Credit Risk Strategy Manager

As the Manager of the APAC Credit Risk Strategy Team, you will lead a group of high-performing and tenured underwriters/Credit Strategists responsible for Stripe's most significant financial exposures.

Responsibilities:

• Lead a Specialized Team: Coach and mentor a world-class team of commercial underwriters and Credit Strategists.
• Own the E2E Credit Risk Lifecycle: Oversee the team's execution across all critical decision points.
• Strategic Stakeholder Partnership: Act as a key advisor to Sales, Risk Strategy, Risk Policy and Bank Partners.
• Drive Operational Excellence: Work closely with our Credit Ops and SDC teams to implement efficient and effective review processes.
• High-Stakes Decisioning: Serve as an escalation point for ad-hoc credit reviews and referrals.
• Systems Thinking: Deeply understand our performance metrics including loss trends and leading indicators.

Who you are:

• A coach and mentor dedicated to nurturing talent and helping team members perform at their best.
• 12+ years experience in commercial underwriting and/or financial analysis across multiple geographies in APAC.
• Comprehensive knowledge of accounting principles (GAAP & IFRS), financial analysis, cash flow analysis, and comfort with reading and interpreting financial statements.
• Ability to comfortably interact with the CFOs and CEOs of our top merchants.
• Strong collaboration, communication, and relationship building skills.
• Experience recruiting, developing, and managing diverse and high-performing teams.
• Decisive, yet open to learning.
• Excellent communicator who is able to convey complex ideas succinctly.
• Experience working cross-functionally across multiple teams and time zones.