User Risk Strategist, Ecosystem Risk Strategy

The shape of it

In the posting’s own words

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 it asks for · 7

• 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

Also a plus

• 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

What the job covers

• 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

Tools and skills named

Words the posting leans on

• risk23×
• experience10×
• user9×
• product7×
• risk strategy7×
• business6×
• requirements6×
• complex5×
• actionable3×
• ecosystem risk3×
• ensure3×
• legal3×
• meet3×
• operations3×
• partners3×
• policy3×

Counted from the posting after the mission statement and the legal notices are set aside. The ones near the top are the ones a screener is looking for.

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