Head of Strategic Risk Programs, New Markets

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 The Risk Program Management Office is a unique role that sits at the intersection of Operations, Go To Market (GTM), and Risk Compliance teams. Our mission is to enable users to seamlessly meet evolving compliance standards in a complex regulatory environment by bringing the right set of cross-functional stakeholders to enable their success. As an enablement function, we work with many teams including Operations, Product, Eng, GTM, and others. We are expanding our scope into one of Stripe s most consequential strategic priorities and launching in new markets. This work is new, fast-moving, and high-ambiguity, and we re looking for someone who thrives in exactly that environment. If you enjoy working on high-impact projects on a global scale, building programs from the ground up, and operating at the intersection of compliance, strategy, and execution, you ll love this role. What you’ll do People Leadership Recruit, train, and lead a global team of Program Managers; inspire, motivate, and enable individual development to promote career growth of direct reports. Develop both the long-term vision and strategy for the team and drive progress toward key metrics. Coach, mentor, and guide the team in program management and operations excellence. Build a strong team culture across a distributed, multi-timezone environment. New Markets Program Management Own end-to-end program management for a large and growing portfolio of programs, with a focus on APAC. Drive operational readiness across workstreams, tracking milestones, surfacing risks, and unblocking dependencies. Navigate high ambiguity, this is a 0→1 space where you will be expected to figure out the right approach, not wait for one to be handed to you. Build repeatable frameworks, playbooks, and reporting standards to support a growing and complex portfolio. Cross-Functional Leadership Serve as the senior Risk PMO voice in global forums, representing the team in senior-level