EMEA Technology Audits Lead

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 Technology Audits team is responsible for Stripe's Technology and Compliance Audits. We have a team of technical program managers who focus on driving compliance within Stripe against industry/regulatory standards and helping us achieve compliance against them. Program managers in the team not only work on leading compliance and risk efforts to completion but also maintain strong relationships with internal stakeholders to support and answer compliance questions.

What you’ll do

You will be a subject matter expert in EMEA technology compliance standards to ensure that Stripe’s products and platform operate in accordance to requirements that they are subject to in the region. You will have deep technical discussions with our engineering teams to understand controls, processes and come up with creative ways to meet the intent of regulatory  and audit requirements. In this role you will be leading compliance audits in EMEA by planning requirements, identifying risks, managing schedules and clearly communicating to internal and external stakeholders. You will also be working closely with partner teams in the Enterprise Risk and Compliance organization to drive audit efforts forward. 

Responsibilities

• Develop a deep understanding of Stripe’s technology platform and analyze how compliance requirements can be applied to the environment
• Lead security audits, working closely with our Product and Engineering teams to ensure that our services and users remain compliant and ahead of applicable security standards
• Partner with Engineering teams to decompose ambiguous technical regulatory requirements into clear actionable deliverables
• Maintain and enhance compliance to product security requirements 
• Stay abreast of upcoming security regulatory changes that may impact Stripe or our users, and collaborate with engineering teams to make them seamless and transparent
• Partner with teams across Stripe to develop our communication strategy on Security
• Identifying inefficiencies in processes and products and driving improvements

Who you are

We’re looking for someone who meets the minimum requirements to be considered for the role. If you meet these requirements, you are encouraged to apply. 

Minimum requirements

• 5+ years of experience managing audit and compliance programs with particular focus in technology requirements (ex. European Banking Authority, Central Bank of Ireland, Digital Operations Resiliency Act etc.) 
• Experience rationalizing and mapping compliance requirements from multiple frameworks to a common set of controls
• Experience driving compliance projects to completion of tight regulatory timelines by working closely with centralized compliance teams. 
• Technical security background and an understanding of the payment ecosystem
• A growth mind-set to help scale security compliance initiatives for the future of Stripe
• Great communicator and able to effectively prioritize and advance a large number of projects happening simultaneously, often on tight deadlines
• Experience building and managing relationships with internal stakeholders and driving all parties towards an optimal outcome
• Out-of-the-box thinking that challenges industry norms with a solid grounding in creating great and safe experiences
• Resourceful, action-oriented with strong organization skills and attention to detail
• Able to prioritize competing demands while working on complex problems