Business Development Manager – Risk & Fraud

About the role

Sporty Group is looking for a Business Development Manager - Risk & Fraud to safeguard platform integrity while enabling seamless customer journeys at scale. This role sits at the intersection of regulatory analysis, fraud prevention, compliance readiness, and product-led risk design, supporting multiple markets across Africa and LATAM, often in greenfield environments.

You will play a critical role in new market launches, partner selection, and continuous optimization of onboarding and transaction flows, working closely with Product, Tech, Legal, and Operations teams.

What you'll be doing

• Monitor fraud trends, risk ratios, and operational leakage across markets, with regular reporting and insights
• Support new market launches, working closely with Legal, Admin, Product, and Ops teams to assess: regulatory frameworks and local legal requirements; data privacy, AML, KYC, and compliance obligations; design and optimization of customer onboarding and transaction flows
• Run monthly competitor analysis on fraud tools, KYC processes, and risk controls, ensuring best-in-class balance between security and user experience
• Partner with Product and Tech teams to continuously improve onboarding, withdrawal, and transaction flows
• Evaluate, onboard, and manage KYC, AML, fraud, and compliance partners
• Lead partner negotiations and support cost optimization initiatives
• Support PCI DSS compliance, security audits, and broader regulatory readiness programs
• Ensure end-to-end risk and fraud readiness for new market rollouts
• Build dashboards and reporting frameworks to provide leadership with clear risk visibility and decision support

What you'll bring

• 6+ years of experience in risk, fraud, compliance, or payments security
• Strong working knowledge of KYC, AML, transaction monitoring, and risk controls
• Proven experience collaborating with product and engineering teams in fast-moving environments
• Highly analytical with strong attention to detail and problem-solving skills
• Experience working in emerging markets strongly preferred
• Comfortable operating in greenfield, low-structure environments and managing multiple streams in parallel
• Highly adaptable and resilient, with the ability to navigate evolving regulatory and market requirements
• Strong stakeholder management skills across Product, Operations, Technology, Legal, and external partners
• Fluency in both written and spoken English is essential

What's in it for you

• Sporty is a remote first company in pursuit of sustainability
• A competitive salary + individual performance based bonuses every quarter
• 28 days paid annual leave
• Referral bonuses & flash bonuses
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