Full-Time
Risk Advisory Strategist
Card Network Compliance
Stripe
10,001+ employees
Online payment processing APIs for businesses
Compensation Overview
$123.6k - $185.4k/yr
Remote in USA + 4 more
More locations: Seattle, WA, USA | San Francisco, CA, USA | Chicago, IL, USA | New York, NY, USA
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- At least 5 years of professional experience in a related role in the payments or financial technology industries, including experience with card network compliance.
- Familiarity with banking and money movement regulations, including Know Your Customer, Know Your Business, Anti-Money Laundering, Office of Foreign Assets Control compliance, and credit and fraud risk.
- Experience overseeing the design, execution, and delivery of highly strategic programs.
- Ability to take complex issues and turn them into actionable next steps, hold others accountable, and meet deadlines.
- Data-driven problem-solving skills, including the ability to distill complex, ambiguous regulatory issues into clear, concise, and reliable guidance for stakeholders and users.
- Demonstrated track record of deriving insights from complex or technical problem spaces and developing actionable product recommendations.
- Strong stakeholder management skills and operating rigor, including the ability to take ownership, be accountable, and lead without formal authority while navigating ambiguity and solving problems with the end user in mind.
- Entrepreneurial and curious mindset, including motivation to develop deep subject-matter expertise and understand risk-based frameworks.
- Strong operating rigor, executive presence, and presentation skills, including experience engaging with leadership.
- Experience in a client-facing role managing relationships with large, global organizations.
- Own oversight of merchant risk management processes for payment facilitators, marketplaces, and other third-party agents or servicers, including preparing merchants for card network registration, managing network reporting requirements, and conducting periodic reviews and user remediations.
- Partner with internal teams to design compliance strategies that support global expansion without creating major downstream risks.
- Embed within first-line teams, particularly Sales and Product, to train sellers to identify gaps and position Risk as a business enabler.
- Build new processes and enhance existing processes to optimize efficiency and automation, manage incoming non-compliance escalations from partners, and monitor the portfolio against rules and requirements.
- Perform research and analysis to assess the current market position and develop and prioritize long-term strategic plans for future growth.
- Challenge the status quo and provide multiple alternative solutions and key execution criteria.
- Execute special projects and ad hoc analyses as initiatives, products, risks, and opportunities evolve.
- Strong desire to work in an innovative, fast-paced zero-to-one environment.
- Strong understanding of Stripe’s business and products, with the ability to research independently and self-start.
Stripe provides online payment processing through a suite of APIs that let apps accept and process payments securely over the internet for businesses of all sizes. Developers integrate these APIs into websites or apps; Stripe handles payment methods, authorization, settlement, and payouts to sellers. It differentiates itself with a broad set of connected products around payments, including Billing, Connect, Issuing, Radar, Capital, Atlas, Climate, and Identity, all designed to work together via a developer-friendly API platform for use cases such as subscriptions, marketplaces, and creator payouts. Its goal is to make online monetization simple and secure for internet businesses while earning revenue from transaction fees and related services.
Company Size
10,001+
Company Stage
Private
Total Funding
$8.7B
Headquarters
South San Francisco, California
Founded
2010
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Simplify's Take
What believers are saying
- First-half 2026 revenue rose 41%, with free cash flow up 43%.
- Stripe Treasury now offers instant, free U.S. transfers and 15-currency global balances.
- Kraken's U.S. crypto debit card launch shows Stripe winning new commerce rails.
What critics are saying
- FTC warnings over debanking threaten investigations and reputational damage in 2026.
- OpenRouter's $7.5 billion price invites integration failure and culture clash by 2027.
- Visa dependence leaves Stripe exposed if network pricing, rules, or dispute economics tighten.
What makes Stripe unique
- Stripe Sessions 2026 shipped 288 launches, spanning Treasury, Terminal, and agentic commerce.
- OpenRouter acquisition makes Stripe the payment rail and AI model-routing layer.
- Stripe supports 88% of Forbes AI 50, including OpenAI and Anthropic.
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Benefits
Inclusive coverage - We provide a thoughtful and balanced set of benefits that allow Stripes to be their best selves and do great work. Whether that means offering comprehensive mental, physical, and medical health plans, supporting Stripes’ financial futures, providing fertility benefits and parental leave, or making sure Stripes have access to healthy food at the office, our robust programs put Stripes and their families first.
