User Risk Strategist

Stripe; New York (NY); Hybrid; USD 162,000 - 204,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Equity

Company bonus

Sales commissions

401(k)

Medical insurance

Dental insurance

Vision insurance

Wellness stipends

Job summary

Stripe is seeking a Risk Strategist in New York to lead company-wide risk initiatives and work with product, legal, and operations teams. The role emphasizes translating complex risk into actionable plans and guiding product decisions with data-driven insights.

The position requires a law/business/policy background and 5+ years of related experience. It offers a hybrid work model, competitive compensation, equity, and comprehensive benefits.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree or foreign equivalent in Law, Business, Policy, Development Studies, or related field; plus five (5) years post-bachelors progressive experience as a Risk Strategist or related role.
• Developing risk strategies for technical products with product, engineering, and operations teams.
• Distilling complex risk and policy problems into clear guidance for internal stakeholders and users.
• Translating business requirements to technical configurations; deriving insights and evangelizing product recommendations.

Responsibilities

• Drive risk strategy for company-level strategic initiatives with product, legal, operations, sales, and partnerships teams.
• Research and analyze to assess Stripe's risk performance and develop long-term growth plans.
• Increase business enablement while maintaining a positive user experience and efficiency.
• Challenge status quo and provide multiple alternative solutions and execution criteria.
• Execute special projects and provide ad hoc analyses as initiatives evolve.

Skills

Risk strategy

Translating requirements

Product/engineering collaboration

Policy analysis

Education

Bachelor's degree or foreign equivalent (Law, Business, Policy, Development Studies)

Job description

Who we are

About Stripe

Stripe, LLC. is a financial infrastructure platform for businesses. Millions of companies - from the world's largest enterprises to the most ambitious startups - use Stripe to accept payments, grow their revenue, and accelerate new business opportunities. Our mission is to increase the GDP of the internet, and we have a staggering amount of work ahead. That means you have an unprecedented opportunity to put the global economy within everyone's reach while doing the most important work of your career.

What you'll do

Responsibilities

• Drive risk strategy for company-level strategic initiatives, which includes: partnering with the company's product, legal, operations, sales, and partnerships teams to solve risk problems and ensure a positive user experience.
• Perform research and analysis to assess Stripe's current risk performance and develop and prioritize long-term strategic plans for future growth.
• Increase business enablement, allowing the types of supportable merchants to safely grow at scale, continuously optimizing for efficiency and effectiveness, and stay hyper focused on a positive user experience.
• Challenge the status quo and provide multiple alternative solutions and key execution criteria.
• Execute special projects and provide ad hoc analyses as initiatives, products, risks, and opportunities are constantly evolving.

Who you are

Minimum requirements

Must have a Bachelor's Degree or foreign equivalent degree in Law, Business, Policy, Development Studies, or a related field, plus five (5) years post-bachelors, progressive related work experience as a Risk Strategist or a related occupation.

Must also have five (5) years of experience in each of the following:

• Developing risk strategies and solutions and working with technical products, including working with product and engineering, and operations teams for implementation;
• Distilling complex, ambiguous risk and policy problems into clear guidance for internal stakeholders and company users;
• Translating business requirements to technical configuration; and
• Deriving insights from complex or technical problem spaces and evangelizing actionable product recommendations.

Salary: $161,637 - $204,000/yr.

This salary range represents the base salary range for the role and any sales commissions/sales bonuses targets, if applicable, would be in addition to the base salary.

40 hrs/week

50% Telecommuting permitted.

Up to 10% International and Domestic Travel Required.

Multiple Positions Available.

Additional benefits for this role may include: equity, company bonus or sales commissions/bonuses; 401(k) plan; medical, dental, and vision benefits; and wellness stipends. NY79

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