Stripe · US
Head of User Risk Strategy
WHO WE ARE ABOUT STRIPE Stripe is a financial infrastructure platform for businesses. Millions of companies - from the world’s largest enterprises to the mos...
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
Stripe's mission is to increase the GDP of the internet — and we do that responsibly. The User Risk Strategy (URS) function is at
the heart of that responsibility: it is the team that defines who Stripe can do business with, on what terms, and how those
standards are maintained and enforced at scale. The function sits within the First Line of Defense in Stripe's Risk organization
and is the authoritative owner of Stripe's supportability framework.
We are looking for a seasoned leader to own and evolve the URS / Supportability function as a Manager of Managers (M2). In this
role, you will lead a team of risk strategists and analysts across Ecosystem Strategy, New Product Enablement, User Insights &
Enablement, Platform Risk Strategy, and Enforcement & Monitoring Strategy (EMS). You will be a senior leader in the Risk Strategy
organization, shaping the direction of Stripe's supportability ecosystem and driving cross-functional decisions that directly
influence Stripe's ability to grow safely. In this role, you will report into the Head of Risk Strategy and partner closely with
Product, Engineering, Legal, Financial Crimes, Financial Partnerships, Operations, and GTM leadership.
WHAT YOU’LL DO
RESPONSIBILITIES
STRATEGY & VISION
- Own the long-term vision and strategy for Stripe's User Risk / Supportability function, ensuring legitimate users can use
Stripe while protecting Stripe's financial platform, brand, and regulatory standing.
- Translate Stripe's business objectives and risk appetite into a cohesive, multi-year supportability strategy that balances risk
exposure with user experience.
- Define the risk/reward framework for new industry enablement and new product enablement — setting the standard for how Stripe
evaluates and expands access responsibly.
- Develop and execute a clear roadmap across the URS organization that is aligned to Stripe's SOKRs and articulated to senior
leadership.
ECOSYSTEM STRATEGY
- Own Stripe's global Terms of Service standards — the Supportability Handling Guide — including restricted and prohibited
business categories.
- Set the strategic direction for how Stripe's supportability ecosystem evolves as Stripe's product footprint and geographic
reach expand.
- Be the final decision-maker on policy changes that carry meaningful risk exposure or require cross-functional alignment, and
represent Risk's position with Legal, FinCRO, card networks, and external partners.
- Integrate financial partner Restricted/Prohibited Business Lists (RBL/PBL) into Stripe's policy framework.
NEW PRODUCT ENABLEMENT
- Lead the strategy and approval process for new product enablement — developing the appropriate RBL/PBL strategy for new
products and incorporating new bank partner requirements.
- Ensure that risk standards are embedded early in the product development lifecycle, partnering with Product and Engineering to
shape how supportability is implemented in new Stripe products.
- Work with Legal and Financial Partnerships to assess and integrate compliance obligations introduced by new products and
banking relationships.
USER INSIGHTS & ENABLEMENT
- Lead the strategy for new industry enablement — evaluating emerging and underserved industries for supportability, and
developing the frameworks that allow Stripe to access these markets responsibly.
- Own the Large User Advisory function, providing structured, high-quality guidance on complex user-specific supportability
questions — enabling GTM and Partnerships to unlock revenue while managing risk appropriately.
- Develop scalable frameworks for advisory decisions so the function can handle growing volume without compromising quality.
PLATFORM RISK STRATEGY
- Lead Platform Risk Strategy, which covers large user requests, health monitoring, and education for Stripe's largest and most
complex users.
- Develop scalable approaches to managing the supportability risk profile of Stripe's largest platforms and complex use cases,
providing clear guidance and risk frameworks to internal stakeholders.
- Drive education and self-service capabilities so that internal teams and users can navigate Stripe's supportability standards
more independently.
ENFORCEMENT & MONITORING STRATEGY (EMS)
- Provide strategic direction to the EMS team, which is responsible for integrating Stripe's supportability standards into
detection and enforcement systems.
- Ensure that URS standards are operable, enforceable, and continuously tuned based on performance data and insights.
- Partner with Engineering, Product, and Data Science to develop data-driven detection strategies, improve enforcement precision,
and reduce false positives that create unnecessary user friction.
- Maintain global EMS coverage, including regional strategy across North America and EMEA/APAC.
PEOPLE & ORGANIZATIONAL LEADERSHIP
- Lead and develop a team across five sub-teams, including multiple team-level managers (M0/M1) and senior individual
contributors.
- Set a high bar for talent and actively recruit, develop, and retain excellent risk strategists.
- Build a team culture grounded in Stripe's Operating Principles — one that is analytically rigorous, user-centric, and
collaborative.
- Coach and develop your direct reports to grow in both their functional craft and their leadership capabilities.
- Build succession depth and develop a clear talent strategy for the function.
CROSS-FUNCTIONAL LEADERSHIP
- Act as the senior Risk Strategy voice in cross-functional risk forums, product reviews, and partner negotiations relevant to
supportability.
- Partner with Product and Engineering on the Supportability platform, influencing the roadmap to ensure our systems accurately
reflect policy intent and scale effectively.
- Work with GTM and Partnerships to develop scalable access to supportability information, reducing friction in the sales cycle
while maintaining risk discipline.
- Engage with Legal and Financial Partnerships on policy positions, regulatory changes, and external partner requirements.
- Represent URS at senior Risk leadership reviews and provide clear, data-backed narrative on the state of the supportability
ecosystem.
- Drive cross-functional programs with impacts across Risk and the broader organization — including Third Party Agent (TPA)
programs, Actor-Level Enforcement, and strategic GTM/URS collaboration initiatives — ensuring clear goals, DRIs, and measurable
outcomes.
WHO YOU ARE
We'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 REQUIREMENTS
- 10+ years of experience in risk strategy, policy, compliance, or a related field, with deep experience in user/merchant risk,
supportability, or financial services regulation.
- 4+ years of people management experience, including managing managers; demonstrated ability to lead through multiple layers of
an organization.
- Proven track record of owning and evolving complex policy or standards frameworks at scale, ideally within a payments, fintech,
or marketplace context.
- Demonstrated ability to deliver at scale — you have built systems, frameworks, and teams that operate well beyond individual
effort, and you instinctively design for leverage and repeatability across large, complex organizations.
- Champion for AI and automation — you actively seek opportunities to apply AI-powered tooling and automation to accelerate risk
strategy work, reduce manual toil, and improve the quality and consistency of decisions at scale; you set the example for your
team in adopting and driving these capabilities.
- Exceptional cross-functional collaborator — you know how to build trust with Legal, Engineering, Product, Sales, and
Operations, and can reconcile competing stakeholder views to drive results.
- Analytical rigor — you are comfortable with data and can structure risk/reward trade-offs clearly and compellingly for senior
audiences.
- Executive presence and clear written and verbal communication — you can distill complex risk topics into actionable narratives
for leadership.
PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS
- Experience working with card network rules (Visa, Mastercard), financial partner compliance requirements, or regulatory
frameworks relevant to payments (e.g., BIN sponsorship, direct acquiring).
- Familiarity with supportability or trust & safety systems, detection and enforcement tooling, or risk policy automation.
- Experience in a high-growth technology company managing risk at scale.
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Head of User Risk Strategy
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