# User Risk Strategist at Stripe

> United States · Unspecified · Other · open. Source: https://alderhq.app/jobs/greenhouse%3Astripe%3A8230758 (read 2026-11-07).

## Facts (observed)

- Company: [Stripe](https://alderhq.app/companies/stripe)
- Location text: New York, NY ; US-PERM
- Where it can be done from (inferred): United States (evidence: "Location: New York, NY ; US-PERM")
- Posted: 2026-09-24 (43 days ago)
- First seen by alder: 2026-11-03 · last verified: 2026-11-04
- Reposted: 0 times · edited: 0 times
- Apply on the employer's site: https://stripe.com/jobs/search?gh_jid=8230758

## Pay and sponsorship

- Posted pay: $162k–$204k per year (from the description)
- Market band for similar posted roles (New York, n 2353): p25 $75k, median $120k, p75 $175k
- H-1B filings at this company for similar roles, FY26: 29, median offered wage $159k ([US DOL OFLC LCA disclosure data](https://www.dol.gov/agencies/eta/foreign-labor/performance))
- Recognised sponsor (NL): registered as "Stripe Netherlands B.V." (checked 2026-11-03, [register](https://ind.nl/en/public-register-recognised-sponsors/public-register-regular-labour-and-highly-skilled-migrants))
- Licensed UK sponsor: registered as "Stripe Payments UK Ltd" (checked 2026-11-03, [register](https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/register-of-licensed-sponsors-workers))

## Description (the employer's text)

### Who we are

### About Stripe

Stripe, LLC. 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.

### What you’ll do

### Responsibilities

- Drive risk strategy for company-level strategic initiatives, which includes: partnering with the company’s product, legal, operations, sales, and partnerships teams to solve risk problems and ensure a positive user experience.
- Perform research and analysis to assess Stripe’s current risk performance and develop and prioritize long-term strategic plans for future growth.
- Increase business enablement, allowing the types of supportable merchants to safely grow at scale, continuously optimizing for efficiency and effectiveness, and stay hyper focused on a positive user experience.
- Challenge the status quo and provide multiple alternative solutions and key execution criteria.
- Execute special projects and provide ad hoc analyses as initiatives, products, risks, and opportunities are constantly evolving.
### Who you are

### Minimum requirements

Must have a Bachelor's Degree or foreign equivalent degree in Law, Business, Policy, Development Studies, or a related field, plus five (5) years post-bachelors, progressive related work experience as a Risk Strategist or a related occupation.

Must also have five (5) years of experience in each of the following:

- Developing risk strategies and solutions and working with technical products, including working with product and engineering, and operations teams for implementation;
- Distilling complex, ambiguous risk and policy problems into clear guidance for internal stakeholders and company users;
- Translating business requirements to technical configuration; and
- Deriving insights from complex or technical problem spaces and evangelizing actionable product recommendations.
Salary: $161,637 - $204,000/yr.

This salary range represents the base salary range for the role and any sales commissions/sales bonuses targets, if applicable, would be in addition to the base salary.

40 hrs/week

50% Telecommuting permitted.

Up to 10% International and Domestic Travel Required.

Multiple Positions Available.

Additional benefits for this role may include: equity, company bonus or sales commissions/bonuses; 401(k) plan; medical, dental, and vision benefits; and wellness stipends. NY79

### #LI-DNI

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