Senior Risk Partnerships Lead

Stripe, Inc.; Toronto; Hybrid; CAD 150,000 - 210,000; Full time

Job summary

Stripe, Inc. in Toronto seeks a Senior Risk Partnerships Lead to manage risk with global financial partners across merchant acquiring and card issuing. You will lead risk initiatives, build compliant partnerships, and coordinate with product, engineering, Legal, and Finance to align strategies.

The role emphasizes cross-border collaboration, strategic risk oversight, and scalable risk processes to support Stripe’s growing payments ecosystem.

Qualifications

• 10+ years of experience in a risk-related role at a bank or merchant acquirer.
• 5+ years of experience in risk management at a bank or merchant acquirer.
• Ability to represent Stripe on risk, compliance, and product issues with banking partners to maintain positive relationships.
• Strong organizational, planning, and written and verbal communication skills to support understanding, collaboration, and issue resolution.
• 2+ years of experience improving processes and scaling solutions.
• Strong stakeholder management skills, including handling difficult situations, negotiating timelines, and influencing stakeholders across organizations and borders.

Responsibilities

• Lead risk-focused initiatives with global financial partners, including banks, networks, and payment methods, to support new business opportunities and user verticals, develop shared risk methodologies, and establish and maintain compliance with agreed risk appetites.
• Manage relationships with key risk counterparts at partner banks and develop projects and initiatives that support those relationships.
• Deliver business and policy recommendations that inform Stripe’s risk posture.
• Represent and negotiate Stripe’s risk approach with banking partners.
• Improve existing partner-facing risk management capabilities and develop new ones.
• Lead risk-related partnership and product discussions with banking partners to align on risk approaches and strategies.
• Identify and pursue business opportunities by creating risk-aware solutions that expand Stripe’s product and user base through banking partnerships.

Skills

Risk management

Stakeholder management

Negotiation

Communication

Project leadership

Process improvement

Cross-border collaboration

Job description

Stripe, Inc. in Toronto seeks a Senior Risk Partnerships Lead to manage risk with global financial partners across merchant acquiring and card issuing. You will lead risk initiatives, build compliant partnerships, and coordinate with product, engineering, Legal, and Finance to align strategies.

The role emphasizes cross-border collaboration, strategic risk oversight, and scalable risk processes to support Stripe’s growing payments ecosystem.