About Us

Tamara is the leading fintech platform in Saudi Arabia and the wider GCC region with a mission to help people make their dreams come true by building the most customer-centric financial super-app on earth. The company serves millions of users in KSA, UAE and Kuwait, and partners with leading global and regional brands such as SHEIN, Jarir, noon, Amazon, IKEA, eXtra and Farfetch as well as small and medium businesses.

Tamara is Saudi's first fintech unicorn and is backed by Sanabil Investments, SNB Capital, Checkout.com, amongst others, operating out its headquarters in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia with other regional and global support offices.

About the role 

 

Tamara’s ambition is to become the region’s favorite way to pay for what we call life’s little essentials – a new way of purchasing designed for and around our customers’ interests. We believe that great design has the ability to engage and inspire. 

 

Role Overview:

As the Product Lead for Risk, you will oversee our efforts in mitigating risks across fraud, compliance, credit and collections. This senior position involves leading the development of strategic initiatives and deploying innovative tools to enhance risk management practices, particularly focusing on compliance adherence and credit risk optimization.

Key Responsibilities:

• Strategic Leadership and Vision: Drive the strategy and vision for risk management and compliance products, focusing on fraud detection credit and collections. Oversee cross-functional teams to deliver impactful results.
• Advanced Product Strategy and Development: Spearhead the design, build and continuously improve APIs, services and systems. Focus on scaling internal product capabilities and enhancing external vendor integrations to better manage risk.
• Sophisticated Analytics and Insights: Utilize advanced data analytics to identify and interpret fraud, credit and collections trends. Provide strategic insights to guide product improvements and risk mitigation strategies.
• User-Centric Innovation: Collaborate closely with functional teams across product and operations to understand user challenges and innovate solutions that enhance user experience and safety.
• Leadership and Team Development: Mentor and support a team of senior managers and their cross-disciplinary teams, fostering a high performance culture.

What We’re Looking For:

• Bachelor’s degree or higher, with a minimum of 10 years in product management, including significant experience in risk management and/or compliance.
• Demonstrated experience in leading senior teams and managing complex product portfolios in a dynamic environment.
• Exceptional leadership qualities, with a track record of making strategic risk decisions that align with business goals.
• Excellent problem-solving skills, capable of working collaboratively with engineering teams and innovating new product solutions.

All qualified individuals are encouraged to apply.

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