Growth by way of learning - We are voracious learners and teachers. Our Education team delivers an onboarding and product training curriculum for all new Stripes, and hosts expert-led courses on things like project management fundamentals and macroeconomics. Beyond the formal program, Stripes are constantly sharing knowledge with each other through conversation, documentation, reading groups, and informal talks.
A principled approach to food - The food program holds a special place in Stripe’s history and future. These Stripes come to our kitchen from a breadth of backgrounds and experiences, and focus on one proposition—respect. This is apparent not only in the local ingredients they work with or in the gracious, teamwork-driven buffet lines, but also in their approach to growing a global team through sustainable food practices and minimal waste.
Growth & Insights and Company News
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↓ -2%Forget the model wars, Stripe and Ramp just started the router wars. Summary: This is a summary of an article originally published by The New Stack. Read the full original article here Stripe has recently launched Ramp and OpenRouter as part of its initiatives to enhance financial technology and operations integration. Ramp, designed for corporate spending, aims to simplify expense management for companies by providing real-time visibility over transactions and smarter budgeting tools. This aligns with the growing trend in DevOps to leverage automation for financial processes, enabling teams to focus on more strategic tasks rather than manual oversight. OpenRouter, on the other hand, is a significant innovation aimed at increasing flexibility in payment services. It allows merchants to choose from multiple payment processors, optimizing transaction fees and improving customer experience. This development reflects the industry's shift towards more modular services, where companies can adapt their technology stack according to evolving needs, resonating well with DevOps principles of continuous improvement and agility. Together, these tools underscore the increasing intersection between finance and technology, highlighting how modern DevOps teams can utilize these innovations to enhance operational efficiency and drive growth. As businesses continue to adopt advanced financial solutions, the integration of such tools into broader DevOps practices will likely become a focal point for optimizing performance and achieving business objectives.
Monk surpasses $2 billion in receivables as customers consolidate their AR. Aug 20, 2026, 13:07 ET Customers give their own customers a single Payment Hub to pay by ACH, wire, check, or credit card and see every invoice, statement, and payment. Monk is also now available in the Stripe App Marketplace. NEW YORK, Aug. 20, 2026 /PRNewswire/ - Monk, the leading AI-native accounts receivable platform, today announced it has surpassed $2 billion in receivables managed. The milestone comes as finance teams move collections, cash application, and customer payments onto one automated system rather than stitching together separate tools or manual workflows. A large part of that shift is the Payment Hub, a self-serve portal where a company's customers see every invoice and pay by ACH, wire, check, or credit card. Monk is also now available in the Stripe App Marketplace. Getting paid on time remains one of the most challenging problems in business finance. About 55% of B2B invoiced sales in the United States are paid late, the average company waits around 43 days to collect, and only 17% of finance teams have fully automated their accounts receivable. Monk was built to close that gap by handling the follow-up, the reconciliation, and the payment in one place. More than $2 billion in receivables now run on Monk, a marker of how quickly customers are consolidating their AR onto the platform. This reflects consolidation rather than one-off usage, as well as rapid adoption: teams tend to start on a single job, often collections, then bring cash application, customer payments, and reporting onto the same platform once they trust it. For a finance leader, the practical result is fewer systems to reconcile and a single source of truth for what is owed, what is late, and what has been paid. "Crossing $2 billion in receivables tells us customers want one place where the invoice, the follow-up, and the payment all live together," said George Kurdin, CEO and cofounder of Monk. Companies get paid through the Payment Hub, a self-serve portal that each Monk customer gives to their own customers. In it, the business' customer sees every invoice and its live status, views balances and aging, and pays by ACH, wire, check, or credit card, or enrolls in autopay, alongside payment history, statements, credit memos, downloadable PDFs, and shared documents. Because collections, cash application, and the Hub run on one platform, a payment applies to the invoice and stops the follow-up automatically. "Customers kept asking for one simple way to let their own customers pay, and to stop fielding 'can you resend the invoice' emails," said Kurdin. "That is what the Payment Hub does, and it is a major reason customers are adopting Monk for cash flow management." Monk is also now available