Fraud Analytics and Innovation Senior Leader - Industry Trends and Capabilities Leader

Job Description

At Bank of America, we are guided by a common purpose to help make financial lives better through the power of every connection. We do this by driving Responsible Growth and delivering for our clients, teammates, communities and shareholders every day.

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Bank of America is committed to an in-office culture with specific requirements for office-based attendance and which allows for an appropriate level of flexibility for our teammates and businesses based on role-specific considerations.

At Bank of America, you can build a successful career with opportunities to learn, grow, and make an impact. Join us!

This job is responsible for managing a group of team leaders and employees who develop strategies and drive analytics to understand portfolio risk, increase profitability, and optimize operational performance. Key responsibilities include setting strategic priorities for the team, identifying trends, and leading efforts to maximize risk versus return for the business unit. Job expectations include using data and analytics to solve complex problems, coaching and developing employees, and partnering across technology, product, and risk leadership to drive performance.

We are seeking a visionary Senior Fraud Strategy Leader to join our Fraud Strategic Enablement team within Client Protection at Bank of America. This role is pivotal in helping to shape the Bank's fraud prevention strategy and investment roadmap by building /leading the program to develop strategic insights into global fraud trends (particularly AI-driven). This role will be required to be able to develop structured, industry-level assessments of risks and solutions in line with what you would expect from top-tier strategy consultants or leading research firms like Gartner.

In addition to driving this proactive strategic assessment, this leader will also have accountability for selecting and driving the evaluation and testing of promising industry fraud prevention and detection tools. This is a fantastic opportunity for an experienced, strategic leader to have a direct impact on the forward-looking fraud risk management strategy at one of the world's largest banks. This position demands a blend of strategic thinking, deep fraud expertise, and executive-level influence.

• Establishes department-wide strategies and oversees portfolio trend analysis, forecasting, and risk/control performance
• Leads innovation by identifying and championing large scale initiatives that improve the risk management, profitability, and control oversight of risks for their business unit(s)
• Identifies business trends based on economic and portfolio conditions and communicates findings to senior management
• Coaches employees on best practices for structuring complex problems, performing analysis, and communicating the results and implications of their work
• Builds and maintains strategic relationships with peers and counterparts across product, technology, and business control functions
• Performs complex analysis of financial models, market data, financial data, and portfolio trends to understand product performance and improve portfolio risk, profitability, performance forecasting, and operational performance
• Coaches and mentors peers to improve proficiency in a variety of systems and serves as a subject matter expert on multiple business and technical-related topics
• Supports execution of large scale projects, such as platform conversions or new project integrations, by conducting advanced reporting and drawing analytics based insights
• Leverage industry insights, news articles, vendor relationships, and hands‑on research to developing an ongoing assessment of global fraud trends, emerging risks from AI, and how these will likely impact clients and the Bank. Create and share across the enterprise a structured framework around these risks using consulting-style frameworks and assessments.
• Monitor Regulatory and Industry Developments:
  Stay ahead of evolving regulations, threats, and industry research, translating these into actionable strategies.
• Analyzing vendor roadmaps and R&D pipelines to identify how their capabilities can proactively address evolving threats like synthetic identities, account takeover via deepfakes, or supply chain fraud in a post-quantum era.
• Internally, lead knowledge‑sharing programs such as executive workshops, fraud strategy forums, and innovation labs to disseminate cutting‑edge insights across departments, fostering a culture of continuous learning and proactive risk awareness.
• Lead the selection and evaluation of promising 3rd party solutions:
  Use strategic assessment, industry…