Internal Audit Technology Lead

Position Overview

Stripe is a financial infrastructure platform for businesses that enables millions of companies—from major enterprises to ambitious startups—to accept payments and grow revenue. Our Internal Audit team is dedicated to ensuring robust controls, risk management, and compliance through innovative technology and agile processes. We are seeking an experienced technology auditor with Fintech audit expertise to serve as Technology Lead, drive our global audit program, and work closely with engineering, operations, and security teams. This position is based in the US, preferably in the Seattle office.

Key Responsibilities

• Develop a risk-based technology audit plan across product, infrastructure, business systems and corporate technology.
• Plan and execute technically complex audits, consulting engagements, and influencing activities across operations and processes.
• Act as IA’s subject matter expert on technology issues throughout audit projects and within the organization.
• Manage co-sourced service providers while delivering the audit plan.
• Support the development of annual and long-term audit strategies that address global operations and regulatory requirements.
• Collaborate with functional leads in analytics, technology, and finance/operations to form integrated audit approaches.
• Mentor and support the growth of a skilled team of auditors.
• Interface with external auditors and regulators regarding technology audit matters.
• Lead ad-hoc initiatives to offer advisory insights and secure management action plans for remediation.
• Work with global partners to build efficiencies in the audit process and avoid duplication.
• Present findings and recommendations to stakeholders and leadership, leveraging data and insights to drive strategic decisions.
• Engage with product, engineering, security, and business teams to identify control gaps and security challenges.
• Stay current on emerging technical trends, literature, and best practices to continuously improve audit processes.

Required Qualifications

• 7-10+ years of technology audit and/or technical product/program management experience, preferably within Internal Audit, IT Security, or engineering.
• Experience in payment services, banking and/or financial services with a focus on Fintech IA Audit.
• Proven experience auditing security infrastructure technology and cloud-native services.
• Strong technical audit skills with a deep understanding of information systems audit, IT controls, application controls, and technology risks.
• Familiarity with industry standards and regulations related to security, privacy, and compliance.
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills with the ability to collaborate across technical and non-technical teams.
• Ability to operate autonomously and lead large-scale audits, managing cross-team efforts across different time zones.
• Experience using auditing and assessment frameworks and applying professional standards.
• High attention to detail with the ability to identify patterns, flag anomalies, and exercise professional judgment.
• Exceptional written and verbal communication skills, including report clarity and stakeholder influence.
• Knowledge of external risk and controls frameworks (e.g., COBIT, NIST Cybersecurity, ISO27000 series).
• Relevant professional certification such as CISSP, CISA, or CISM.
• A BS/BA degree in Information Systems, Computer Science, Engineering, or a related field.

Preferred Qualifications

• Background in program management within IT Audit or IT security fields.
• Proficient knowledge in security architecture, threat modeling, and privacy principles.
• Experience with SQL and Python scripting/programming is an advantage.
• Cybersecurity expertise in auditing cloud environments.
• In-house operational exposure and Big 4 consulting experience; an engineering background is a plus.