in the Stripe App Marketplace. The integration connects a customer's Stripe account to their Monk organization so invoices, payments, and reconciliation stay in sync, and teams that already bill on Stripe can adopt Monk without changing how they take payment. Credit card payments in the Payment Hub are processed through Stripe. See the Monk Stripe app at monk.com/blog/monk-stripe-app. About Monk Monk is a modern, AI-native accounts receivable platform that helps businesses get paid faster. Monk automates collections with AI agents, applies incoming cash automatically, and gives every customer a self-serve Payment Hub where they can view invoices and pay by ACH, wire, check, or credit card, all on one platform. Monk integrates with Stripe so invoices, payments, and reconciliation stay in sync. More than $2 billion in receivables run on Monk today. Learn more at monk.com. Media contact SOURCE Monk
Stripe executives told investors in a letter obtained by Axios that they believe the "singularity" — when artificial intelligence surpasses human intelligence — arrived on 1 January 2026. The payment processor has been operating on that assumption ever since. CEO Patrick Collison, president John Collison, and president of technology and business William Gaybrick cited "a large inflection in long-run trends", including a significant increase in new firm creation. They join other tech leaders like OpenAI's Sam Altman and Tesla's Elon Musk in declaring the singularity's arrival, though several AI experts dispute this view. The company announced it was acquiring OpenRouter, an AI model marketplace startup. Stripe's first-half revenue rose 41% year-over-year.
Stripe to acquire OpenRouter in roughly $7.5 billion bet on AI's future. 0 Comments Payments giant Stripe just made one of its boldest moves yet, reaching beyond its familiar territory of processing transactions and into the fast-moving world of artificial intelligence infrastructure. The company announced Wednesday it has agreed to acquire AI routing platform OpenRouter, a deal that reportedly carries a price tag around $7.5 billion and has three law firms steering the transaction through to close. Why Stripe wants an AI traffic cop. In its deal announcement, Stripe framed the acquisition as a natural extension of its existing playbook rather than a departure from it. The company said OpenRouter will expand its AI capabilities well beyond payments and billing, layering new functionality on top of the tracking and billing tools Stripe has already built for businesses. What OpenRouter actually does. Think of OpenRouter as a switchboard operator for artificial intelligence: it gives businesses access to hundreds of different AI models through a single platform, automatically directing each request to whichever model best balances cost, speed and performance - sparing companies the headache of juggling multiple AI providers on their own. Stripe said the platform already counts major names among its users, including Nvidia, Zoom and Lovable. The price tag, confirmed quietly. Stripe itself declined to disclose financial terms publicly, and OpenRouter did not respond to a request for additional information. But a person familiar with the transaction confirmed the purchase price sits at roughly $7.5 billion - a figure that underscores just how much value the market now places on AI infrastructure plays, even ones that don't manufacture chips or build foundation models themselves. A play for cost efficiency. According to Stripe's announcement, folding OpenRouter into its ecosystem will help customers cut their AI spending by intelligently matching each request to the most cost-effective model capable of handling it - building directly on Stripe's existing tools for tracking and billing AI usage, rather than replacing them. The strategic vision. Stripe framed the combination as addressing both sides of the profitability equation at once. "Together, Stripe and OpenRouter will be able to help companies manage both sides of profitability in the AI era: maximizing revenue and efficacy while minimizing costs," the company said in its announcement - a pitch aimed squarely at businesses trying to harness AI without watching their budgets spiral out of control. The legal team guiding the deal. Fenwick & West LLP is representing Stripe in the transaction, with a team led by Ken Myers and Victoria Lupu steering the acquisition through what promises to be one of the more closely watched AI-adjacent deals of the year.
Stripe told investors that January 1st marked the "beginning of the singularity," a major inflection point in longterm trends, according to a letter obtained by Axios. The payments giant said first-half revenue rose 41% year-over-year and free cashflow increased 43%. Stripe confirmed its acquisition of OpenRouter for more than $8 billion, mostly in stock. The company says 88% of the Forbes AI 50, including OpenAI and Anthropic, are building on its platform. The share of its revenue from AI and crypto companies has more than doubled year over year. Stripe was valued at $159 billion in February during an employee tender offer, up from $91.5 billion a year earlier. The company is also pursuing an acquisition of PayPal with Advent International, reportedly offering $53 billion.