Risk Strategist, Platform Risk Strategy

Responsibilities

• Partner with Stripe's Sales, Legal, Compliance, Product, and Financial Partnerships teams to drive sophisticated solutions and ensure a positive experience for Stripe's largest users.
• Evaluate emerging industry and supportability use cases and develop the frameworks that allow Stripe users to access these use cases and markets responsibly.
• Perform research and analysis to assess Stripe's current risk performance and develop and prioritize long-term strategic plans for future growth.
• Challenge the status quo and provide multiple alternative solutions and key execution criteria.
• Represent Stripe in external engagements with our most critical partners and users.
• Execute special projects and ad hoc analyses as initiatives, products, risks, and opportunities are constantly evolving.

Minimum Requirements

• 5+ years of professional experience, preferably in Financial Services, Payments, or FinTech industries.
• Familiarity with banking and money movement regulations, including KYC/KYB, AML, OFAC compliance, and credit and fraud risk.
• Experience in a related role (risk, compliance, legal, consulting).
• Experience in developing risk strategies and solutions and working with technical (product and engineering) and operations teams to implement them.
• Ability to distill complex, ambiguous regulatory issues into clear, concise, and reliable guidance for stakeholders and Stripe users.
• Strong stakeholder management skills, including experience influencing product/engineering, sales, data science, and operations teams.
• Demonstrated track record of deriving insights from complex or technical problem spaces and evangelizing actionable product recommendations.
• The ability to take ownership, be accountable, and lead without formal authority.
• Entrepreneurial and curious mindset, strong communication and interpersonal skills.
• Ability to operate independently, navigate ambiguity, and solve problems with the end user in mind.
• Strong desire to work in a fast-paced and innovative environment.
• Strong analytical skills and operating rigor.
• Strong executive presence and presentation skills, including experience engaging with leadership.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience overseeing execution and delivery of highly strategic programs. Proven ability to take complex issues and turn them into actionable next steps, hold others accountable, and meet deadlines.
• Experience in a client-facing role managing relationships with large, global, and complex organizations.
• Ability to navigate data and people to find answers and drive solutions.
• A strong understanding of our business and products, and an ability to research and self-start.
• Familiarity with card network rules.