Location
London, Dublin, UK-Remote

Hours
Full Time

Salary
Negotiable

About the Role
Stripe is a financial infrastructure platform used by millions of companies worldwide to accept payments, grow revenue, and accelerate new business opportunities. Our mission is to increase the GDP of the internet, offering you an unprecedented opportunity to impact the global economy while doing the most important work of your career.

The Risk Partnerships team is a key part of Stripe’s Global Partnerships organization, responsible for building and maintaining relationships with partner banks to manage risk across Stripe’s business activities. These partnerships enable Stripe to accept and make payments, provide credit, move and store money, and develop new products to meet user needs.

As a Risk Partnerships Manager, you will collaborate with key banking partners across the UK, Europe, and Stripe’s global network to develop and deliver solutions that build our Global Payments and Treasury Network. This role supports Stripe’s goals to enable domestic and international payments, secure fund storage, yield generation, and multi-currency fund flows.

You will lead initiatives to enhance risk management interactions, manage partner relationships, and execute high-impact projects. Working closely with internal teams including Product, Engineering, Risk, Fraud, Financial Crime, Operations, Legal, and Finance, as well as external partners’ Risk and Compliance teams, you will set objectives, coordinate priorities, and drive execution to align risk approaches and strategies.

Responsibilities include fostering new business opportunities, innovating shared risk methodologies, maintaining compliance with risk appetites, managing partner relationships, delivering business and policy recommendations, negotiating risk approaches, and identifying business opportunities through innovative risk-aware solutions.

Experience
10+ years in a risk-related role at a bank or fintech, with experience in products and services enabling domestic and international payments, secure fund storage, yield generation, and multi-currency fund flows.
Deep knowledge of bank payment schemes and networks such as FPS, BACs, SEPA, ACH, and local equivalents.
Strong understanding of risk and compliance issues related to banking partnerships.
Proven ability to represent an organization on risk, compliance, and product matters with banking partners.
Strong organizational, planning, and communication skills to drive collaboration and issue resolution.
Experience managing stakeholders across organizations and borders, including negotiation and influencing.
Self-motivated and proactive, thriving in uncertain and ambiguous environments.

About you
Curious and partnership-oriented mindset focused on improving processes and scaling solutions.
Strong stakeholder management skills and ability to navigate difficult situations.
Ability to work collaboratively with cross-functional teams and external partners.
Proactive and adaptable in a fast-paced environment.

Qualifications
Preferred but not required:
- Experience with financial crime programs including KYC/B, AML, Sanctions, and Terrorist Financing, with practical knowledge of Bank Secrecy Act and Anti-Money Laundering regulations.
- Deep understanding of domestic and international payment schemes (FPS, CHAPS, BACs, SEPA, ACH, Wire).
- Strong knowledge of risks in managing cross-border payments and high-risk sectors.
- Market experience across UK and Europe with insight into regulatory impacts.
- Experience leveraging technology to develop scalable risk and operational processes.