Team Description:

As the Fraud Prevention Strategy Manager at SumUp, you'll lead a team of seven professionals, including analysts, trainees, and specialists, operating across the Americas with a direct impact on our operations in Brazil, the USA, and Mexico. This role is perfect for someone eager to tackle complex challenges in a dynamic, multicultural environment, contributing to the sustainable growth of a market-leading fintech.

What you'll do:

• Strategic Leadership: Lead a team of 7 professionals in developing and implementing robust fraud prevention strategies, focusing on areas such as merchant onboarding, card transactions, and PIX operations.
• Data-Driven Decision Making: Create and enhance decision rules using data intelligence to detect and prevent fraud in real-time, ensuring a balanced approach between security and user experience.
• Global Influence and Alignment: Collaborate with local and global squads and tribes, negotiating priorities and aligning efforts to ensure the successful execution of strategic projects aimed at reducing fraud rates.
• Continuous Innovation: Identify opportunities for innovation in fraud prevention by exploring new technologies and approaches that can anticipate and neutralize emerging threats.

You'll be a great fit for this position if you are:

• Passionate about intellectual challenges and possess sharp strategic thinking skills.
• Experienced in leading teams and developing innovative solutions in a fast-paced, dynamic industry.
• Proven in navigating multicultural and multidisciplinary environments, making data-driven decisions in highly complex scenarios.
• Equipped with a minimum of 3 years of experience in fraud prevention strategy within the payments industry, focusing on rule creation and score management.
• Fluent in English, enabling effective interaction with senior leadership across global teams.
• Adaptable and flexible, thriving in fast-paced, dynamic environments.
• A leader with experience in guiding, mentoring, and developing high-performing teams.
• Defined by a growth mindset, curiosity, and a commitment to finding innovative solutions.
• Skilled in stakeholder management, maintaining a business-oriented mindset.
• Data-driven, with knowledge of databases, KPI creation, performance measurement, and data-driven decision-making.

Any of the following is considered a plus:

• SQL/coding skills.
• A degree in engineering, statistics, mathematics, physics, or a related field.

About SumUp:

At SumUp, we believe in empowering small businesses by offering fast, intuitive, and accessible payment solutions. As a global fintech leader, founded in Berlin in 2012, we are expanding rapidly across Europe and Brazil, with a mission to help small businesses thrive.

If you are passionate about intellectual challenges, have a keen strategic vision, and want to be part of a globally expanding fintech, this is the perfect opportunity for you.

Job Application Tip

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