Product Compliance and Enablement Manager

Responsibilities: Partner with product teams from ideation through launch, shaping product designs to enable innovation while addressing relevant compliance and financial crime risks early. Lead compliance reviews and product risk assessments for material new launches and feature expansions, providing clear, risk-based recommendations. Influence product roadmaps and design decisions, translating compliance requirements into clear, actionable product, control, and reporting expectations. Support product governance efforts and Board engagement, including documenting and presenting product requirements and tracking implementation. Lead with a first-principles approach, bringing sound judgment to novel product questions and helping teams identify practical, sustainable paths forward. Work closely with Regional Compliance Officers, Money Laundering Reporting Officers, Legal, and other SMEs to support execution across complex, cross-functional product designs. Help product and business teams build durable compliance capabilities by making established requirements, precedents, and standards easy to understand and apply independently, driving a “compliant by design” approach. Contribute to building a strong culture of compliance across Stripe’s teams. Leverage AI and agentic tools to scale compliance product enablement—including accelerating product risk assessments, regulatory research, and requirements documentation—while applying rigorous judgment to novel, complex, or precedent-setting decisions and validating AI-generated outputs. Who You Are Minimum Requirements 9+ years of experience building and managing compliance programs in regulated financial services, preferably in fintech, payments, or banking. Experience evaluating emerging products for compliance risk, working with product and business stakeholders to implement creative solutions for compliance requirements, and conducting relevant product risk assessments. Strong knowledge of regulatory compliance and financial crimes/AML practices, with an understanding of the risk landscape applicable to a company like Stripe. Proven ability to independently lead multiple complex projects and programs, from ambiguous early questions through implementation. Ability to interpret regulations and regulatory guidance, identify the underlying risks they are intended to address, and translate those requirements into comprehensive, proportionate compliance programs. Strong written and verbal communication skills—including the ability to develop clear, well-reasoned recommendations and explain complex regulatory concepts clearly to non-compliance audiences. Excellent cross-functional collaboration skills, including the ability to build relationships with senior leaders and manage competing priorities. Intellectual curiosity and comfort operating at the frontier, including exploring unfamiliar markets, product types, and regulatory frameworks. Sound, independent judgment in a fast-paced and ambiguous environment. Genuine interest in financial product innovation and an eagerness to drive the industry forward by building and scaling products responsibly. Demonstrated AI fluency, creativity, and judgment—actively identifies opportunities to solve compliance problems, improve product enablement, and turn repeatable work into scalable solutions. Uses AI to accelerate research, requirements mapping, and routine guidance while maintaining appropriate oversight of AI-generated outputs. Preferred qualifications Experience using AI or agentic tools in a compliance or regulatory context (e.g., for policy drafting, risk assessments, regulatory research, or workflow automation) Experience with stablecoin, crypto, or emerging payments product compliance ACAMS, CRCM, ICA (Diploma or Advanced Certificate), or an equivalent certification