# Manager, Global Sanctions

**Company:** [Stripe](https://hotfix.jobs/companies/stripe)
**Location:** Unspecified
**Role:** Legal
**Experience:** 10+ years
**Skills:** Sanctions Compliance, Financial Crimes, Ofac, Eu Sanctions, Hmt Sanctions, Un Sanctions, Sanctions Screening, Screening Platforms, Workflow Automation, Artificial Intelligence, Engineering Partnership, Product Partnership, Regulatory Examinations, Cams, Quality Assurance
**Posted:** 2026-08-06

> Leads Stripe’s global sanctions program, managing cross-regional teams, regulatory requirements, screening operations, and transformation initiatives. Requires at least 10 years of sanctions or financial-crimes experience, senior leadership capability, and expertise in global sanctions regimes and screening technology.

## Job Description

## Responsibilities
- Lead and develop sanctions managers and analysts across regions, ensuring investigative quality, consistency, and throughput at scale.
- Own the strategic direction of the global sanctions program, including screening coverage, alert logic, escalation frameworks, and quality assurance.
- Drive the sanctions transformation roadmap, identify workflow and vendor-tooling limitations, and lead the shift toward automation and smarter detection.
- Partner with Engineering and Product on tooling inputs, screening logic, and operational readiness for new capabilities.
- Ensure process and system changes include audit trails, explainability, and examiner readiness; lead the function through regulatory exams and supervisory inquiries.
- Serve as the senior escalation point for complex casework.
- Monitor evolving global sanctions regulations, including OFAC, EU, HMT, and UN regimes, and translate changes into program requirements.
- Report sanctions program health, emerging typologies, and team performance to senior leadership.

## Requirements
- At least 10 years of experience in sanctions compliance or financial crimes, including senior leadership experience managing cross-regional teams.
- Deep expertise in OFAC, EU, HMT, UN, and other major global sanctions regimes and sanctions screening methodologies.
- Proven track record improving sanctions program operations.
- Experience evaluating or transitioning sanctions tooling, including vendor platforms and in-house or automated solutions.
- Ability to partner with Engineering and Product on tooling design, screening logic, and workflow automation.
- Effective communication across regulators, senior leadership, and engineering teams.
- Experience with sanctions screening platforms and familiarity with AI-assisted screening tools.

## Preferred Qualifications
- CAMS or equivalent certification.
- Experience handling regulatory examinations or voluntary self-disclosure processes.
- Experience at a global payments platform or fintech at scale.

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