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PayNearMe

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201 - 500 employees

Founded 2009

💳 Fintech

☁️ SaaS

🤝 B2B

🔥 Funding within the last year

💰 $50M Series E - PayNearMe on 2025-09

Fintech • SaaS • B2B

PayNearMe is a payments technology company that provides a modern, end-to-end platform for businesses to accept, disburse and manage payments. The platform emphasizes Payment Experience Management, offering features such as modern payment processing, automation and self-service, exception management, and a cash-at-retail network. PayNearMe targets business customers across industries (auto & consumer lending, tolling, iGaming, buy-here-pay-here dealers, credit unions, mortgage servicing, law firms, etc. ) and advertises metrics including 16+ years in operation, $50B+ processed annually, 16,000+ businesses on its platform, and 62,000+ cash-at-retail locations. Money transmission services are provided by its subsidiaries PayNearMe MT, Inc. and PayNearMe Financial, Inc.

📋 Description

• Own and evolve enterprise-wide third-party security risk strategy, including automation, continuous monitoring, and emerging risk domains (e.g., AI/ML vendors) • Liaise with cross-functional teams and leadership to ensure consistent, thorough operationalization of third party security risk controls • Communicate complex vendor risk landscapes and prioritization decisions clearly to senior leadership • Drive alignment on third party risk tolerance, vendor management decisions, and mitigation strategies • Execute completion of and innovate efficiency strategies for incoming due diligence requests from partners and clients • Administer in-scope tech stack (e.g. BlackKite, Responsive, Serval, N8N) • Coach and develop team members, leading large-scale, cross-functional initiatives to mature TPRM capabilities and improve operational efficiency • Contribute to evolution of TPRM best practices across the organization • Maintain and improve third-party security risk framework artifacts, including risk assessment methodology, vendor tiering, control expectations, procedures, and reporting • Partner with Legal, Procurement, and business owners to ensure third-party security risks are appropriately documented, accepted, mitigated, or escalated • Monitor critical and high-risk vendors for control changes, risk signals, remediation progress, and ongoing compliance concerns

🎯 Requirements

• 7+ years in risk management, including ownership of program-level strategy, cross-functional influence, and transformation initiatives • Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Risk Management, or related field (or equivalent experience); advanced certifications preferred (e.g., CRISC, CISM, FAIR, or relevant emerging risk training) • Proven track record of spearheading third party risk program improvements with measurable impact • Hands-on experience managing third party AI risk • Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills—especially with senior engineering, product, and business leaders. • Comfortable operating independently, managing ambiguity, and taking ownership at both strategic and tactical levels. • Experience developing and managing comprehensive third party program plans, roadmaps, and status updates to keep stakeholders aligned and informed. • Fluency in cyber risk methodologies – ability to communicate complex risk considerations and proposals to leadership and peers • Expertise in qualitative and quantitative third-party risk analysis, including the ability to translate risk into business impact • Substantial experience with AI/automation tools, as well as GRC, TPRM, security ratings, questionnaire automation, or workflow orchestration platforms • Working knowledge of relevant security and risk frameworks such as SIG, CSA STAR for AI, ISO 27001, SOC 2, PCI DSS, or NIST AI RMF

🏖️ Benefits

• Competitive salary and benefits with growth-company options grant • Fast- paced and professional work culture • Stock options with standard startup vesting - 1 year cliff; 4 years total • $50 monthly communication expense stipend to go towards your phone/internet bill • $250 stipend to enhance your WFH setup • Reimbursement for peripheral equipment: monitor (up to $400), keyboard and mouse (up to $200) • Premium medical benefits including vision and dental (100% coverage for employees) • Company-sponsored life and disability insurance • Paid parental bonding leave • Paid sick leave, jury duty, bereavement • 401k plan • Flexible Time Off (our team members typically take off ~3-4 weeks per year) • Volunteer Time Off • 13 scheduled holidays