# Head of Strategic Risk Programs, New Markets

**Company:** [Stripe](https://hotfix.jobs/companies/stripe)
**Location:** Unspecified
**Role:** Technical Program Management
**Experience:** 10+ years
**Skills:** Program Management, Strategy And Operations, Business Operations, Risk Management, People Management, Cross-Functional Leadership, Operational Readiness, International Expansion, Market Entry, Regulatory Programs, Licensing, Artificial Intelligence, Forecasting, Project Reporting
**Posted:** 2026-08-06

> Leads a global team of Program Managers and owns strategic risk and operational-readiness programs supporting new-market expansion, particularly across APAC. The role requires 10+ years in program or business operations, people leadership, strong cross-functional execution, and comfort operating in ambiguity.

## Job Description

## Responsibilities

### People Leadership
- Recruit, train, and lead a global team of Program Managers.
- Inspire, motivate, and support individual development and career growth for direct reports.
- Develop the team’s long-term vision and strategy, and drive progress toward key metrics.
- Coach, mentor, and guide the team in program management and operational excellence.
- Build a strong team culture across a distributed, multi-time-zone environment.

### New Markets Program Management
- Own end-to-end program management for a large and growing portfolio, focused on APAC.
- Drive operational readiness across workstreams by tracking milestones, surfacing risks, and unblocking dependencies.
- Operate effectively in high ambiguity and build approaches for 0-to-1 initiatives.
- Create repeatable frameworks, playbooks, and reporting standards for a growing, complex portfolio.

### Cross-Functional Leadership
- Serve as the senior Risk PMO voice in global forums and represent the team in senior-level conversations.
- Coordinate across Risk, Operations, Product, Engineering, Strategy, Legal, Finance, Treasury, Partnerships, and other teams.
- Build partnerships across the organization to shape solutions, navigate competing priorities, and establish clear ownership.
- Partner closely with executive sponsors and cross-functional leaders.

### Operations
- Identify operational impacts, gaps, and other considerations for launching in new markets.
- Ensure operational readiness across a complex portfolio, including forecasting, monitoring, and last-mile execution.
- Maintain operational rigor and execution discipline across the team and function.

## Requirements
- 10+ years of experience in program management, strategy and operations, business operations, or a related field.
- 3+ years of people management experience and a record of building and developing high-performing teams.
- Demonstrated ability to operate in ambiguity and build 0-to-1 programs where no playbook exists.
- Strong program management skills, including driving multi-workstream initiatives, surfacing risks early, and aligning stakeholders.
- Strong cross-functional leadership experience aligning Product, Engineering, go-to-market, and Operations teams.
- AI fluency, including active use of AI tools to accelerate work and the ability to explain their application.
- Experience working across global teams and time zones, with flexibility for calls outside standard business hours.

## Preferred Qualifications
- Experience with international expansion, market entry, regulatory, or licensing programs.
- Experience at a technology company; fintech or payments experience is a plus.

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