Group Product Manager, Fraud

Marqeta is hiring for a Group Product Manager – Fraud role to join the Risk, Fraud and Disputes Team. As a Senior Product Leader, you will own the entire Real Time Decisioning product suite and 3D Secure authentication solutions. You will be in charge of challenging the status quo and creating a revolutionary suite of fraud management and authentication products at Marqeta. You will strike the right balance between stopping fraud, enhancing security, and protecting legitimate transactions — all while minimizing customer friction. You will be an experienced AI leader with a deep understanding of AI, fraud product development, and modern authentication protocols. You will partner with a diverse set of teams including engineering, data scientists, risk operations, legal, GTM and marketing.

We work Flexible First. This role can be performed remotely in the United States, only in one of our Premium or National locations, which you can review here.

The Impact You’ll Have

• Define and execute a clear, actionable strategy that aligns with the company's overall growth objectives
• Lead and inspire others with a compelling product vision and roadmap, driving alignment and seeking consensus among leadership, peers, and teams
• Deeply understand fraud, risk, and authentication ecosystems to identify the impact of initiatives or features across the platform. This includes understanding the competitive landscape, AI-based fraud tools, rules-based fraud engines, EMV 3DS specifications, issuer and merchant requirements, and strong customer authentication (SCA) requirements — particularly for regulatory compliance like PSD2 in Europe
• Develop AI-powered products and frictionless authentication solutions that directly address customer pain points, balance security with user experience, and drive business outcomes. Work cross-functionally to ensure optimal implementation and customer success
• Own the complete P&L for your suite of products and drive the adoption and optimization of Real Time Decisioning and 3D Secure solutions — balancing fraud prevention, authentication approval rates, customer experience metrics, regulatory compliance, and financial outcomes
• Collaborate across customer-facing and technical teams to collect inputs for prioritization of features, including value, effort, usability, and priority
• Create well-defined Product Requirement Documents focusing on customer and business value and defining metrics to quantify success
• Act as technical advisor to educate and evangelize features with customers via meetings, presentations, and other forums
• Collaborate with go-to-market partners to develop product collateral, presentations, trainings, and other tools to bring products to customers and prospects
• Leverage hands-on AI and prototyping skills to rapidly validate product concepts, build proof-of-concept models, and accelerate the path from idea to production
• Stay current on the latest AI/ML research, foundation models, and tooling — and proactively identify opportunities to embed AI capabilities across the Risk Decisioning and 3D Secure product suites

Who You Are

• 10+ years in product management roles designing and delivering fraud, risk, and/or authentication solutions that have delighted customers and driven business growth
• Proven track record of setting vision and strategy for a portfolio of products and translating it into a roadmap with rigorous end-to-end execution
• Experience recruiting and growing top talent and building high-performing teams, with strong EQ and leadership skills
• Passion for AI, demonstrated through hands-on building, prototyping, or side projects, and a habit of staying current on the latest research, models, and tools
• Fluency with modern prototyping tools (e.g., Cursor, Replit, Claude Code) and the ability to use them to rapidly explore and validate product ideas
• Strong written and verbal communication skills with a talent for precise articulation of customer problems for both technical and business audiences
• "Roll up your sleeves" mentality to make your products and team successful, seeking root causes, assigning ownership, and driving accountability to get things done

Nice-To-Haves

• Strong understanding of the payment industry ecosystem: card brand regulations, ISO 8583, EMV, and digital wallets
• Deep knowledge of 3D Secure protocols (especially EMV 3DS 2.x), card network authentication programs, and regulatory requirements like PSD2's Strong Customer Authentication (SCA) mandates
• Knowledge of biometric authentication methods, tokenization, and modern identity verification techniques
• Experience applying machine learning or AI models in production fraud or authentication systems

Compensation and Benefits

Marqeta is a Flex First company which allows you to choose your best working environment, whether that be from home or at a company office. To support Flex First, we calibrate pay to a competitive value according to working location. Compensation is aligned according to three tiers within the United States:

• National: A baseline tier that applies to most of the geographic territory of the United States.
• Premium: Slightly elevated from the National tier, and oriented toward a narrower set of higher cost-of-living areas, such as Los Angeles CA and Seattle WA
• Premium Plus: A tier for the most expensive working areas, like the San Francisco Bay area and New York City.

Visit this page or consult with a Recruiter to determine which tier would be applicable to you.

When determining salaries, we consider several factors including, but not limited to, skills, prior experience, and work location. The new-hire base salary range for this position is:

• National: $174,700 - $218,400
• Premium: $189,000 - $236,300

We also believe in recognizing the contributions of our people. That's why we award annual bonuses to eligible employees, rewarding both individual performance and the success of the entire company.

Along with monetary compensation, Marqeta offers

• Multiple health insurance options
• Flexible time off – take what you need
• Retirement savings program with company contribution and after tax contributions
• Equity in a publicly-traded company and an Employee Stock Purchase Program
• Family-forming benefits, fertility support, and up to 20 weeks of Parental Leave
• Free therapy sessions, financial and professional coaching, and legal advice
• Monthly stipend to support our remote work model
• Annual “development dollars” to support our people growth and development
• Through Flex First, the freedom to live and work wherever you and your family thrive