Remote Principal Risk Specialist Jobs
Remote principal risk specialist jobs are open across the U.S. in financial services, insurance, healthcare, and enterprise technology, with opportunities at both remote-first organizations and distributed teams within established firms. Principal risk specialists operating at the senior level are especially in demand as companies build out distributed risk functions. Employers hiring remotely right now include ServiceNow, HSB, and UNFI. See the openings below and apply to the ones that match your experience.
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As the Principal Product Manager for our Defend product, you will own the strategy, vision, and execution of tools designed for fraud investigation and risk prediction. Defend is our anti-fraud platform that protects consumers against forgery or impersonation. Experience in building fraud or cybersecurity products is a must. In this role, you’ll collaborate closely with engineering, data science, and design teams to create intuitive investigative tools and data-driven risk models that protect businesses and their customers. You’ll work directly with customers to deeply understand their challenges, anticipate emerging fraud trends, and deliver solutions that drive real impact.
In addition, you will also lead strategic planning, vision definition, GTM strategy, stakeholder alignment, executive presentations and customer briefings as it pertains to your product area. You may also need to be an expert in specific customer segments such as enterprise, real estate or financial services. This role is an individual contributor role, reporting to the VP of Product.
What you'll do as a Principal Product Manager:
- Independently lead customer solution conversations to help unlock activation and gather key product insights to improve your product area.
- Build a deep understanding of the intersection between our customers and our trusted agents to drive these insights back into our product strategy.
- Make critical product and business decisions in an area that is highly ambiguous and requires the synthesis of data, feedback and customer insights
- Creating product vision and roadmaps to advance our product strategy in the market and presenting this to key customers and stakeholders
- Partner with internal stakeholders to review product strategy, build consensus and ensure alignment.
- Provide status updates, action plans and recommendations to senior leadership on an ongoing basis
- Partner with our operations teams to streamline the onboarding of new notaries and agents to our platform.
- Partner with our strategy team to define new business opportunities and business models for agents to earn on our platform.
- Shape the GTM strategy for how we drive engagement and community within our network of trusted agents.
- Partner with the Fraud Operations team and Customer Support to respond to cases of fraud, creating a feedback loop for the platform.
- Research and introduce new technologies that can be incorporated into our product (for example, technologies such as machine learning, computer vision, PKI, real-time analytics, etc.)
- Define the work for our engineering team by writing functional specs, prioritizing roadmaps, troubleshooting customer issues and managing the day-to-day execution of several software development projects.
- Partner across Solutions, Customer Success, Sales and Engineering to advance the mission of our Trust Platform.
What were looking for:
- 10+ years of experience in software development (ideally with a mix of SaaS, startup, B2B/B2C experience)
- 5+ years of experience in technical product management
- 3+ years of experience with design thinking product methodology
- Ability to influence, negotiate and drive results
- Excellent communication skills and executive presence
- Ability to explain complex business and technical concepts to broad audiences in an approachable way.
- A solid toolbox of product management skills
- A passion for building great customer experiences
- You thrive in ambiguity and believe every problem has many solutions
- You have a knack for navigating competing opinions, making everyone feel heard, and shifting perspectives when necessary
- You’re naturally innovative. You’re dreaming of new solutions before their problems arise.
- A strong working knowledge of APIs and SDKs
- You can lead engineering conversations on technical topics like, information architecture, object model and data flows
- Experience working on platform products, marketplace, PKI or real-time analytics
- Prior experience with documents or eSignature is recommended
- A technical degree is a plus
Position Logistics:
Our Proof Pillars:
- Pave the Way: When obstacles arise, we break through barriers with passion and perseverance. We lead with creativity and forward-thinking. We aim to set new standards and shape the future in a repeatable, scalable way so the path to success is easier for our team to follow.
- Own It: We embrace the responsibility that comes with supporting life's most important transactions. When a problem arises we relentlessly pursue the solution with a 'Yes before no' attitude. Because every problem and every transaction is treated like it's our own.
- Act with Integrity: We are in the business of building trust and it is at the core of everything we do. We are honest and transparent with our customers, each other and ourselves. If we make a mistake, we own up to it right away and do what it takes to make it right. Our dedication to security and compliance is key to earning trust, fighting fraud and ultimately, our success.
- Play to Win: We believe excellence is about always striving to be better so when we get it wrong, we iterate, we learn and we grow. We know we can only go so far alone, we're better together and collectively, we win!
