Director of Intelligence Platform at Forter

Tel Aviv-Yafo, TA, Israel

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Not SpecifiedCompensation
Expert & Leadership (9+ years)Experience Level
Full TimeJob Type
UnknownVisa
Technology, FintechIndustries

Requirements

  • Hungry, plugged into the AI world, ahead of the curve, loves experimenting, strong opinions on industry direction
  • High urgency and strong ownership - takes initiative, creates momentum, refuses to let things stall
  • Experienced in driving organization-wide adoption of internal platforms - creates pull, builds excitement, ensures measurable usage
  • Thinks like a product leader - curious about users, sharp at prioritization, focused on impactful platform capabilities
  • Comfortable directly managing top individual contributors (ICs) in strategic areas like AI engineering to maintain momentum and delivery
  • Confident communicator who thrives in cross-company collaboration, presents to leadership, influences and aligns people
  • Experienced people manager with exposure to data, ML, or AI work, leading teams at their intersection
  • Comfortable owning vendor relationships and budgets - evaluating tools, negotiating costs, managing relationships

Responsibilities

  • Drive AI transformation inside Forter, designing the AI & agents platform for internal and customer-facing solutions
  • Partner with leaders and teams across Forter to accelerate AI adoption & business impact
  • Lead and grow multiple engineering teams (~15 engineers), driving vision and strategy for internal analytics, ML, and AI infrastructure
  • Build and evolve high-scale, self-service platforms for research environments, model training, evaluation, and experimentation
  • Mentor and empower engineering managers, senior engineers, and future leaders

Skills

Key technologies and capabilities for this role

AIMachine LearningAnalyticsPlatform EngineeringAgentsInfrastructureLeadershipStrategy

Questions & Answers

Common questions about this position

What team size will I be leading in this role?

You will lead and grow multiple engineering teams consisting of approximately 15 engineers.

What are the key responsibilities of the Director of Intelligence Platform?

The role involves driving AI transformation, designing the AI and agents platform, partnering across teams to accelerate AI adoption, leading engineering teams, building self-service platforms for ML and analytics, and mentoring leaders.

What skills and traits are they looking for in the ideal candidate?

They seek someone hungry and plugged into the AI world, with high urgency, strong ownership, experience driving platform adoption, product leadership thinking, and comfort managing top individual contributors in AI engineering.

What is the company culture like at Forter?

Forter has a culture where data, ML, and engineering are core to the business, emphasizing high urgency, ownership, leading through ambiguity, and delivering company-wide impact in a fast-paced environment at the cutting edge of AI.

Is this role remote or does it require office presence?

This information is not specified in the job description.

Forter

Fraud prevention and identity protection services

About Forter

Forter provides a range of services designed to protect online businesses from fraud and abuse. Its offerings include identity protection to prevent unauthorized access and fraudulent purchases, fraud management that allows businesses to make instant decisions to stop fraudsters, and abuse prevention to identify unauthorized resellers and coupon abusers. Additionally, Forter focuses on payment optimization to enhance trust with banks and improve transaction conversion rates while ensuring compliance with European regulations like PSD2. The company also automates chargeback recovery to help businesses dispute and win claims. Unlike many competitors, Forter operates on a B2B model, charging businesses based on their size and transaction volume, and aims to enhance revenue protection and customer experience for online retailers.

New York City, New YorkHeadquarters
2013Year Founded
$513.6MTotal Funding
SERIES_FCompany Stage
Cybersecurity, Financial ServicesIndustries
501-1,000Employees

Benefits

Health Insurance
Dental Insurance
Vision Insurance
401(k) Company Match
Home Office Stipend
Unlimited Paid Time Off
Hybrid Work Options

Risks

Rising BNPL services complicate fraud detection and increase payment default risks.
Increased returns fraud challenges Forter's fraud prevention systems.
Shift to social media shopping introduces new fraud vectors for Forter to address.

Differentiation

Forter offers real-time, automated fraud prevention solutions for online merchants.
The company focuses on consumer-centric fraud prevention, enhancing customer experience and growth.
Forter's services include identity protection, fraud management, and payment optimization.

Upsides

Forter's AI enhancements improve decision capabilities, boosting fraud prevention effectiveness.
Partnerships with Shopify, Salesforce, and PwC enhance Forter's competitive positioning.
Integration with Gr4vy streamlines payments and mitigates risks for enterprise merchants.

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