About the Role
The Strategic Partnerships team develops and manages relationships with large partners that enable Stripe's product strategy and deliver new capabilities to Stripe users. We're looking for a senior member to join our team to develop new partnerships with our largest users and strategic partners, and drive critical initiatives that will be foundational for Stripe. A successful candidate will have significant experience delivering complex deal work, creating and driving strategy, working with cross-functional teams to launch new initiatives, and initiating first-of-a-kind partnerships. We're looking for someone who exhibits a strong sense of ownership, performs at a senior level, drives to have an impact, and has an entrepreneurial spirit.
Responsibilities
- Evaluate and develop the business case to support Stripe’s product and engineering investment in new strategic partnerships across verticals (e.g. AI, Platforms, Payment Methods)
- Manage strategic planning, negotiation and new partnership development
- Ensure highly structured, methodical deal management rooted in milestones, KPIs, and alignment with partners on opportunities of mutual interest
- Navigate the largest partners, in partnership with product, operations, marketing and sales, to execute deals supporting Stripe’s strategy
- Develop and grow Stripe’s relationships with partners, including their senior executives and leadership
- Partner with cross-functional teams (Product, Engineering, Go-to-Market Partnerships, Product Marketing, Operations) to design and implement strategies and processes that will enable us to scale our partnerships and increase our velocity as a team
Requirements
- At least 10 years of partnerships experience with 5+ years of business development experience, establishing partnerships with financial institutions, fintech, payment method, or equivalent strategic, complex partners
- Strong agency, can handle ambiguity in a fast-moving organization, and thrives on a high level of autonomy and responsibility
- Strong communication skills, in both verbal and written form, and ability to influence internal and external stakeholders across a wide variety of functions
- Technical acumen, an ability to understand Stripe’s product portfolio and strategy and use this understanding to define requirements with partners and evaluate new partnership opportunities
- 5+ years experience defining and executing partnership strategies to build innovative product experiences
- 5+ years experience negotiating commercial deals with top financial and technology institutions, including scaling such deals across multiple partners
- Interest in and intellectual curiosity about payments, economic infrastructure, and Stripe’s partners
Skills
- Partnerships
- Business Development
- Strategic Planning
- Negotiation
- Deal Management
- Communication
- Technical Acumen
- Product Strategy
- Partnership Strategy
- Commercial Deals
Experience Level
- Senior
- 10+ years of partnerships experience
- 5+ years of business development experience
- 5+ years experience defining and executing partnership strategies
- 5+ years experience negotiating commercial deals
About the Company
- 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.