Here are some of our great benefits:
- Medical, dental, and vision benefits
- Life insurance, long and short-term disability coverage
- 401k Plan with a 4% match, beginning on your hire date
- Unlimited Sick and Vacation time
- 14 paid company holidays
- 12 weeks of paid parental leave
- 4 week sabbatical after 5 years of continuous full time employment
- Health Reimbursement Arrangements for fertility and gender affirmation
- Lunch on Proof through Grubhub credit
- Monthly work from home stipend
- Professional development credit
- Monthly reimbursement for Wellness
- And more!
This position will be posted and accepting applications through November 20, 2026.
Proof uses Identify & Defend, our fraud prevention and identity verification tools, to confirm that individuals engaging with Proof at any stage correspond to a real identity. It’s a quick security step that helps keep the process safe for everyone. Defend & Identify are used solely for identity verification and fraud prevention and are not used to assess employment eligibility or qualifications.
As the Principal Product Manager for our Defend product, you will own the strategy, vision, and execution of tools designed for fraud investigation and risk prediction. Defend is our anti-fraud platform that protects consumers against forgery or impersonation. Experience in building fraud or cybersecurity products is a must. In this role, you’ll collaborate closely with engineering, data science, and design teams to create intuitive investigative tools and data-driven risk models that protect businesses and their customers. You’ll work directly with customers to deeply understand their challenges, anticipate emerging fraud trends, and deliver solutions that drive real impact.
In addition, you will also lead strategic planning, vision definition, GTM strategy, stakeholder alignment, executive presentations and customer briefings as it pertains to your product area. You may also need to be an expert in specific customer segments such as enterprise, real estate or financial services. This role is an individual contributor role, reporting to the VP of Product.
What you'll do as a Principal Product Manager:
- Independently lead customer solution conversations to help unlock activation and gather key product insights to improve your product area.
- Build a deep understanding of the intersection between our customers and our trusted agents to drive these insights back into our product strategy.
- Make critical product and business decisions in an area that is highly ambiguous and requires the synthesis of data, feedback and customer insights
- Creating product vision and roadmaps to advance our product strategy in the market and presenting this to key customers and stakeholders
- Partner with internal stakeholders to review product strategy, build consensus and ensure alignment.
- Provide status updates, action plans and recommendations to senior leadership on an ongoing basis
- Partner with our operations teams to streamline the onboarding of new notaries and agents to our platform.
- Partner with our strategy team to define new business opportunities and business models for agents to earn on our platform.
- Shape the GTM strategy for how we drive engagement and community within our network of trusted agents.
- Partner with the Fraud Operations team and Customer Support to respond to cases of fraud, creating a feedback loop for the platform.
- Research and introduce new technologies that can be incorporated into our product (for example, technologies such as machine learning, computer vision, PKI, real-time analytics, etc.)
- Define the work for our engineering team by writing functional specs, prioritizing roadmaps, troubleshooting customer issues and managing the day-to-day execution of several software development projects.
- Partner across Solutions, Customer Success, Sales and Engineering to advance the mission of our Trust Platform.
What were looking for:
- 10+ years of experience in software development (ideally with a mix of SaaS, startup, B2B/B2C experience)
- 5+ years of experience in technical product management
- 3+ years of experience with design thinking product methodology
- Ability to influence, negotiate and drive results
- Excellent communication skills and executive presence
- Ability to explain complex business and technical concepts to broad audiences in an approachable way.
- A solid toolbox of product management skills
- A passion for building great customer experiences
- You thrive in ambiguity and believe every problem has many solutions
- You have a knack for navigating competing opinions, making everyone feel heard, and shifting perspectives when necessary
- You’re naturally innovative. You’re dreaming of new solutions before their problems arise.
- A strong working knowledge of APIs and SDKs
- You can lead engineering conversations on technical topics like, information architecture, object model and data flows
- Experience working on platform products, marketplace, PKI or real-time analytics
- Prior experience with documents or eSignature is recommended
- A technical degree is a plus
Position Logistics:
Our Proof Pillars:
- Pave the Way: When obstacles arise, we break through barriers with passion and perseverance. We lead with creativity and forward-thinking. We aim to set new standards and shape the future in a repeatable, scalable way so the path to success is easier for our team to follow.
- Own It: We embrace the responsibility that comes with supporting life's most important transactions. When a problem arises we relentlessly pursue the solution with a 'Yes before no' attitude. Because every problem and every transaction is treated like it's our own.
