Fraud Solutions Manager

Visa Visa · Fintech · San Francisco, CA

Visa is seeking a Fraud Solutions Manager to act as a subject matter expert in fraud and security solutions for their North America Acceptance Risk & Security Solutions team. This role involves developing go-to-market strategies, building business cases, supporting sales with fraud expertise, and understanding various fraud prevention technologies including AI/ML models and rules engines. The manager will collaborate cross-functionally to translate technical capabilities into value narratives and inform product strategy based on market insights and data analysis.

What you'd actually do

  1. Develop segment‑specific go‑to‑market strategies, including tailored positioning, use‑case narratives, and industry playbooks, while providing ongoing field support to drive product adoption and revenue.
  2. Build data‑driven business cases by assessing market opportunities, financial impact, and resource/technical needs to inform product recommendations and investment prioritization.
  3. Support sales in fraud‑discovery and solutioning conversations by identifying client pain points, offering fraud‑domain expertise, and advising on targeted mitigation strategies.
  4. Partner with customer‑facing teams to lead product‑solutioning efforts, ensuring a smooth product experience and driving enhancements that improve satisfaction and adoption.
  5. Actively monitor and maintain an understanding of fraud pattern trends across various sectors and apply key insights to client engagements and the regional portfolio strategy.

Skills

Required

  • 5 or more years of relevant work experience with a Bachelors Degree or at least 2 years of work experience with an Advanced degree (e.g. Masters, MBA, JD, MD) or 0 years of work experience with a PhD
  • Demonstrated subject‑matter expertise in fraud patterns and emerging attack vectors (e.g., ATO, APP, synthetic identity, CNP fraud)
  • Experience working as an individual contributor driving outcomes across multiple cross‑functional teams (e.g., Product, Sales, Strategy, Data Science, Engineering)
  • Proven ability to translate technical fraud and risk capabilities into clear value narratives for both internal and external audiences.
  • Strong analytical skills with experience analyzing data from disparate systems to inform product and market decisions.
  • Demonstrated ability to develop business cases, evaluate market opportunities, and influence product roadmap decisions with data‑driven rationale.
  • Excellent communication skills with the ability to simplify complex concepts for executive, technical, and commercial stakeholders.
  • Strong organizational and prioritization skills; comfortable operating in a fast‑paced, matrixed environment.

Nice to have

  • 6 or more years of relevant work experience with a Bachelors Degree or 4 or more years of relevant experience with an Advanced Degree (e.g. Masters, MBA, JD, MD) or up to 3 years of relevant experience with a PhD
  • Experience engaging directly with clients to support discovery, solutioning, and recommendation discussions.
  • 7+ years of experience specifically within payments, merchant acquiring, or fraud/risk vendor ecosystems.
  • Background working with or evaluating fraud‑prevention technologies such as AI/ML‑based detection platforms, rules engines, device intelligence, behavioral biometrics, or authentication providers.
  • Experience building vertical‑specific GTM strategies, playbooks, collateral, or enablement assets for sellers or client‑facing teams.
  • Hands‑on experience with fraud operations, risk analytics, or product management for risk/security products.
  • Strong familiarity with the merchant ecosystem, including vertical‑specific fraud drivers, operational constraints, and regulatory considerations.
  • Experience partnering with data science or engineering teams to shape new capabilities, evaluate model outputs, or interpret fraud modality insights.
  • Prior experience influencing or coordinating product roadmaps, backlog prioritization, or market‑facing solution design.
  • Comfort presenting to senior executives, large clients, or technical teams; experience delivering workshops, demos, or advisory sessions.
  • Advanced degree in a relevant field (e.g., Business, Data Science, Information Security, Economics) is a plus.
  • Familiarity with Visa’s ecosystem, products, or risk capabilities is a significant advantage.

What the JD emphasized

  • AI/ML models
  • fraud pattern trends
  • client fraud and security needs
  • fraud-discovery
  • fraud-domain expertise
  • fraud-prevention tools