Head of Fraud
Polymarket is a decentralized information markets platform that lets users bet on the outcome of real-world events.
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About Polymarket
Polymarket is an information markets platform where users can trade on the outcomes of various events, leveraging the power of free markets to forecast the future. It provides a mechanism for users to bet on real-world events and earn money based on the outcomes.
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Candidate Availability
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About the Role
You will own fraud risk end to end, including strategy, risk assessments, preventative and detective controls, investigations, and resolution of findings. You will lead fraud specialists, partner with Product and Engineering on controls, work with Compliance and Legal on regulatory matters, and manage fraud vendors and tooling.
Requirements
- 10+ years of fraud experience in fintech, payments, banking, crypto, trading, online gaming, or high-volume digital platforms
- At least five years of leadership experience
- Experience with fraud prevention, investigations, operations, and measurable outcomes
- Experience building preventative and detective controls
- Experience with first-party and third-party fraud
- Experience with AI and automation for detection, investigations, and case triage
- Knowledge of fraud-program regulatory expectations
- SQL and data analysis experience
Responsibilities
- Own the fraud risk framework, appetite, and roadmap
- Maintain fraud risk assessments and a typology library
- Report fraud exposure, losses, control performance, and emerging threats
- Assess fraud risk before product, payment, promotion, and feature launches
- Define and implement preventative fraud controls
- Build detective controls, including monitoring, models, anomaly detection, alerting, and case management
- Tune controls against loss rates, false positives, and customer friction
- Lead investigations from triage through root cause and closure
- Ensure findings have owners, fixes, deadlines, and closure
- Build and lead a fraud team
- Drive fraud delivery through Product and Engineering
- Work with Compliance and Legal on regulatory expectations and exam readiness
- Select and manage fraud vendors and tooling
Benefits
- Equity
- Unlimited PTO
- Health coverage
- Vision coverage
- Dental coverage
- 401k match
- MacBook Pro, display, and accessories