- Act with Integrity: We are in the business of building trust and it is at the core of everything we do. We are honest and transparent with our customers, each other and ourselves. If we make a mistake, we own up to it right away and do what it takes to make it right. Our dedication to security and compliance is key to earning trust, fighting fraud and ultimately, our success.
- Play to Win: We believe excellence is about always striving to be better so when we get it wrong, we iterate, we learn and we grow. We know we can only go so far alone, we're better together and collectively, we win!
Here are some of our great benefits:
- Medical, dental, and vision benefits
- Life insurance, long and short-term disability coverage
- 401k Plan with a 4% match, beginning on your hire date
- Unlimited Sick and Vacation time
- 14 paid company holidays
- 12 weeks of paid parental leave
- 4 week sabbatical after 5 years of continuous full time employment
- Health Reimbursement Arrangements for fertility and gender affirmation
- Lunch on Proof through Grubhub credit
- Monthly work from home stipend
- Professional development credit
- Monthly reimbursement for Wellness
- And more!
This position will be posted and accepting applications through November 20, 2026.
Proof uses Identify & Defend, our fraud prevention and identity verification tools, to confirm that individuals engaging with Proof at any stage correspond to a real identity. It’s a quick security step that helps keep the process safe for everyone. Defend & Identify are used solely for identity verification and fraud prevention and are not used to assess employment eligibility or qualifications.
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What Employers Look For
The qualifications that appear most often in remote principal risk specialist jobs.
- Five or more years of experience in enterprise, operational, or credit risk management
- Bachelor's degree in finance, economics, mathematics, statistics, or a related field
- Professional certification such as FRM, CRM, CRISC, or CFA
- Proficiency in risk quantification tools such as SAS, R, Python, or SQL
- Experience developing or maintaining risk frameworks aligned with COSO, ISO 31000, or Basel standards
- Demonstrated ability to present risk findings and recommendations to executive or board-level audiences
Tips for Your Remote Principal Risk Specialist Job Search
Apply early to remote roles that fit
Migrate Mate lists remote principal risk specialist openings from across the U.S. in one place, so you can find roles that match your background and apply directly without sifting through unrelated postings.
Show async communication in your application
Remote principal risk specialists work through written memos, risk registers, and documented assessments. Use your cover letter and resume to demonstrate that you produce clear, decision-ready written output, not just that you've attended meetings.
Highlight distributed stakeholder experience
Remote employers want evidence you've influenced risk decisions across teams without being in the room. Name the cross-functional programs you've managed, the stakeholders you've aligned, and how you drove outcomes without in-person authority.
Prepare for async-first remote interviews
Many remote-first companies use written case studies or take-home risk scenarios before the first live interview. Practice framing a risk recommendation clearly in writing under time constraints, since that skill is exactly what remote teams are hiring for.
Remote Principal Risk Specialist Jobs: Frequently Asked Questions
How do I get a remote principal risk specialist job?
Remote principal risk specialist roles go to candidates who can demonstrate strong self-direction and clear written communication, since you'll document risk assessments, present findings asynchronously, and coordinate with distributed stakeholders without in-person oversight. Remote employers in financial services and insurance screen heavily for independent judgment, familiarity with governance frameworks, and the ability to manage complex risk programs without day-to-day supervision. A portfolio of past assessments or regulatory work strengthens your case considerably.
Which companies hire remote principal risk specialists?
Employers currently hiring remote principal risk specialists include ServiceNow, HSB, and UNFI, per current remote listings on Migrate Mate as of November 2026. These tend to be remote-first financial services firms, insurance carriers, healthcare organizations, and enterprise technology companies with distributed risk and compliance teams.
Can you get a remote principal risk specialist job with no experience?
Yes, but remote entry-level principal risk roles are uncommon because remote work demands early independence that most employers expect you to have already demonstrated. Your best path is starting with on-site or hybrid risk analyst roles at smaller firms, building a record of completed assessments, then transitioning to remote once you can point to concrete deliverables. Certifications and completed risk framework coursework help fill the gap.
Do you need a degree for remote principal risk specialist jobs?
Not always, though a bachelor's degree in finance, business, or a related field is a common baseline for principal-level remote roles. Remote employers increasingly weigh demonstrated results, such as completed enterprise risk assessments and regulatory submissions, alongside credentials like CRISC or FRM. Candidates who can show documented outcomes from past risk programs often compete effectively even without advanced degrees.
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