Job Overview

Head of Fintech Risk Engineering- Regulatory Systems & Compliance Architecture

GCC Alignment: Kingdom of Saudi Arabia

Work Model: Fully Remote

Role Tier: Senior Leadership / Governance Authority

Position Overview (Regulatory-Engineering & Control Format)

This role is designed for a fintech professional who understands that risk management, compliance, and regulation are fundamentally system-engineering challenges. The Head of Fintech Risk Engineering & Regulatory Systems is responsible for embedding governance, monitoring, and regulatory logic directly into fintech architectures.

Rather than acting as a policy or advisory role, this position focuses on designing automated, scalable, and auditable fintech systems capable of withstanding regulatory scrutiny while supporting rapid growth.

Primary Objective

To ensure fintech platforms are built with compliance-by-design, where risk controls, monitoring mechanisms, and regulatory reporting are native system capabilities.

Core Responsibilities

Risk & Monitoring Systems

• Architect transaction monitoring and behavioral risk frameworks.

• Define rule-based and analytical systems for fraud and exposure detection.

• Design escalation, alerting, and incident-response workflows.

Regulatory Technology Architecture

• Translate regulatory requirements into executable system controls.

• Design automated compliance reporting and data submission pipelines.

• Ensure auditability through comprehensive data lineage and traceability.

Governance & Oversight

• Establish governance models for fintech risk and compliance systems.

• Assess platform readiness for regulatory examination.

• Define long-term strategies for regulatory resilience and operational integrity.

Required Expertise

• 12–15 years in fintech risk systems, regulatory technology, or financial controls.

• Deep understanding of transaction monitoring and compliance automation.

• Experience embedding regulatory logic into financial system architecture.

• Strong independent decision-making capability at senior level.

Role Structure

• Fully remote with alignment to Saudi regulatory expectations.

• Senior governance authority without company association.

• International compensation aligned with fintech regulatory leadership roles.

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