Risk Partnerships Manager, Issuing & Capital

OverviewAbout 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.The Risk Partnerships team is an essential part of Stripe’s Global Partnerships organization. Our team is responsible for building and maintaining relationships with key partner banks to manage risk for Stripe’s business activities. These banking partnerships are essential to enable Stripe to accept and make payments, provide credit, move & store money and develop new products and solutions to meet our users’ needs. We work across a broad range of risk and compliance topics including; credit, fraud, regulatory, financial crime, reputational, product and operational risks.ResponsibilitiesLead risk-focused initiatives in collaboration with global financial partners (banks, networks, payment methods) to foster new business opportunities, innovate on shared risk methodologies, and establish and maintain compliance with agreed risk appetites.Oversee and maintain the health of relationships with key risk counterparts at partner banks.Develop and manage projects and initiatives that support strong partner relationships regarding risk.Deliver business and policy recommendations that inform our risk posture.Act as a representative and negotiator of our risk approach to banking partners.Enhance existing and develop new partner-facing risk management capabilities.Lead risk-related partnership and product discussions with banking partners to align on risk approaches and strategies.Identify and pursue business opportunities by creating innovative risk-aware solutions that expand our product and user base through banking partnerships.Who you areWe’re looking for someone who meets the minimum requirements to be considered for the role. If you meet these requirements, you are encouraged to apply. The preferred qualifications are a bonus, not a requirement.Minimum requirements12+ years experience in risk-related role at a bank or fintech with experience of card issuing programmes and credit/lending products.A deep knowledge of risk and compliance topics for related products.A deep understanding of Card Network requirements relating to card Issuing programsAbility to represent Stripe on risk, compliance, and product issues with banking partners to maintain positive relationships.Strong organizational, planning, and communication skills (written and verbal) to drive understanding, collaboration, and issue resolution.Curiosity and a partnership mindset focused on improving processes and scaling solutions.First-hand experience in risk management at a bank or fintechStrong stakeholder management skills, including navigating difficult situations, negotiating timelines, and influencing stakeholders across organizations and borders.Self-motivated and proactive, with the ability to thrive in uncertain and ambiguous environments.Preferred qualificationsExperience of financial crime programmes including; KYC/B, AML, Sanctions and Terrorist Financing, with a practical knowledge of the Bank Secrecy Act and Anti-Money Laundering regulations.A deep understanding of Consumer and SMB credit products including loans, merchant cash advance and card issuing programmes.Strong understanding of the complex risks and compliance requirements for managing credit, lending and card (debit, prepaid, charge and credit) issuing productsMarket experience across North America with an understanding of how current and future regulations will impact Stripe and it’s banking partners.Experience of leveraging technology to support the development and embedment of scalable risk and operational processes. #J-18808-Ljbffr

Created: 2025-09-25