VP of Fraud and Payments - Pentasia - Remote - Global
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Job Description
We are partnering with a fast-growing, high-volume online gaming operator to appoint a VP of Fraud & Payments. This is a critical leadership role responsible for building, scaling, and optimizing the company’s fraud prevention and payments ecosystem across multiple products. This is a hands-on, high-impact position for a proven leader who thrives in fast-paced environments and can transform fraud and payments into a strategic advantage, not just a cost center. As VP of Fraud & Payments, you will lead the function end to end, overseeing fraud strategy, payment optimization, tools, and team management. You will build scalable systems that reduce fraud losses, increase payment approval rates, and enhance the customer experience. Key Responsibilities include owning and leading fraud detection, investigation, and prevention strategies, building risk rules, driving payment performance, leading decline analysis, owning KYC frameworks, evaluating tools, building teams, partnering cross-functionally, and developing reporting dashboards. The ideal candidate has 7+ years of experience in fraud, payments, or risk within high-volume digital environments such as iGaming, online casino, sports betting, DFS, or similar, with proven experience in building or scaling fraud and payments functions, deep expertise in chargebacks, processing, and fraud prevention, experience with KYC and detection tools, and strong analytical skills. Benefits include a competitive salary, remote flexibility, leadership opportunity, and high-impact role. The role is based remotely in North America or Europe, with the organization being Pentasia.
Company Information
| Location | Active listings |
|---|---|
| Remote - Global | 31 |
| Remote - Europe | 18 |
| Helsinki, Finland | 2 |
| Remote | 2 |
| St. Julian’s, Malta | 1 |
| Remote - North America | 1 |
| Role type | Active listings |
|---|---|
| Marketing Specialist | 5 |
| Software Engineer | 4 |
| Data Engineer | 2 |
| Product Manager | 2 |
| Human Resources Specialist | 2 |
| Product Engineering Manager | 1 |
| Regulatory Compliance Manager | 1 |
| Manager | 1 |
| Product Analyst | 1 |
| Game Design Specialist | 1 |
| Sales & Commercial | 1 |
| Affiliate Manager | 1 |
| Affiliate Acquisition Manager | 1 |
| Risk and Fraud Analyst | 1 |
| Compliance Manager | 1 |
| Solutions Architect | 1 |
| AI Enabler | 1 |
| Head of AI | 1 |
| Technical Compliance Specialist | 1 |
| Market Manager | 1 |
| CRM Coordinator | 1 |
| Business Development Manager | 1 |
| Customer Service Agent | 1 |
| Casino Streamer / Influencer Manager | 1 |
| Technical Compliance Officer | 1 |
| Technical Customer Support Specialist | 1 |
| Fraud and Payments Manager | 1 |
| Corporate Onboarding Executive | 1 |
| AI Engineer | 1 |
| Country Manager | 1 |
| Sales Director | 1 |
| Community Manager | 1 |
| Payments Manager | 1 |
| Director | 1 |
| Business Development Executive | 1 |
| Sportsbook Growth Specialist | 1 |
| Public Relations Specialist | 1 |
| Customer Service | 1 |
| Product Owner | 1 |
| Commercial Manager | 1 |
| Content Manager | 1 |
| Systems Architect | 1 |
| SEO Manager | 1 |
| Paid Media Manager | 1 |
| Role level | Active listings |
|---|---|
| Mid-Level | 33 |
| Senior | 8 |
| Manager | 3 |
| Director | 1 |
Pentasia appears in 55 indexed job postings in JobCrawls' Finland dataset since December 2025. In that historical index, the strongest location signals for this employer are Remote - Global, Remote - Europe, and Helsinki, Finland.
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Job Details
Responsibilities
- Own and lead the full fraud detection, investigation, and prevention strategy across the customer lifecycle, including registration, deposits, gameplay, redemptions, promotions, and KYC
- Build, implement, and continuously optimize risk rules to detect and mitigate fraud patterns such as bonus abuse, multi-accounting, synthetic identity, and payment fraud
- Drive payment performance by managing authorization rates, chargebacks, and dispute processes while optimizing relationships with payment processors and card networks
- Lead decline analysis, BIN-level performance optimization, 3DS strategy, and chargeback representment programs
- Own the KYC and identity verification framework, including thresholds, escalation workflows, and manual review processes
- Evaluate, implement, and optimize fraud, identity, and payments tooling to ensure a scalable and proactive risk infrastructure
- Build and lead a high-performing fraud and payments team, establishing KPIs, SOPs, and performance standards
- Partner cross-functionally with Product, Engineering, Data, Compliance, and CX to reduce fraud, improve user experience, and support growth
- Develop reporting and dashboards to track fraud loss, payment performance, and operational efficiency, and provide regular executive-level insights
Requirements
- 7+ years of experience in fraud, payments, or risk within high-volume digital environments such as iGaming, online casino, sports betting, DFS
Education Level
None required