Sr Manager, Network Compliance & Payment Partner Oversight

Senior Manager Of Network Compliance And Payment Partner Oversight

The Senior Manager of Network Compliance and Payment Partner Oversight provide strategic leadership for PayPal's external partner compliance posture across global payment networks and financial institutions. This role leads a second line of defense (2LOD) oversight function, delivering independent oversight and effective challenge across payment network rules and compliance, inbound and outbound Partner due diligence.

Key Responsibilities

• Serve as 2LOD oversight contact for external partner compliance, including inbound and outbound due diligence, ongoing monitoring, and contractual compliance across payment networks and financial institutions.
• Provide independent oversight, approval and credible challenge to first-line activities related to payment network rules, regulatory obligations, and partner risk management practices.
• Build and maintain strong, credibility-based relationships with Sales, Partnerships, Product, Legal, and Risk teams to ensure alignment on compliance expectations and outcomes.
• Serve as a senior compliance advisor to senior leadership on network rules, contractual obligations, and regulatory expectations, including risk identification, control design, issue escalation, and remediation strategy.
• Represent PayPal in senior-level partner engagements, delivering clear, compelling compliance narratives that enable senior leaders to understand PayPal's risk management and compliance programs.
• Lead and coordinate cross-functional responses to partner, network, and regulatory information requests, in collaboration with Regulatory Compliance and Partnership Management teams.
• Oversee issue management related to partner and network compliance, including tracking, escalation, and remediation of material risks.

Secondary Responsibilities

• Collaborate with Partnership teams to deliver compliance roadshows and business reviews that highlight the strength and maturity of PayPal's compliance and risk management programs to Partners.
• Enhance automation and operational scalability by delivering repeatable, workflow-driven oversight capabilities that reduce manual effort, improve consistency, and strengthen evidence-based compliance.
• Partner with Legal, Product, Risk, and Compliance teams to ensure partner and network risks are clearly understood, documented, and operationalized.