Program Manager, Risk Implementation

Alkami

Confirmed live 2 days ago High trust
Remote

Quick summary

Work type
Remote
Location
Remote
Salary
$96,000–$120,000 / yr
Posted
72 days ago
Freshness
Confirmed live 2 days ago

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Salary context

Below market

How this pay compares to similar roles

Similar $187k
This role $108k
$81k most similar roles pay here $235k

This role pays less than 98% of similar roles. Most pay $158,912–$215,566 — the shaded band above. At the midpoint, this role pays about $108k versus about $187k for comparable roles.

Based on 240 similar postings.

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About Alkami

Alkami Technology is a cloud-based digital banking solutions provider offering retail and business banking platforms to credit unions and banks to help them compete with larger financial institutions. Industry: Financial Technology & Digital Banking

Alkami currently has 47 open roles on FindRole.

Listed pay typically runs $129,000–$162,500 across 44 roles with salary data.

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At a glance

TL;DR · Program Manager, Risk Implementation

Program Manager, Risk Implementation serves as a technical and strategic advisor for financial institutions to configure fraud and KYC decisioning workflows. You will translate complex compliance requirements into scalable, automated processes while acting as a subject matter expert in KYC, KYB, AML, and risk decisioning disciplines. Daily responsibilities include advising clients on fraud detection strategies, configuring and documenting decision rules, facilitating end-to-end testing to validate logic, and providing training on platform systems and manual review processes. The role requires proficiency in web applications involving JSON and XML, as well as SOAP and REST web services APIs. You will manage client communications with executives and project leads while utilizing tools like Zendesk, Slack, and JIRA. This position solves critical fraud prevention and compliance management challenges within the financial services sector to ensure secure institutional operations.

What does a Program Manager earn?

Median $172750 from 93 postings across 23 companies.

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What you'll do

  • Serve as a technical and strategic advisor to financial institutions regarding fraud and KYC decisioning workflows.
  • Translate client compliance requirements into scalable, automated workflows that drive operational efficiency.
  • Provide expert guidance to clients on risk detection strategies and platform utilization for fraud mitigation.
  • Configure and document fraud strategy rules to ensure alignment with customer requirements before go-live.
  • Facilitate end-to-end testing of fraud decisioning strategies to validate rule logic and performance.
  • Deliver training to clients on KYC platforms, manual review processes, and best practices.
  • Manage client communications across executive and operational teams while acting as a customer advocate.
  • Influence product direction by providing data-driven recommendations based on identified process flaws.

What we're looking for

  • Candidates must be eligible to work in the U.S. for full-time employment.
  • A Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, Engineering, Mathematics, Economics, Statistics, or a related field is required.
  • An advanced degree is preferred.
  • 3-5 years of experience in a banking or tech industry role configuring KYC, Credit, or Risk decisioning systems is required.
  • Experience with bank or similar KYC, Credit, or Risk decisioning systems is required.
  • Technical aptitude to learn product knowledge and build configurations using web applications (JSON, XML) and web services APIs (SOAP, REST).
  • Excellent verbal and written communication skills to translate technical requirements for various audiences.
  • Ability to manage multiple projects while creating cross-team processes and documentation.

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