User Risk Strategist, Ecosystem Risk Strategy

Job Overview

We're seeking a User Risk Strategist to join our Ecosystem Risk Strategy Team, part of Stripe's First Line of Defense function within the Risk organization. As a User Risk Strategist, you will drive risk strategy for company-level strategic initiatives, partnering with cross-functional teams to solve risk problems and ensure a positive experience for Stripe's users.

Responsibilities

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

Requirements

• 8+ years of professional experience, preferably in Financial Services, Payments or fintech industries
• Experience in a related role (risk, compliance and/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/engineering, sales, data science, and operations teams; 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
• Strong executive presence, including experience engaging with leadership

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 other related field
• Experience in translating business requirements to technical configurations
• Experience in a client-facing role managing relationships with large, global, and complex organizations