Drive risk strategy for company-level strategic initiatives, including partnering with Stripe’s product, legal, operations, sales, and partnerships teams to solve risk problems and ensure a positive experience for Stripe’s users
Perform research and analysis to assess Stripe’s current risk performance and develop and prioritize long-term strategic plans for future growth
Enable user onboarding to safely grow at scale, continuously optimizing for efficiency and effectiveness, and staying hyper focused on a positive user experience
Challenge the status quo and provide multiple alternative solutions and key execution criteria
Represent Stripe in external engagements with our most critical partners and customers
Execute special projects/ad hoc analyses as initiatives, products, risks, and opportunities are constantly evolving
Requirements
8+ years of professional experience, preferably in Financial Services, Payments or fintech industries
Experience in a related role (risk, compliance and/or product enablement)
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 risk and policy problems into clear, concise, and reliable guidance for internal stakeholders and Stripe users
Strong stakeholder management skills, including experience influencing product/engineering, sales, data science, and operations teams; proven ability to take complex issues and turn them into actionable next steps, hold others accountable, and meet deadlines
Demonstrated track record of deriving insights from complex or technical problem spaces and evangelizing actionable product recommendations
Familiarity with legal, credit, and fraud risk
Strong executive presence, including experience engaging with leadership