Product Risk Lead, Crypto

Company: Stripe
Location: New York
Posted on: May 16, 2022

Job Description:

New York City, San Francisco, or Seattle. Remote in North America only New York City, San Francisco, or Seattle. Remote in North America only Creating long term value for our users is central to our mission at Stripe. Through our Product Risk team, we enable the safe deployment of our products with our customers, partners and industry communities across the world. Aligned with our Engineering, Product and Operations teams, the Lead is responsible for owning risk outcomes end-to-end, delivering thought leadership and supporting our users to make critical risk business decisions to accelerate Stripe's Crypto business. The Product Risk Crypto Lead is responsible for owning and delivering risk outcomes to support and accelerate the Crypto business. It's expected that the Lead will be a SME in their assigned areas, keeping abreast of expected and emerging risk issues, industry trends, competitors and global issues, to bring the outside in. They are also responsible for identifying and strategizing the risk scaling opportunities for Crypto, whether it's through automation, operations and/or additional resourcing. Our Product Risk Crypto Lead will be a seasoned professional with strong risk acumen, business strategy, business development and go-to-market experience. This person will have strong capability in solution definition, excellent communication skills (can clearly describe strategy and drill into tactics), and the ability to interact with all functions, disciplines, and levels in the organization. You will:

• Play the role of SME on Crypto, identifying existing and nascent risk trends and issues across Fraud, Credit, Supportability, among other areas, and translating those requirements into scalable business solutions that can be executed across the organization, inclusive of Engineering and Operations
• Be embedded in Stripe's Crypto team, working with Product, Engineering, Operations, GTM, Partnerships and other cross-functional stakeholders to create and drive a long-term risk strategy to accelerate Stripe's Crypto ambitions. This includes scoping, design, and execution for supporting launches and growth of new industries and product verticals
• Orchestrate and drive accountability for risk outcomes, working and strategizing with Risk SMEs across fraud, credit and supportability, among other teams
• Identify and deploy scaling opportunities as the Crypto business expands
• Own the broader comms strategy and execution to inform the Risk org on product roadmap, developments, mitigations, challenges, and updates
• Partner with internal stakeholders (Crypto, Risk eng, Sales, Partnerships, Data Science) to identify and build mitigations against risks associated with new company-level strategic initiatives
• Assess Crypto's risk performance, and help develop and prioritize long-term strategic plans for future growth. Perform analyses and research to inform decision-making, and improve observability in partnership with data science
• Enable Crypto products to safely grow at scale, continuously optimizing for efficiency and effectiveness
• Challenge the status quo and provide multiple alternative solutions and key execution criteria
• Continue learning about the payments space through industry engagement and independent research, and scale your knowledge to others
• Execute special projects/ad hoc analyses as initiatives, products, risks, and opportunities are constantly evolving We're looking for someone who has:
  • 10 years experience in crypto, payments, or technology industry related roles with deep knowledge of the crypto industry
  • Strong problem-solving skills. You enjoy taking complex issues and turning them into actionable next steps
  • The ability to take ownership. You are accountable and drive towards ambitious goals
  • A passion for data analysis and the ability to frame business decisions and tradeoffs effectively through quantitative analysis and visualization
  • Effective program management skills and a proven track record for building and scaling programs from the ground up. You are extremely organized and not afraid to challenge and push teams and yourself
  • Excellent communication skills and the ability to convey complex ideas succinctly to various audiences, including to senior leadership
  • Comfortable operating in an ambiguous & quickly changing environment with shifting priorities (this is a must!) Nice to haves:
    • You have an in-depth understanding of product and payment platforms & the finance industry
    • You have experience in the risk or compliance space
    • You are comfortable operating in depth in SQL, excel, google sheets, etc At Stripe, we're looking for people with passion, grit, and integrity. You're encouraged to apply even if your experience doesn't precisely match the job description. Your skills and passion will stand out-and set you apart-especially if your career has taken some extraordinary twists and turns. At Stripe, we welcome diverse perspectives and people who think rigorously and aren't afraid to challenge assumptions. Join us.

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