Risk Strategist

Stripe Stripe · Fintech · PERM, United States · PERM

Stripe is seeking a Risk Strategist to develop and execute risk strategies for its merchant portfolio. This role involves quantitative analysis, data visualization, and providing recommendations for risk models and policies. The strategist will also diagnose and mitigate high-risk payment incidents, assess overall risk posture for new products, and represent Stripe during financial partner audits. Requires experience in financial risk management, SQL, managing external relationships, leading cross-functional initiatives, and advising product teams on fraud management.

What you'd actually do

  1. Conceptualize and execute risk strategies for Stripe’s rapidly growing merchant portfolio by harnessing deep subject matter expertise in risk management
  2. Leverage SQL skills to drive quantitative analysis and data visualizations
  3. 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
  4. 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
  5. 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

Skills

Required

  • SQL
  • BI tools (e.g. Tableau)
  • Financial risk management
  • External relationship management
  • Cross-functional initiative leadership
  • Product risk advisory
  • Project planning and implementation

What the JD emphasized

  • non-compliance with financial partner requirements
  • risk management
  • fraud controls