Strategic Business Performance, Central Strategy & Operations

h2 strong Who we are /strong /h2

h3 strong About Stripe /strong /h3

p span style= font-weight: 400; 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. /span /p

h3 strong About the team /strong /h3

p Stripe is looking for a senior product strategist-operator to join the Strategic Business Performance (SBP) team. SBP is the connective tissue of Stripe. You will have a front-row seat to how the company operates and a direct hand in ensuring we hit our most important goals. If you are a technical strategist who loves to move fast and fix high-stakes problems, we’d love to hear from you. /p

p SBP is a small, high-leverage group within Central Strategy Operations at Stripe. Our mission is to create strategic clarity around Stripe’s performance. We work with partner teams to report on the business; dive into it to support and pressure-test our strategy, driving change wherever we find soft spots and enabling the success of other teams. /p

p We are looking for someone who connects across data, financials and product business strategy. and can unearth a signal in the noise and either fix the problem directly or convene the right people to fix it fast. /p

h2 strong What you’ll do /strong /h2

p In this role, you will work cross-functionally within our group and across Stripe’s technical and user-facing teams to solve problems and design workflows that benefit our users. Specifically: /p

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li strong Own the Signal /strong : You will define and maintain the metrics that actually matter for in-year performance. You’ll develop a morning read discipline—a curated, high-signal view of the business that drives immediate action, br moving far beyond standard dashboarding. /li

li strong Deep-Dive Interventions /strong : You will lead surge projects to diagnose and unblock critical goals at risk. You aren't just identifying problems; you are staying in the arena until the trajectory has measurably changed. /li

li strong Bridge Product Strategy /strong : You will translate long-horizon corporate theses into in-year operational reality. You’ll take ambiguous opportunities that cut across product, risk, and marketing and decompose them into structured br workstreams. /li

li strong Synthesize for Leadership /strong : You’ll think ahead of our executive team, preparing CEO/COO-level materials that translate unstructured signals into structured diagnoses they can act on. /li

li strong Pressure-test our Assumptions /strong : You’ll work closely with Corporate Strategy and Product teams to identify gaps between our external market forces and our internal execution. /li

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h2 strong Who you are /strong /h2

p 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. The preferred qualifications are a bonus, not a requirement. /p

h3 strong Minimum requirements /strong /h3

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li 12+ years of experience in product/data analytics within product organizations or strategic business performance teams at high-growth tech companies /li

li Experience in Product Strategy, Product Management, or GM-style roles where you owned a P L or a specific br business outcome /li

li Deeply curious about business models and data, probing into signals, understanding trends and customer usage patterns to uncover novel insights /li

li A proven track record of directly driving business growth through analytical insights and execution /li

li Apply AI to enhance decision-making and operational efficiency, know when and how to use the right AI tools to move faster without sacrificing rigor or quality /li

li Strong product sense and the ability to understand the technical mechanics of how software products are built and scaled /li

li Experience navigating ambiguous, cross-functional problems and leading high-stakes interventions with senior stakeholders /li

li Prior experience with fintech products or complex financial systems is a plus, but not required /li

li Experience facilitating senior leadership/ stakeholder meetings to drive meaningful conversations regarding Stripe’s business performance /li

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h3 strong Preferred qualifications /strong /h3

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li Payments ecosystem, or experience in finance or fintech is a plus /li

li Ability to build trust and partner with senior leaders and CXOs /li

li Technical proficiency in SQL / Python / R and data analysis; ability to self-serve and perform independent deep-dives into complex datasets /li

li Experience driving creative solutions with and effectively informing the roadmap of cross-functional teams /li

li Ability to understand the implications of Stripe ships such as product features, policy changes, and marketing outreach on the user experience and resulting support experience /li

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