluate control performance, and make loss/friction trade-offs.

Nice to have

• Ideally within a high-growth fintech or a fraud risk vendor environment.

Benefits

• Competitive salary
• Meaningful equity in the form of stock options
• 401(k) plan
• Discretionary performance bonus program
• Biannual performance reviews
• Medical, Dental and Vision premiums covered at 100% for you and your dependents
• Flexible time off and paid holidays
• Generous parental leave policy
• Commuter benefits
• Fitness benefits
• Healthcare and Dependent care FSA benefit
• Employee Assistance Programs focused on mental health

About the company

Current is a consumer fintech platform with over 6 million members. It is based in NYC and aims to transform financial access for Americans.