Senior Director – Risk Engineering

The Company

PayPal has been revolutionizing commerce globally for more than 25 years. Creating innovative experiences that make moving money, selling, and shopping simple, personalized, and secure, PayPal empowers consumers and businesses in approximately 200 markets to join and thrive in the global economy. 

We operate a global, two-sided network at scale that connects hundreds of millions of merchants and consumers. We help merchants and consumers connect, transact, and complete payments, whether they are online or in person. PayPal is more than a connection to third-party payment networks. We provide proprietary payment solutions accepted by merchants that enable the completion of payments on our platform on behalf of our customers.

We offer our customers the flexibility to use their accounts to purchase and receive payments for goods and services, as well as the ability to transfer and withdraw funds. We enable consumers to exchange funds more safely with merchants using a variety of funding sources, which may include a bank account, a PayPal or Venmo account balance, PayPal and Venmo branded credit products, a credit card, a debit card, certain cryptocurrencies, or other stored value products such as gift cards, and eligible credit card rewards.  Our PayPal, Venmo, and Xoom products also make it safer and simpler for friends and family to transfer funds to each other. We offer merchants an end-to-end payments solution that provides authorization and settlement capabilities, as well as instant access to funds and payouts. We also help merchants connect with their customers, process exchanges and returns, and manage risk. We enable consumers to engage in cross-border shopping and merchants to extend their global reach while reducing the complexity and friction involved in enabling cross-border trade. 

Our beliefs are the foundation for how we conduct business every day.  We live each day guided by our core values of Inclusion, Innovation, Collaboration, and Wellness. Together, our values ensure that we work together as one global team with our customers at the center of everything we do – and they push us to ensure we take care of ourselves, each other, and our communities.

Job Summary:

Job Description:

This role will involve applying your extensive technical knowledge and expertise to all aspects of the software development lifecycle, as well as collaborating with multiple stakeholders on a daily basis to maintain focus on shared objectives. We foster a culture of experimentation and consistently strive for improvement and learning. You will work in a collaborative, trusting, and thought-provoking environment that encourages diversity of thought and innovative solutions that serve the best interests of our customers.

Job Responsibilities:

• Hands-on thought leadership for building on-premise and cloud-based Risk solutions for PayPal business segments.
• Have a solid understanding of Payments or consumer financial products, data systems and data environments, and processes that are necessary for the implementation of Risk and Finance models
• Deep Technical knowledge in architecting, designing, and Integrating new Solutions in a large-scale enterprise of highly distributed applications.
• Deep functional knowledge on Payment Wallets, interactions with Banks and Credit card partners. 
• Work closely with technical leadership across PayPal to integrate solutions efficiently. 
• Work closely with business teams, while having a good understanding of how Fraud and Credit loss manifests in Fintech wallets. 
• Establish the appropriate monitoring and alerting of solution events related to performance, scalability, availability, and reliability.
• Provides technical leadership, guidance, and direction to other team members.
• Build prototypes for demonstration and illustration purposes for peer groups, Business partners, or senior leaders. Influence senior business and technology stakeholders across the organization.
• Solving complex problems with datasets and optimizing existing solutions and frameworks
• Ability to build global teams to achieve organizational goals and passion for building an innovative culture
• Partner with product owners to define firmwide technology strategies and roadmaps
• Drive innovation and ensure maximizes the business benefits of adoption of market-leading technology capabilities; Ensure new innovations are rapidly evaluated, piloted, and then scaled where appropriate, working closely with product owners

Qualifications/ Education/Experience/Skills:

• Degree in computer science or any equivalent academic qualification with 15+ years of software application development experience
• Passion for leading and developing direct reports; providing guidance, consultation, and opportunities towards improving their professional skill set; ability to lead and influence direct reports remotely
• Experience in building application framework and/or platform development experience
• Deep knowledge in solution design patterns, building resilient solutions across on-premise applications and cloud including associated security considerations
• Background with Machine Learning Frameworks , Realtime systems, and Big Data technologies such as Hadoop.
• Experience defining application solution architectures and roadmap
• Strong communication and strategic influencing skills, with an executive presence. Must be able to translate and distill complex data concepts to different audiences concisely.
• Effective people management skills, with the ability to attract, retain and inspire a global high- performance engineering team. 
• Ability to juggle multiple priorities and effectively deliver in a fast-paced, dynamic environment
• Comfortable working in an Agile and collaborative environment.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills in English.

Behaviors:

• Consistently demonstrates PayPal’s core values, which include Collaboration and Inclusion
• Partnership – organizational awareness, engages widely with peers and senior leadership across PayPal.
• Innovate – leads effectively in a dynamic, fast-changing environment, challenges convention.
• Deliver Stand out Results – develops decisive strategies that deliver tangible results.
• Execution – focuses the business area on strategic priorities; operates clear, simple systems.
• Enable and Grow Talent – builds capability and a succession pipeline.
• Leadership – contributes to the business leadership agenda; sets business area vision.

Subsidiary:

Travel Percent:

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PayPal is committed to fair and equitable compensation practices.

Actual Compensation is based on various factors including but not limited to work location, and relevant skills and experience.

The total compensation for this practice may include an annual performance bonus (or other incentive compensation, as applicable), equity, and medical, dental, vision, and other benefits. For more information, visit https://www.paypalbenefits.com.

For the majority of employees, PayPal's balanced hybrid work model offers 3 days in the office for effective in-person collaboration and 2 days at your choice of either the PayPal office or your home workspace, ensuring that you equally have the benefits and conveniences of both locations.

Our Benefits:

At PayPal, we’re committed to building an equitable and inclusive global economy. And we can’t do this without our most important asset—you. That’s why we offer benefits to help you thrive in every stage of life. We champion your financial, physical, and mental health by offering valuable benefits and resources to help you care for the whole you.

We have great benefits including a flexible work environment, employee shares options, health and life insurance and more. To learn more about our benefits please visit https://www.paypalbenefits.com.

Who We Are:

Click Here to learn more about our culture and community.

Commitment to Diversity and Inclusion 

PayPal provides equal employment opportunity (EEO) to all persons regardless of age, color, national origin, citizenship status, physical or mental disability, race, religion, creed, gender, sex, pregnancy, sexual orientation, gender identity and/or expression, genetic information, marital status, status with regard to public assistance, veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state, or local law.  In addition, PayPal will provide reasonable accommodations for qualified individuals with disabilities.  If you are unable to submit an application because of incompatible assistive technology or a disability, please contact us at talentaccommodations@paypal.com.

Belonging at PayPal: 

Our employees are central to advancing our mission, and we strive to create an environment where everyone can do their best work with a sense of purpose and belonging. Belonging at PayPal means creating a workplace with a sense of acceptance and security where all employees feel included and valued. We are proud to have a diverse workforce reflective of the merchants, consumers, and communities that we serve, and we continue to take tangible actions to cultivate inclusivity and belonging at PayPal.

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