Risk Partnerships Manager, Banks & Treasury
Leads risk initiatives and strategic relationships with banking partners across the UK, Europe, and global network. Requires 10+ years of banking or fintech risk experience, deep payment-scheme knowledge, and strong expertise in compliance, stakeholder management, and cross-border payments.
About the job
Responsibilities
- Lead risk-focused initiatives with global financial partners, including banks, networks, and payment methods.
- Foster new business opportunities and user verticals through banking partnerships.
- Innovate on shared risk methodologies and maintain compliance with agreed risk appetites.
- Oversee relationships with key risk counterparts at partner banks.
- Develop and manage projects that strengthen partner relationships and risk capabilities.
- Deliver business and policy recommendations that inform Stripe’s risk posture.
- Represent and negotiate Stripe’s risk approach with banking partners.
- Lead risk-related partnership and product discussions to align on risk strategies.
- Coordinate with Product, Engineering, Risk, Fraud, Financial Crime, Supportability, Operations, Legal, and Finance teams.
- Identify and pursue risk-aware solutions that expand the product and user base through banking partnerships.
Requirements
- 10+ years of experience in a risk-related role at a bank or fintech.
- Experience with products and services supporting domestic and international payments, secure fund storage, yield, and multicurrency fund flows.
- Deep knowledge of bank payment schemes and networks, including FPS, BACS, SEPA, ACH, CHAPS, and wire payments.
- Deep knowledge of risk and compliance issues.
- Experience representing an organization on risk, compliance, and product issues with banking partners.
- Strong stakeholder management, negotiation, planning, organizational, and communication skills.
- First-hand experience in risk management at a bank or fintech.
- Ability to work proactively in uncertain and ambiguous environments.
Nice-to-haves
- Experience with financial crime programs covering KYC/KYB, AML, sanctions, and terrorist financing.
- Practical knowledge of the Bank Secrecy Act and anti-money-laundering regulations.
- Understanding of domestic and international payment schemes and cross-border payment risks.
- Experience managing risks associated with high-risk sectors.
- UK and European market experience, including understanding of current and future regulatory impacts.
- Experience using technology to develop and embed scalable risk and operational processes.
Skills
Risk Management, Compliance, Financial Crime, Kyc, Kyb, AML, Sanctions, Bank Secrecy Act, Fps, Bacs, Sepa, Ach, Chaps, Cross-Border Payments
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