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Senior Risk Strategist - Card Fraud

Mercury ·
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📍 US 🌐 Remote/hybrid 💰 $200K–$250K Senior 6+ yrs
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Senior Risk Strategist at Mercury, a fintech company building banking infrastructure for startups. Owns card fraud strategy, designs fraud controls, and partners cross-functionally with Product, Engineering, and Compliance to reduce fraud losses while protecting customer experience.

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Job description

Mercury is building a complete finance stack for startups. We work hard to create the easiest and safest banking* experience possible to simplify entrepreneurs' and business owners’ financial lives. To enable this stellar banking experience, we need to have a deep understanding of our customers and how they interact with our product. We are looking to hire a card strategist to bring deep domain expertise and an analytical approach to our Risk Strategy team, driving impact in this crucial space.

Risk Strategy is a hybrid team that combines analytics with thought leadership to identify, assess, and mitigate the financial, regulatory, and reputational risks Mercury faces. The team focuses on data-driven insights and process improvements while ensuring a stellar customer experience that fosters trust in our platform.

As a Senior Risk Strategist focused on card fraud, you’ll own and shape Mercury’s card fraud and dispute strategies, combining data-driven analysis with strategic problem solving. You’ll partner closely with Product, Engineering, Operations, and Compliance to deliver scalable outcomes that enable the business and reduce fraud losses while protecting customer experience.

*Mercury is a fintech company, not an FDIC-insured bank. Banking services provided through Choice Financial Group and Column N.A., Members FDIC.

As part of the journey, we would expect you to:

Some things that might make you successful in a role like this:

The total rewards package at Mercury includes base salary, equity, and benefits.

Our salary and equity ranges are highly competitive within the SaaS and fintech industry and are updated regularly using the most reliable compensation survey data for our industry. New hire offers are made based on a candidate’s experience, expertise, geographic location, and internal pay equity relative to peers.

Our target new hire base salary ranges for this role are the following:

Mercury values diversity & belonging and is proud to be an Equal Employment Opportunity employer. All individuals seeking employment at Mercury are considered without regard to race, color, religion, national origin, age, sex, marital status, ancestry, physical or mental disability, veteran status, gender identity, sexual orientation, or any other legally protected characteristic. We are committed to providing reasonable accommodations throughout the recruitment process for applicants with disabilities or special needs. If you need assistance, or an accommodation, please let your recruiter know once you are contacted about a role.

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