Risk Partnerships Manager

Summary

Join Stripe's Risk Partnerships team as a Risk Partner Manager, Payment Networks and play a critical role in the company’s financial and partnership health. You will be a subject matter expert in card network rules, versed in Stripe’s risk policies, and aware of industry trends. Build strategic relationships with card network partners to advance Stripe’s risk and commercial initiatives. Develop collaborative relationships with internal stakeholders to provide input and execute across programs. Your work will be highly visible to Risk leadership and instrumental to driving future growth. Manage key risk relationships with top card networks, drive discussions on restricted business lists, understand Stripe’s risk posture, partner with the Financial Partnerships team, and work with cross-functional teams to prioritize and launch initiatives. Manage user escalations and work with regional teams on growth strategies and negotiations.

Requirements

• 10+ years of professional experience, including 3+ years of experience in external partner-facing roles
• Extensive experience working with payment network rules of Visa and/or Mastercard
• A strong sense of ownership, resilience, and a drive to have an impact
• Experience in managing day to day risk across a variety of internal and external partners
• Strong stakeholder management skills including navigating difficult situations, negotiating timelines, and influencing internal and external stakeholders across organizations and borders
• An analytical approach to decision-making - you understand how to partner with Data Science to build metrics and track progress across various monitoring programs
• Demonstrated project/program management skills and a proven track record for building and scaling programs from the ground up
• Excellent collaboration, communication, and relationship building skills. Must have the ability to convey complex ideas succinctly to all audiences
• Effective program management skills and a proven track record for building and scaling programs from the ground up. You are extremely organized and not afraid to challenge and push teams and yourself

Responsibilities

• Manage key risk relationships with our top card networks across the Americas, including building relationships, understanding partner requirements, and advocating for Stripe’s users and product teams
• Drive discussions with card networks on the applicability of their restricted / prohibited business lists or network operating rules and regulations
• Dive deep into our Risk systems and develop a strong understanding of Stripe’s risk posture and technical risk management foundations
• Build a close partnership with our Financial Partnerships team to drive and represent risk objectives
• Develop relationships and work with partners across Risk, Product, Engineering and Operations teams to prioritize, scope and roll out launches and
• Manage top priority user escalations and remediations, as needed
• Work closely with regional Risk Partnership teams to drive new growth strategies and negotiate terms on behalf

Preferred Qualifications

• You have an in-depth understanding of product and payment platforms
• You have experience in the risk or compliance space