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Regional Risk Lead, India & South Asia

AT Uber
Uber

Regional Risk Lead, India & South Asia

Gurgaon, India

About the Role

The India & South Asia (InSA) Mobility business spans over 100 cities across three countries and is pivotal in Uber's growth, profitability, and innovation roadmap. This region presents a unique blend of regulatory, competitive, and growth challenges, offering immense opportunities to innovate and lead.

As the Regional Risk Lead, you will be partnering with the global risk team to build outstanding risk management experience across the entire user, merchant and driver lifecycle to ensure safe business growth in InSA

What You'll Do

  1. Drive down payments fraud, balancing customer experience: Take the lead to develop and deliver on a payments fraud strategy that continually drives down losses, whilst balancing with customer experience.
  2. Program manage fraud initiatives: Work closely with global, regional and local teams to drive large scale end-to-end strategic and tactical initiatives to mitigate fraud losses.
  3. Lead engagement with Mobility teams: Advise regional businesses on any potential risks to profitability and engage with ops teams across InSA to ensure awareness, alignment, and agreement on fraud & risk activities.
  4. Conduct risk assessment: Evaluate new products, features, campaigns, incentives and processes, provide data-driven input on risk control and influence/challenge key decisions to ensure adequate risk check and prevention are in place.

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Basic Qualifications
  1. Bachelor's degree in Finance, Business, Information Technology, or a related field
  2. At least 5-7 years of experience in Trust and Safety, policy, cyber-security, business strategy, or related fields
  3. In-depth knowledge of fraud detection technologies and risk management practices
  4. Excellent analytical, problem-solving, and decision-making skills, with strong ability to drive results internally with global teams, while fostering a culture of local ownership and initiative
  5. Strong interpersonal and communication skills, with experience presenting complex, strategic initiatives to senior business leaders

Preferred Qualifications
  1. Skilled at addressing ambiguous challenges and defining strategies that clarify objectives, drive alignment, and yield measurable business impact
  2. Experience in managing payments risk in tech companies
  3. Ability to manage multiple stakeholders with varying priorities and drive creative solutions and commitment to a shared goal
  4. Expertise with quantitative tools such as SQL or Python

We welcome people from all backgrounds who seek the opportunity to help build a future where everyone and everything can move independently. If you have the curiosity, passion, and collaborative spirit, work with us, and let's move the world forward, together.

Offices continue to be central to collaboration and Uber's cultural identity. Unless formally approved to work fully remotely, Uber expects employees to spend at least half of their work time in their assigned office. For certain roles, such as those based at green-light hubs, employees are expected to be in-office for 100% of their time. Please speak with your recruiter to better understand in-office expectations for this role.

*Accommodations may be available based on religious and/or medical conditions, or as required by applicable law. To request an accommodation, please reach out to accommodations@uber.com.

Client-provided location(s): Gurugram, Haryana, India; Bengaluru, Karnataka, India; Hyderabad, Telangana, India
Job ID: Uber-137593
Employment Type: Full Time

Perks and Benefits

  • Health and Wellness

    • Health Insurance
    • Health Reimbursement Account
    • Dental Insurance
    • Vision Insurance
    • Life Insurance
    • FSA With Employer Contribution
    • Fitness Subsidies
    • On-Site Gym
    • Mental Health Benefits
  • Parental Benefits

    • Fertility Benefits
  • Work Flexibility

    • Flexible Work Hours
    • Remote Work Opportunities
    • Hybrid Work Opportunities
  • Office Life and Perks

    • Casual Dress
    • Pet-friendly Office
    • Snacks
    • Some Meals Provided
    • On-Site Cafeteria
  • Vacation and Time Off

    • Paid Vacation
    • Unlimited Paid Time Off
    • Paid Holidays
    • Personal/Sick Days
    • Sabbatical
    • Volunteer Time Off
  • Financial and Retirement

    • 401(K)
    • Company Equity
    • Performance Bonus
  • Professional Development

    • Work Visa Sponsorship
    • Associate or Rotational Training Program
    • Promote From Within
    • Mentor Program
    • Access to Online Courses
  • Diversity and Inclusion

    • Employee Resource Groups (ERG)
    • Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Program