Job Overview

Head of Fintech Risk Engineering- Regulatory Systems & Platform Governance

GCC Market Alignment: Kingdom of Saudi Arabia

Work Arrangement: Fully Remote

Role Classification: Senior Leadership / Governance Authority

Role Overview (Regulatory-Engineering Format)

This role is intended for a fintech professional who understands that risk management and regulation must be engineered directly into financial systems. The Head of Fintech Risk Engineering & Regulatory Systems is responsible for designing platforms where compliance, monitoring, and governance are intrinsic system features rather than external controls.

The role operates at the intersection of financial regulation, system architecture, and risk analytics, ensuring fintech platforms remain auditable, transparent, and resilient under sustained regulatory oversight.

Primary Objective

To create fintech platforms where risk detection, compliance enforcement, and regulatory reporting are automated, scalable, and continuously verifiable.

Core Responsibilities

Risk Systems Architecture

• Design transaction monitoring and behavioral risk frameworks.

• Define rules engines for fraud detection and exposure control.

• Architect escalation and incident-response workflows.

Regulatory Technology Design

• Translate regulatory obligations into system logic and controls.

• Design automated compliance reporting pipelines.

• Ensure full audit trails, data lineage, and evidentiary integrity.

Governance & Oversight

• Establish governance frameworks for fintech risk systems.

• Review platform readiness for regulatory examination.

• Define long-term compliance and control strategies.

Required Expertise

• 11–15 years in fintech risk, regulatory technology, or financial controls.

• Strong experience with transaction monitoring and compliance automation.

• Ability to embed regulatory requirements into system architecture.

• Senior-level independence and decision-making authority.

Role Structure

• Fully remote with alignment to Saudi regulatory expectations.

• Strategic leadership role without company association.

• International compensation benchmarked to fintech governance leadership.

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