Risk Strategist, Platform Risk Strategy at Stripe | IL, USA | Rezi

Risk Strategist, Platform Risk Strategy at Stripe

Risk Strategist, Platform Risk Strategy

Stripe · IL, USA

6 days ago

Risk Strategist, Platform Risk Strategy

Stripe · IL, USA

6 days ago
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About the Role

As part of the User Risk Strategy organization, you will join the Platform Risk Strategy team. This team focuses on unlocking new expansion opportunities for existing platforms and enabling them to manage risk and grow on Stripe. You will collaborate with Compliance, Legal, Financial Partnerships, Product, and other Risk functions to design and implement custom risk mitigation strategies for existing Stripe users. Additionally, you will offer expert guidance and analysis to support the growth of novel business models on Stripe, ensuring companies operate compliantly.

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 frameworks for responsible user access to these markets.
  • Perform research and analysis to assess Stripe's risk performance and develop long-term strategic plans.
  • Challenge the status quo by providing alternative solutions and key execution criteria.
  • Represent Stripe in external engagements with critical partners and users.
  • Execute special projects and ad hoc analyses in response to evolving initiatives, products, risks, and opportunities.

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.
  • 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.
  • 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.

Skills

  • Risk mitigation strategies
  • Stakeholder management
  • Influencing product/engineering, sales, data science, and operations teams
  • Deriving insights from complex or technical problem spaces
  • Evangelizing actionable product recommendations
  • Ownership and accountability
  • Leadership without formal authority
  • Entrepreneurial mindset
  • Curious mindset
  • Communication skills
  • Interpersonal skills
  • Independent operation
  • Navigating ambiguity
  • Problem-solving
  • Analytical skills
  • Operating rigor
  • Executive presence
  • Presentation skills
  • Program execution and delivery
  • Client-facing relationship management
  • Data navigation
  • Research skills
  • Self-starting ability

Experience Level

  • 5+ years of professional experience

About the Company

  • Stripe is a financial infrastructure platform for businesses.
  • Millions of companies use Stripe to accept payments, grow revenue, and accelerate new business opportunities.
  • Stripe's mission is to increase the GDP of the internet.
  • The User Risk Strategy organization protects and advances Stripe's business, brand, and mission by building and deploying market-leading policies and practices that instill user and partner trust while enabling business growth.