Head of Fraud Product

About this role

Lead strategy, development, and execution for Sardine’s fraud prevention products. Manage product managers and partner with engineering, data science, risk operations, and go-to-market teams to improve fraud detection while reducing false positives and customer friction.

About the company

Sardine is a financial crime platform that helps companies detect fraud, money laundering, and other risk with real-time behavioral and device intelligence.

What you'll do

• Set the vision and roadmap for the fraud product portfolio
• Partner with engineering and data science to turn fraud typologies into accurate, low-latency models and product features
• Improve fraud catch rates while minimizing false positives and user friction
• Monitor emerging fraud trends, tactics, and competitor capabilities
• Work with marketing and sales on positioning and sales enablement

What we're looking for

• 10+ years of product management experience, including 5+ years managing product managers
• Hands-on payment fraud experience at a payment processor, fraud vendor, or merchant
• Experience at a specialized fraud vendor or B2B SaaS startup
• Ability to analyze large datasets and optimize risk metrics such as recall, precision, and approval rates
• Track record of taking products from zero to one and scaling them for enterprise customers
• Strong communication skills, including explaining technical and risk concepts to executives and other stakeholders

Nice to have

• Experience with device intelligence, behavioral biometrics, or machine learning

Benefits

• Cash compensation and equity
• Early exercise for all options, including pre-vested options
• Flexible paid time off and year-end break
• Health, dental, and vision coverage for employees and dependents
• 4% 401(k) matching
• Home-office setup stipend
• Monthly meal and social meetup stipends
• Annual health and wellness and learning stipends