Lead Risk Manager, Payment Fraud

Job overview

Compensation is $150,000–$180,000 per year. The Lead Risk Manager, Payment Fraud role is described as hybrid in Toronto, with a one- to two-month onsite onboarding period in Etobicoke. The listing location is Boston, MA. in the structured listing; the description states a base salary of CAD 150,000–180,000 and a performance bonus. The client is a Canadian fintech platform for consumer payments, savings, and rewards. The manager owns fraud and payment risk strategy across a cross-border payments platform, building and deploying detection models and setting the risk operating framework. The role combines data analysis, real-time fraud investigation, model development, and coordination with payment processors and risk vendors.

What you'll do

• Lead financial risk strategies from opportunity identification through design, testing, and monitoring
• develop and deploy user-behavior scoring, anomaly detection, and automated fraud interception models
• investigate anomalous activity and chargebacks
• query transactional data and evaluate model performance
• liaise with payment processors, card networks, and risk vendors
• establish the long-term risk operating framework.

What we're looking for

Skills & competencies

lead risk manager

payment fraud

fintech

fraud detection

risk strategy

python

sql

machine learning

xgboost

lightgbm

mandarin chinese

lmia/pnp sponsorship

Work arrangement

• Weekend coverage required

Benefits & perks

• Performance bonus tied to fraud-loss reduction and model deployment milestones
• LMIA and PNP employer sponsorship for top-tier candidates, including associated costs.

Why this role

The posting requires Mandarin Chinese fluency and offers LMIA and PNP employer sponsorship for top-tier candidates. It describes hybrid work in Toronto after onsite onboarding.

About the employer

Worthland is hiring for this role. Industry: Financial Transactions Processing, Reserve, and Clearinghouse Activities. Sector: 52.