Job Details

We are seeking a highly experienced Consumer Refund Chargeback Expert to manage and optimize our end-to-end refund operations within a high-value, high-volume, direct-to-consumer (DTC) environment.

This role is critical in protecting revenue, ensuring compliance, reducing chargebacks, anddelivering a best-in-class customer experience across digital goods and potentially future subscription products.

The ideal candidate has deep expertise in billing operations, refund governance, chargeback mitigation, and customer retention strategies in fast-scaling consumer technology businesses. _

Key Responsibilities_
- Refund & Dispute Management
- Own and manage all consumer refund workflows across digital products and subscription services.
- Evaluate and adjudicate high-value refund requests in accordance with company policy, consumer protection laws, and payment network regulations.
- Lead chargeback prevention and representment processes to reduce loss ratios.
- Monitor refund and dispute KPIs (approval rate, recovery rate, refund volume, dispute ratio, etc.).
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- Identify refund root causes tied to billing friction, product misalignment, or customer experience gaps. _

Risk & Compliance_
- Ensure compliance with US digital commerce and consumer protection regulations.
- Implement fraud detection and refund abuse prevention frameworks.
- Collaborate with Risk, Finance, and Legal teams to mitigate revenue leakage. _

Data & Performance Optimization_
- Analyze large datasets to identify patterns in refund behavior and chargebacks.
- Build dashboards and reporting frameworks for leadership visibility.
- Recommend and implement process improvements to reduce refund rates while protecting customer satisfaction. _

Cross-Functional Leadership_
- Work closely with Customer Experience, Product, Payments, Legal, and Finance teams.
- Provide training and guidance to support teams on refund policy and exception handling.
- Contribute to policy design that balances customer trust and revenue protection. _

Required Qualifications_
- 5+ years of experience in consumer refunds, billing operations, or payments in a high-volume environment
- Proven experience managing refunds for digital services
- Deep knowledge of payment processors, chargeback workflows, and card network regulations.
- Demonstrated success reducing dispute ratios and refund leakage at scale.
- Strong analytical skills with experience using data tools (e.g., SQL, BI platforms, payment dashboards).
- Exceptional judgment in balancing revenue protection with customer retention. _

Preferred Qualifications_
- Background in fintech, ecommerce commerce, or consumer tech.
- Experience with fraud detection tools and risk scoring systems.
- Familiarity with consumer regulations, digital content directives, and card network compliance frameworks.
- Experience working in fast-growth or high-scale startup environments. _

Key Competencies_
Revenue protection mindset
Policy design and governance
Data-driven decision making
Operational excellence
Customer-centric problem solving
Cross-functional collaboration _

What Success Looks Like_
Measurable reduction in refund rate and dispute ratio.
Improved recovery rate on chargebacks.
High customer satisfaction while minimizing revenue loss.
Scalable, efficient refund processes that support business growth.