Senior Risk Strategist - Fraud

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 fraud strategist to bring deep domain expertise, a relentless drive to execute, and an analytical approach to our Risk Strategy team, driving impact across fraud domains.

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 fraud, you’ll help shape and execute Mercury’s fraud strategy across multiple payment rails and fraud types, combining data-driven analysis with strategic problem solving. You’ll be a core contributor to Mercury’s Personal Banking fraud program build-out while also covering broader Business Banking fraud domains. 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:

• Own strategy and execution across multiple fraud domains – including ACH, Check Deposits, Checkbooks, RTP, onboarding, and ATO – with a bias toward action and a high bar for results

• Drive Mercury’s Personal Banking fraud program build-out, applying consumer fintech expertise to design controls and strategies tailored to

Department: Banking and Risk Operations