Product Strategist - Debit Network Risk

Fiserv • Alpharetta, GA

5d • Onsite

About The Position

Calling all innovators – find your future at Fiserv. We’re Fiserv, a global leader in Fintech and payments, and we move money and information in a way that moves the world. We connect financial institutions, corporations, merchants, and consumers to one another millions of times a day – quickly, reliably, and securely. Any time you swipe your credit card, pay through a mobile app, or withdraw money from the bank, we’re involved. If you want to make an impact on a global scale, come make a difference at Fiserv. Job Title Product Strategist - Debit Network Risk Summary: This is an exciting time in the financial services market and a strong opportunity for an experienced product strategist or product manager within the debit/network industry to join the STAR network. In this role, you will help shape, prioritize, and deliver a risk strategy for debit network products and capabilities. This role focuses on protecting transaction integrity and improving client and consumer outcomes by aligning risk controls, data insights and product roadmaps across internal teams and external network partners.

Requirements

• 5+ years in product strategy/management, risk product, payments, or related financial services experience.
• Strong understanding of debit card payments and authorization flows; familiarity with network risk concepts (fraud patterns, monitoring, rules/score-based controls, decisioning).
• Experience building product roadmaps, writing requirements, and driving cross-functional delivery.
• Data-driven mindset with ability to define KPIs and interpret trends to guide decisions.
• Strong stakeholder management and communication skills.

Nice To Haves

• Experience with debit networks.
• Exposure to fraud models, risk engines, and case management tools.

Responsibilities

• Define and maintain the product strategy and roadmap for debit network risk capabilities (e.g., fraud mitigation, dispute/chargeback risk, monitoring and alerting).
• Translate payment trends and emerging threats into clear product requirements and investment priorities.
• Partner with cross-functional teams (Product, Risk, Data Science/Analytics, Operations, Compliance and Client teams) to deliver risk features from discovery through launch.
• Develop business cases for roadmap initiatives, including expected risk reduction, client impact, operational impact and ROI.
• Establish and track performance metrics (e.g., fraud loss rate, false positives, approval rate impact, dispute rates) and use results to optimize product performance.
• Lead competitive and market research to benchmark risk tools and network capabilities; identify differentiation opportunities.
• Support governance and readiness activities: documentation, controls testing, incident learnings, and audit/regulatory support as needed.
• Communicate strategy clearly through executive-ready narratives, roadmaps, and decision memos.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level
• Education Level: No Education Listed
• Number of Employees: 5,001-10,000 employees