User Risk Strategist, Ecosystem Risk Strategy

Stripe; United States; Remote; USD 180,000 - 280,000; Full time

Job summary

Stripe is seeking a Senior Risk Strategist to join the Ecosystem Risk Strategy Team, part of the First Line of Defense within Risk. You will shape risk frameworks guiding onboarding, card network rules, and sponsor requirements, collaborating with product, legal, fraud, and partnerships teams to balance risk and growth.

You will work with cross-functional partners to monitor risk, develop long-term plans, and ensure a positive user experience while enabling scalable growth across Stripe's

Qualifications

• 8+ years in financial services, payments, tech, law or policy.
• Experience in risk, compliance, or product enablement.
• Experience in developing risk strategies with product and engineering teams.
• Ability to distill complex risk and policy problems into clear guidance for stakeholders.
• Strong stakeholder management across product, engineering, sales, data science and operations.
• Track record of deriving insights and actionable product recommendations.
• Familiarity with legal, credit, and fraud risk.

Responsibilities

• Drive company-level risk strategy across cross-functional partners.
• Perform research and analysis to assess risk performance and plan for growth.
• Enable scalable onboarding with a focus on user experience and efficiency.
• Challenge status quo and provide multiple solutions with execution criteria.
• Represent Stripe in external engagements with partners and customers.
• Execute special projects and ad-hoc analyses as risks evolve.

Skills

Risk management

Policy development

Stakeholder management

Product enablement

Education

Advanced degree in law or policy

Tools

SQL

Job description

Who we are

About Stripe

Stripe 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.

About the team

As Stripe continues to develop innovative products that serve businesses of all sizes around the world, risk will increase in complexity and scale. The User Risk Strategy org protects and advances our business, brand, and mission by building and deploying market-leading policies and practices that instill user and partner trust in Stripe while enabling business growth.

What you’ll do

Under the User Risk Strategy org, you’ll be part of the Ecosystem Risk Strategy Team, part of our “First Line of Defense” function within the Risk organization, driving the frameworks that dictate who Stripe does business with, on what terms, and how enforcement is executed at scale. The Ecosystem Risk Strategy Team focuses on our positioning and standards within the broader payments and risk ecosystem — including card network supportability, industry-body engagement, regulatory horizon scanning, and the overarching risk framework that governs our standards. Risk Strategists on the Ecosystem Risk Strategy Team work to make sure the User Risk Strategy team is properly calibrated to ensure we avoid (and take) the proper risks. We work with cross-functional partners to monitor and mitigate risk related to card network rules and BIN sponsor requirements. We interact with Risk Partnerships, Credit, Legal, Fraud, and other cross-functional teams to ensure our standards are properly calibrated.

We’re looking for someone who is passionate about navigating ambiguity, engaging with internal and external stakeholders, enabling business growth while balancing risk, and identifying ways to improve user experience.

Responsibilities

• Drive risk strategy for company-level strategic initiatives, including partnering with our product, legal, operations, sales, and partnerships teams to solve risk problems and ensure a positive experience for our users
• Perform research and analysis to assess our 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 and ad-hoc analyses as initiatives, products, risks, and opportunities are constantly evolving

Who you are

We’re looking for someone who meets the minimum requirements to be considered for the role. If you meet these requirements, you are encouraged to apply. The preferred qualifications are a bonus, not a requirement.

Minimum requirements

• 8+ years of professional experience in financial services, payments, tech, law or policy
• Experience in a related role (risk, compliance, 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 and engineering, sales, data science, and operations teams — with a 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

Preferred qualifications

• Experience with data querying languages (e.g., SQL) and proficiency in quantitative analysis geared towards drawing actionable insights from complex datasets
• Advanced degree in law, business, policy, or international relations
• Experience in translating business requirements to technical configurations
• Experience in a client-facing role managing relationships with large, global, and complex organizations