Technical Program Manager, Risk

Role overview

Technical Program Manager (Risk) at Stripe within the Risk and Compliance Engineering team. You’ll lead large-scale, cross-functional technical programs across engineering, product, and strategy to reduce Stripe’s financial and regulatory risk while maintaining a strong user experience.

Responsibilities

• Own definition, cross-functional strategy, planning, and execution of large technical programs spanning the Risk organization.
• Execute programs that require deep systems and engineering knowledge.
• Partner with Engineering Managers, Product Managers, and other stakeholders to scope and drive programs to completion.
• Develop and iterate on program management approaches, frameworks, and KPIs with clear success criteria.
• Improve how teams communicate and operate to increase productivity and efficiency.
• Produce high-quality written proposals, communications, and documentation.
• Use data and accumulated knowledge to drive strategic decisions at an engineering leadership level.
• Create and drive widely circulated plans to ensure consistency, clarity, and alignment.

Requirements

• 7+ years experience in software engineering, systems engineering, and/or technical program management.
• Strong analytical skills and ability to digest complex information to make recommendations.
• Demonstrated program management across the software lifecycle (kick-off to launch), with critical thinking and thought leadership.
• Excellent written and verbal communication and stakeholder management.
• Experience driving process improvements across multiple teams and functions.
• Ability to operate autonomously and lead large efforts across multiple teams/functions with stakeholders in different disciplines and time zones.

Preferred qualifications

• Experience working in financial risk and compliance.
• SQL and Python scripting/programming skills.

Work model / location

• Hybrid: available either in an office or remote location (35+ miles / 56+ km from a Stripe office).
• In-office expectation: local office time of at least 50% of the month (for office-assigned employees).