Risk Strategist, Financial Crimes

Job Description

Who we are About Stripe Stripe 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. About the team As Stripe continues to expand globally and launch innovative products, the complexity and scale of financial crime risk grows in tandem. The Risk Strategy team is a global team of strategists and program managers who operate at the intersection of Product, Engineering, Data, and Operations as trusted advisors. Our mandate is to ensure risk strategies are proactive, scalable, and seamlessly integrated into Stripe’s products and operations. The Financial Crimes Risk Strategy team, part of Stripe’s first line of defense, ensures that our AML, Sanctions, and related financial crime programs are coherent, defensible, and effective across all products. We design and operationalize policies, standards, and frameworks that allow Stripe to grow responsibly while meeting regulatory expectations and maintaining user trust. What you’ll do As a Risk Strategist on the Risk Strategy, Financial Crimes team, you will serve as a key advisor shaping Stripe’s global approach to AML and Sanctions risk management. You will translate policies and high-level requirements into practical standards, guide the design of controls, and embed financial crime risk management into products and market strategies spanning both traditional currencies and digital assets. This role balances risk mitigation with business enablement, ensuring that Stripe’s products can scale safely while fostering trust with regulators, partners, and users. You will influence at the highest levels—partnering with Product, Engineering, Data Science Analytics, Compliance, Legal, and Operations—to ensure financial crime considerations are central to decision-making. Beyond protecting against risk, you will drive innovation in how Stripe manages financial crime, helping the company stay ahead of industry expectations and regulatory change. Responsibilities Support Stripe’s global FC strategy by translating AML and Sanctions policies into standards, frameworks, and first-line programs that enable product expansion while ensuring compliance Contribute to the design and ongoing improvement of financial crime controls, including transaction monitoring, screening, onboarding/re-onboarding, and digital asset-related safeguards Partner cross-functionally with Product, Engineering, Compliance, Legal, Operations, and Data Science to align on priorities and address emerging challenges Assist in strengthening FC infrastructure by gathering requirements and supporting execution for investigati

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