Risk Operations Lead, Financial Crimes Programs

Stripe is a financial infrastructure platform seeking a Risk Operations Lead to join its Financial Crimes team. The team plays a critical role in ensuring a healthy financial ecosystem and maintaining trust in Stripe's platform. As a Risk Operations Lead, you will be responsible for ensuring policies, operations, and workflows align to the needs of financial partners, identifying and assessing regulatory, contractual, and partner risk, and influencing operational teams in building out scalable operational processes.

Requirements

• 5+ years of experience in risk management, compliance, or financial operations
• Understanding of FinCrime red flags, its typologies, and how they can be identified
• Experience in developing/implementing process improvements
• Analytical and demonstrates reasoned logic to decision making and judgements
• Effective communication skills with the ability to produce clear, precise and concise written and presentation materials
• Ability to analyze feedback patterns and use these insights to drive process and product improvements
• Policy Development & Regulatory Knowledge: Proven track record developing compliance policies and procedures for payment processing environments
• Risk Assessment: Experience conducting merchant risk assessments, transaction monitoring, and implementing risk-based compliance controls
• Operational Management & Scaled Operations: Experience driving operational outcomes and managing large-scale operations through vendor partnerships, third-party integrations, and automated solutions to achieve efficiency and scalability in compliance processes

Benefits

• Generous Paid Time Off
• 401k Matching
• Retirement Plan