Risk Strategist

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 Conceptualize and execute risk strategies for Stripe’s rapidly growing merchant portfolio by harnessing deep subject matter expertise in risk management Leverage SQL skills to drive quantitative analysis and data visualizations Quantify the impact to Stripe’s direct profit and losses for each recommended strategy Provide recommendations to create new or optimize existing portfolios of risk models and/or policies by managing multiple risk programs that require cross functional collaboration with engineering and non-engineering teams Diagnose and mitigate high-risk payment incidents (e.g. non-compliance with financial partner requirements), emerging policy trends, and exploits as a result of new product launches Develop deep understanding of Stripe’s growing suite of products to formulate risk requirements and assess overall risk posture prior to launching new products to market Represent Stripe during financial partner audits and oversight visits.

Distill Stripe’s most complex risk systems into highly digestible and easily understood concepts for auditors.

Who You Are

Minimum requirements Must have a Bachelor's degree or foreign equivalent in Business Administration, Economics, Information Systems, or a related field, plus 5 years of post-bachelor’s, progressive related experience in a Financial Risk Specialist or related occupation. 3 years of experience working with, aggregating, and running analysis on large data sets, including utilizing SQL and common BI tools (e.g.

Tableau) 3 years of experience managing external relationships with financial institutions, users, and law enforcement; 3 years of experience leading cross-functional initiatives with engineering, operations, external partners, etc. to develop and implement robust fraud controls; 3 years of experience working with product teams as a risk subject-matter expert/advisor in fraud management to ensure products can be launched and scaled safely; and, 3 years of experience identifying and defining problems, building project plans to address these problems, and managing the implementation of their solutions.

Salary: $185,286 - $229,100/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. 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.

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Founded in 2009 by brothers John and Patrick Collison, Stripe is a technology company dedicated to building the economic infrastructure of the Internet. As a leading platform for commercial finance, Stripe empowers millions of businesses—from global enterprises to ambitious startups—to process payments, drive revenue, and unlock new growth opportunities.

Today, Stripe is expanding its team, offering opportunities for software engineers, infrastructure engineers and payments engineers to shape...