Business Development Manager - Risk & Fraud

Role overview

This opportunity is being presented through a hiring partner that handles applications and all follow-up steps directly. The employer is seeking a Business Development Manager focused on risk and fraud, based in Germany.

In this role, you will help safeguard business activity while ensuring customers enjoy smooth and secure experiences across several international markets. Working where fraud prevention, compliance, payment security, and commercial growth overlap, you will contribute to the development of risk strategies that support expansion and operational performance. You will partner closely with product, technology, legal, and operations teams to improve processes that must stay compliant without creating unnecessary friction for customers. The position is well suited to a commercially minded risk specialist who enjoys combining data analysis, stakeholder collaboration, and strategic decision-making in a global environment.

Key responsibilities

• Track fraud patterns, operational exposure, transaction performance, and core risk indicators across multiple markets, then turn those findings into practical insights and regular updates.
• Support expansion into new markets by reviewing regulatory obligations, privacy requirements, compliance expectations, and fraud prevention setup.
• Work with product, engineering, legal, and operations stakeholders to improve onboarding, payment, withdrawal, and broader transaction flows.
• Carry out market and competitor research with a focus on fraud controls, KYC setup, AML safeguards, and risk-management approaches.
• Spot opportunities to strengthen controls while preserving a smooth customer journey.
• Assess, implement, oversee, and improve relationships with external providers for KYC, AML, fraud prevention, and compliance support.
• Handle commercial conversations and negotiations with external partners, while helping drive cost-effectiveness.
• Support compliance preparation, security reviews, and wider risk-governance work.
• Make sure operational, regulatory, and fraud-prevention requirements are in place for new market launches and growth initiatives.
• Create dashboards, reporting structures, and visibility tools that help leaders make informed strategic decisions.
• Recommend improvements to risk processes, control frameworks, and business resilience.

Requirements

• At least 6 years of experience in risk management, fraud prevention, compliance, payments security, financial crime, or a closely related area.
• Deep understanding of KYC, AML, transaction monitoring, fraud detection, compliance frameworks, and control design.
• Proven ability to work across product, engineering, technology, operations, and legal functions.
• Strong analytical thinking and problem-solving ability, including interpreting complex information and converting it into action.
• Experience evaluating and managing vendors, partners, and compliance service providers.
• Capability to weigh security, regulatory needs, and customer experience when making decisions.
• Background supporting market-entry work, regulatory reviews, or operational readiness initiatives.
• Excellent communication, negotiation, and stakeholder-management skills.
• Comfort working in fast-moving, changing, and lightly structured environments with several priorities at once.
• Strong adaptability and resilience in shifting regulatory and market conditions.
• Experience in emerging markets is highly desirable.
• Fluency in written and spoken English is required.
• Strong organization skills and the ability to run complex projects independently.

Perks and benefits

• Attractive compensation package.
• Quarterly bonus opportunities tied to performance.
• Fully remote setup with flexibility and autonomy.
• 28 days of paid yearly leave.
• Referral and recognition bonus schemes for employees.
• High-quality equipment and tools provided for remote work.
• Annual company retreats and team networking events.
• International, collaborative work culture.
• Chance to contribute to high-impact initiatives across global markets.
• Growth opportunities in a fast-scaling, innovative organization.

Additional information

This role is for a partner company, and that company will manage the full application process as well as the next steps. The hiring partner also notes that applications may be reviewed using an AI-assisted matching process to help identify candidates whose profiles align with the role’s main requirements. This screening supports the recruitment team, but final decisions are made by humans. The privacy notice states that personal data may be processed for candidate evaluation and shared with the employer under applicable data protection rules, including GDPR. Applicants may exercise rights such as access, correction, deletion, and objection.