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Stripe · 1 day ago

Manager, Head of Risk Standards

Stripe is a financial infrastructure platform for businesses, providing tools for companies to manage payments and grow their revenue. The Head of Risk Standards will lead the Risk Standards team in developing policies and standards to ensure safe business growth while collaborating with various stakeholders to address risk challenges.

FinanceFinTechMobile PaymentsSaaS
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H1B Sponsor Likelynote

Responsibilities

Manage a team that drives risk strategy for company-level strategic initiatives that are designed to enable Stripe to grow safely
Oversee the design of risk standards and controls that are precise, implementable, and appropriately balance risk and reward
Manage risk in Stripe’s portfolio by developing a deep understanding of regulatory and financial partner requirements across products, industries, and geographies
Partner with Risk teams, particularly Product and Engineering, to ensure they are able to effectively implement standards and policies
Partner with cross functional teams including Legal, Partnerships, Public Policy, and others to solve complex risk challenges
Represent Stripe in external engagements with our most critical partners and customers

Qualification

Risk managementPolicy developmentTeam managementRegulatory complianceProduct requirementsCross-functional collaborationEntrepreneurial mindsetAnalytical skillsCommunication

Required

At least 7 years of professional experience, preferably managing a team in a product policy or other policy role
3+ years managing teams
Extensive experience developing user and product requirements and implementation designs based on risk/reward tradeoffs
Experience working with product and engineering teams to develop and implement strategies and controls
Experience working with legal, partnerships, and other cross-functional teams to understand and address business risks
Ability to distill complex, ambiguous risk problems into clear, concise, and reliable guidance for internal stakeholders and users
Ability to work well in a fast-paced and constantly evolving environment
Strong written and verbal communications skills
Entrepreneurial and curious mindset

Preferred

Experience overseeing the delivery of strategies and standards within a risk management or revenue enablement function
Proficiency in one of the following: card network rules and regulations; merchant acquiring rules and regulations; KYC/KYB
Advanced degree in law, business, policy or other related field

Benefits

Equity
Company bonus or sales commissions/bonuses
401(k) plan
Medical, dental, and vision benefits
Wellness stipends

Company

Stripe is an API technology company that provides online payment processing and commerce solutions for Internet businesses.

H1B Sponsorship

Stripe has a track record of offering H1B sponsorships. Please note that this does not guarantee sponsorship for this specific role. Below presents additional info for your reference. (Data Powered by US Department of Labor)
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2025 (272)
2024 (283)
2023 (141)
2022 (379)
2021 (276)
2020 (111)

Funding

Current Stage
Late Stage
Total Funding
$9.44B
Key Investors
Tiger Global ManagementThrive CapitalFounders Fund
2025-02-27Secondary Market
2024-04-12Secondary Market· $694.16M
2024-03-01Series Unknown

Leadership Team

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Steffan Tomlinson
CFO
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Aitor Guevara
Head Of Engineering
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