Business Development Manager - Risk & Fraud

<p><strong>About the role</strong></p> <p>Sporty Group is looking for a Business Development Manager - Risk &amp; 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.</p> <p>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.</p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p><strong>What you'll be doing</strong></p> <ul> <li>Monitor fraud trends, risk ratios, and operational leakage across markets, with regular reporting and insights</li> <li>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</li> <li>Run monthly competitor analysis on fraud tools, KYC processes, and risk controls, ensuring best-in-class balance between security and user experience</li> <li>Partner with Product and Tech teams to continuously improve onboarding, withdrawal, and transaction flows</li> <li>Evaluate, onboard, and manage KYC, AML, fraud, and compliance partners</li> <li>Lead partner negotiations and support cost optimization initiatives</li> <li>Support PCI DSS compliance, security audits, and broader regulatory readiness programs</li> <li>Ensure end-to-end risk and fraud readiness for new market rollouts</li> <li>Build dashboards and reporting frameworks to provide leadership with clear risk visibility and decision support</li> </ul> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p><strong>What you'll bring</strong></p> <ul> <li>6+ years of experience in risk, fraud, compliance, or payments security</li> <li>Strong working knowledge of KYC, AML, transaction monitoring, and risk controls</li> <li>Proven experience collaborating with product and engineering teams in fast-moving environments</li> <li>Highly analytical with strong attention to detail and problem-solving skills</li> <li>Experience working in emerging markets strongly preferred</li> <li>Comfortable operating in greenfield, low-structure environments and managing multiple streams in parallel</li> <li>Highly adaptable and resilient, with the ability to navigate evolving regulatory and market requirements</li> <li>Strong stakeholder management skills across Product, Operations, Technology, Legal, and external partners</li> <li>Fluency in both written and spoken English is essential</li> </ul> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p><strong>What's in it for you</strong></p> <ul> <li>Sporty is a remote first company in pursuit of sustainability</li> <li>A competitive salary + individual performance based bonuses every quarter</li> <li>28 days paid annual leave</li> <li>Referral bonuses &amp; flash bonuses</li> <li>Top of the line equipment</li> <li>Annual company retreats to provide great internal networking opportunities</li> </ul> <p>&nbsp;</p> <div id="message-list_1765290593.382699" class="c-virtual_list__item" data-qa="virtual-list-item" data-item-key="1765290593.382699"> <div class="c-message_kit__background p-message_pane_message__message c-message_kit__message" data-qa="message_container" data-qa-unprocessed="false" data-qa-placeholder="false"> <div class="c-message_kit__hover" data-qa-hover="true"> <div class="c-message_kit__actions c-message_kit__actions--default"> <div class="c-message_kit__gutter"> <div class="c-message_kit__gutter__right" data-qa="message_content"> <div class="c-message_kit__blocks c-message_kit__blocks--rich_text"> <div class="c-message__message_blocks c-message__message_blocks--rich_text" data-qa="message-text"> <div class="p-block_kit_renderer" data-qa="block-kit-renderer"> <div class="p-block_kit_renderer__block_wrapper p-block_kit_renderer__block_wrapper--first"> <div class="p-rich_text_block"> <p class="p-rich_text_section">If you're interested, we encourage you to apply! Every application is reviewed by a member of our team (AI is not used in our recruitment process), and we aim to respond within 48 hours.</p> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div>