Remote Risk Strategist

Summary

Join Stripe's Risk Strategy team as a subject matter expert in risk policies to protect and advance the company's business, brand, and mission.

Requirements

• 10+ years of professional experience, preferably in Financial Services, Payments or fintech industries
• 5+ years experience in a related role (risk, compliance and/or product enablement)
• Experience in developing risk solutions and strategies and working with technical (product and engineering) and operational teams to implement enforcement strategies
• Excellent collaboration and communication skills, with an ability to influence stakeholders across functions and borders
• Strong analytical and problem solving skills
• A results and action-oriented mindset and the ability to lead and motivate others
• The ability to take ownership. You are accountable and drive towards ambitious goals
• Comfort operating in an ambiguous & quickly changing environment with shifting priorities (this is a must!)
• A Bachelor's Degree

Responsibilities

• Be embedded in Stripe’s Global Onboarding Team to drive risk strategy for company-level strategic initiatives
• Own the broader comms strategy and execution to inform the Risk org on product roadmap, developments, mitigations, and challenges
• Partner with internal stakeholders (product, eng, sales, partnerships, data science) to identify and build mitigations against risks associated with user onboarding product initiatives
• Assess a product’s risk performance, and help develop and prioritize long-term strategic plans for future growth
• Perform analyses and research to inform decision-making, and improve observability in partnership with data science
• Enable products to safely grow at scale, continuously optimizing for efficiency and effectiveness
• Challenge the status quo and provide multiple alternative solutions and key execution criteria
• Continue learning about the payments space through industry engagement and independent research, and scale your knowledge to others
• Execute special projects/ad hoc analyses, as initiatives, products, risks, and opportunities are constantly evolving

Preferred Qualifications

• Proficiency in one of the following: Card network rules and regulations
• Merchant acquiring rules and regulations
• KYC/KYB, AML OFAC compliance
• You have experience overseeing execution and delivery of programs/projects
• You enjoy taking complex issues and turning them into actionable next steps
• You are comfortable operating in SQL
• Advanced degree in law, business, policy or other related field