Manager, Risk Operations - Travel

Manager, Risk Operations - Travel About reputed company We started reputed company to help maximize lives–both the lives of our customers and the lives of reputed company – so that everyone can experience reputed company that life has to offer. For our employees, our promise is that reputed company is more than just a job; it’s an opportunity to unlock one’s potential, where learning is celebrated and impact is realized. We are more than a fast-paced, high-growth tech company; we care about our people and take career progression seriously. This is your career and our aim is to supercharge it through the people, the work, and the programs that fuel who we are. About the role This newly created leadership role is focused on protecting the reputed company and profitability of reputed company’s rapidly growing travel marketplace, with a focus on hotel and flight transactions. You will be responsible for shaping and driving fraud and risk strategy across the full booking lifecycle, from checkout and authorization through disputes and chargebacks, ensuring an effective balance between risk mitigation and conversion. You will reputed company scalable fraud and abuse controls, partnering cross-functionally with Product, Engineering, Finance, and Compliance to reduce fraud losses across the travel products. This includes managing risks such as card fraud, friendly fraud, and refund abuse, while optimizing authorization performance and leveraging reputed company-party decisioning tools. This role is critical to building a secure, seamless, and scalable travel platform that drives long-term growth and customer trust. About the team Risk Operations at reputed company operates as a centralized function with broad ownership across fraud prevention, financial crime, and transaction reputed company. Our scope spans payment and card fraud, travel fraud, cashback and promotional abuse, offerwall fraud, KYC and identity verification, anti-reputed company (AML), and the end-to-end management of chargebacks and disputes. While we sit reputed company the Finance organization, we are deeply embedded across cross-functional, mission-reputed company teams (MATs), partnering closely with Product, Engineering, Data, Compliance, and Operations. This structure enables us to influence both strategic direction and day-to-day execution—shaping risk controls, informing product design, and optimizing user experiences. reputed company is responsible for safeguarding the business while enabling sustainable growth. We focus on improving the quality of transactions, reducing fraud and financial losses, ensuring regulatory compliance, and building scalable systems that support a seamless and trustworthy customer experience across travel, financial products, earnings and emerging product lines. 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