Head of Fraud

Head of Fraud – Remote

United States, United States 

Fintech Fraud

Full-Time

Remote

At Hopper, we have ambitious growth plans and that comes with the knowledge that we need to provide a secure and reliable platform to monetize our vision, minimize fraud, and drive value in our supply chain. The Fraud team is responsible for fighting against all forms of fraud (such as payment fraud, compromised accounts, marketplace and promotions fraud), while working to ensure that a customer’s experience is both as safe and as frictionless as possible.

As the leader for this team, you will be responsible for leading the product team; and fostering a culture of operational excellence leading our fraud operations. As a hands-on leader, you will relish diving deep and getting your hands dirty. Everything we do is focused on customer experience, data measurement and delivering value at speed. We’re looking for someone to lead product development; take ownership of our relationships with our fraud providers and ensure we have excellent operational efficiency in fighting chargebacks

What we’re looking for

• • Experience leading fraud teams (payment fraud specifically) preference leading product team, but leading an operations team is good as well
  • Knowledge on fraud/risk management, payments, is a must; e-Commerce fraud; Marketplace is preferable
  • Has 7+ years of experience in the payment fraud space
  • You are effective in finding, growing, leading and retaining talent in product management (3+ years of management experience)
  • You enjoy having a strategic impact, connecting with other leaders on opportunities
  • You can guide a data science team with the right questions to answer, turn those answers into business value, and leverage analytics to drive product decisions

MORE ABOUT HOPPER

At Hopper, we are on a mission to become the world’s best and most fun place to book travel. By leveraging massive amounts of data, advanced machine learning algorithms, Hopper combines its world-class travel agency offering with proprietary fintech products to help customers spend less and travel better. Ranked the third largest online travel agency in North America, the app has been downloaded nearly 80 million times and continues to gain market share globally.

Here are just a few stats that demonstrate the company’s recent growth:

– Hopper sold around $4 billion in travel and travel fintech in 2022, up nearly 3X over 2021. In 2022, Hopper increased its revenue 2.5X year-over year.

– The company’s bespoke fintech products, such as Flight Disruption Guarantee and Price Freeze, now represent 30-40% of Hopper’s total app revenue.

– Given the success of its fintech products, Hopper launched a B2B initiative called Hopper Cloud in late 2021. Through this partnership program, any travel provider (airlines, hotels, banks, travel agencies, etc.) can integrate and seamlessly distribute Hopper’s fintech or travel inventory. As its first Hopper Cloud partnership,

– Hopper partnered with Capital One to co-develop Capital One Travel, a new travel portal designed specifically for cardholders.

– Recognized as one of the world’s most innovative companies by Fast Company four years in a row, Hopper has been downloaded over 80 million times and continues to have millions of new installs each month.

– Hopper has raised over $700 million USD of private capital and is backed by some of the largest institutional investors and banks in the world. Hopper is primed to continue its acceleration as the world’s fastest-growing mobile-first travel marketplace.

Come take off with us!