Fraud Strategy Leader

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Hiring Remotely in United States
Remote
180K-250K Annually
Expert/Leader
Fintech • Information Technology • Software
SentiLink is the leading fraud intelligence company, stopping identity fraud at the point of application.
The Role
Lead fraud strategy by advising on trends, translating insights into product and operational improvements, influencing cross-functional and executive stakeholders, representing the company externally, and defining best practices for identity and fraud prevention.
Summary Generated by Built In

SentiLink provides innovative identity and risk solutions, empowering institutions and individuals to transaction with confidence. We’re building the future of identity verification in the United States replacing a clunky, ineffective, and expensive status quo with solutions that are 10x faster, smarter, and more accurate.

We’ve seen tremendous traction and are growing extremely quickly. Our real-time APIs have helped verify hundreds of millions of identities, starting with financial services and rapidly expanding into new markets. SentiLink is backed by world-class investors including Craft Ventures, Andreessen Horowitz, NYCA, and Max Levchin.

We’ve earned recognition from TechCrunch, CNBC, Bloomberg, Forbes, Business Insider, PYMNTS, American Banker, LendIt, and have been named to the Forbes Fintech 50. We have also been named a 2026 FICO Industry Vanguard Decision Award Winner. Last but not least, we’ve even made history - we were the first company to go live with the eCBSV and testified before the United States House of Representatives on the future of identity.

SentiLink supports a variety of ways to work, ranging from fully remote to in-office. We operate as a digital-first company with strong collaboration across the U.S. and India. We maintain physical offices in Austin, San Francisco, New York City, Seattle, Los Angeles, and Chicago in the U.S., and in Gurugram (Delhi) and Bengaluru in India. If you’re located near one of these offices, we would love for you to spend time in the office regularly. Some roles are hybrid or in-office by design. For example, our engineering team in India works primarily from our Gurugram office.

Role

SentiLink hires deeply curious, high-impact leaders who are passionate about fraud, identity, and the evolving tactics used to exploit modern financial systems.

Rather than hiring for a single predefined role, this position is part of a strategic leadership pipeline for experienced fraud professionals who bring deep operational expertise and the ability to influence strategy across multiple functions.

During the recruiting process, we’ll work with you to identify where you can have the greatest impact based on your experience, interests, and business needs. This could include partnering on fraud strategy, product strategy, operational excellence, industry engagement, strategic partnerships, executive stakeholder management, thought leadership, and other high-impact initiatives that help shape the future of fraud prevention.

You will join the team aligned with your role and report directly into that function, with clear ownership and accountability from day one.

This approach allows us to match experienced fraud leaders to our highest-priority opportunities while leveraging their expertise where it can have the greatest impact across the business.

Responsibilities

Your specific responsibilities will depend on the role you are aligned to, but you will be expected to bring deep fraud expertise to help shape strategy, influence decision-making, and solve complex business and customer challenges.

Example areas of ownership include:

  • Advising on fraud trends, attack patterns, and emerging threats.

  • Translating fraud insights into strategic recommendations, product direction, or operational improvements.

  • Partnering cross-functionally to influence product strategy, business initiatives, and customer outcomes.

  • Building trusted relationships with executive stakeholders across internal and external organizations.

  • Representing SentiLink through industry engagement, thought leadership, and executive discussions.

  • Helping define best practices for fraud prevention, identity, and risk management.

  • Staying ahead of emerging fraud techniques, technologies, and market trends.

Requirements

We’re less focused on a specific title and more interested in experienced leaders with deep expertise in fraud, identity, and financial crime.

  • 10+ years of experience in fraud, fraud risk, financial crimes, identity, trust & safety, or related fields.

  • Experience leading fraud strategy, fraud operations, fraud risk, or related functions within a financial institution, fintech, payments company, insurer, marketplace, or other regulated industry.

  • Demonstrated ability to influence executive stakeholders and drive strategic initiatives.

  • Deep curiosity about fraud, identity, and emerging attack vectors.

  • Strategic thinker who enjoys solving complex, ambiguous problems.

  • High ownership with a bias toward action.

  • Strong executive presence and the ability to build credibility quickly.

  • Exceptional written and verbal communication skills.

  • Comfortable working across technical, operational, and executive audiences.

  • Strong collaboration skills with the ability to influence without direct authority.

Compensation

$180,000–$250,000+ base + equity + benefits

Actual compensation will depend on experience, level, and the scope of the role ultimately aligned during the hiring process.

Perks:
  • Employer paid group health insurance for you and your dependents

  • 401(k) plan with employer match (or equivalent for non US-based roles)

  • Flexible paid time off

  • Regular company-wide in-person events

  • Home office stipend, and more!

Corporate Values:
  • Follow Through

  • Deep Understanding

  • Whatever It Takes

  • Do Something Smart

Skills Required

  • 10+ years of experience in fraud, fraud risk, financial crimes, identity, trust & safety, or related fields.
  • Experience leading fraud strategy, fraud operations, fraud risk, or related functions within a financial institution, fintech, payments company, insurer, marketplace, or other regulated industry.
  • Demonstrated ability to influence executive stakeholders and drive strategic initiatives.
  • Deep curiosity about fraud, identity, and emerging attack vectors.
  • Strategic thinker who enjoys solving complex, ambiguous problems.
  • High ownership with a bias toward action.
  • Strong executive presence and the ability to build credibility quickly.
  • Exceptional written and verbal communication skills.
  • Comfortable working across technical, operational, and executive audiences.
  • Strong collaboration skills with the ability to influence without direct authority.
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The Company
HQ: Austin, TX
170 Employees
Year Founded: 2017

What We Do

SentiLink is the leading fraud intelligence company, providing financial institutions and fintechs with purpose-built solutions for identity verification and fraud prevention. Our products detect synthetic fraud, identity theft, and hard-to-detect first-party fraud in real time — helping partners stop losses before they happen while approving more legitimate customers. Founded in 2017 by Naftali Harris and Max Blumenfeld, creators of the risk and fraud systems at Affirm, SentiLink was built on a simple premise: to truly stop fraud, you have to deeply understand it. That belief shapes everything, from the expert human intelligence that feeds our models to the way we work with our partners. We don't call them clients or customers, we call them partners, because that's genuinely how we think of them. Today, SentiLink processes 3M+ identity verifications per day for 500+ financial institutions, including 13 of the top 15 U.S. banks and 50+ fintech unicorns. We've raised $85M from investors including Andreessen Horowitz, Craft Ventures, and NYCA Partners.

Why Work With Us

At SentiLink, deep understanding isn't just a value, it's a company-wide expectation. For example, our Revenue Accounting Manager can walk you through SSN windows. That's not an exception; that's the norm. You'll collaborate closely, move fast, and do work that genuinely matters.

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SentiLink Offices

Remote Workspace

Employees work remotely.

SentiLink supports a variety of ways to work, ranging from fully remote to in-office. We have offices in multiple cities and if you’re located near one of these offices, we would love for you to spend time in the office regularly.

Typical time on-site:
HQAustin Office
Bangalore Office
Chicago Office
Gurugram (NCR) Office
Los Angeles Office
New York Office
San Francisco, CA
San Ramon (East Bay) Office
Seattle (Bellevue) Office
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