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
Corporate Strategy is a small, high-leverage team that develops informed positions on the biggest strategic questions facing Stripe. Whether we’re evaluating net-new opportunity areas, investigating existential threats, or finding ways to unlock value in the existing business, we approach problems with rigor, nuance, and intellectual humility.
What you’ll do
This is not your typical corporate strategy team. While we report centrally (into Stripe’s C-suite) and partner closely with leadership, we don’t run the company planning processes, and we’re not “internal consultants” who primarily take on commissioned analysis. We develop independent points of view that have real teeth: strategy that is practical and connected with the rest of the company, not recommendations from an ivory tower. We operate horizontally – not embedded within any product or functional area – and we take a multidisciplinary approach, emphasizing holistic understanding of problems and deploying product management skills in addition to traditional analytical approaches.
If you’re excited by the prospect of shaping Stripe’s long-term direction, we want to hear from you.
Responsibilities
- Help Stripe decide where to deploy its resources to maximize long-term strategic value
- Tackle hard, ambiguous questions with rigor and independence, owning projects from problem definition to final recommendation
- Cut through complexity to identify opportunities and risks across Stripe’s products, customers, and markets
- Partner closely with teams across the company to influence their direction
- Evaluate whitespace business, product, and partnership opportunities in adjacent markets
- Drive strategic decisions by crisply framing a problem space, evaluating potential paths, and surfacing key tradeoffs – enabling Stripe to move quickly
- Work with Stripe’s leadership team to ensure the company is positioned to execute on its strategy in the near- and long-term
- Develop independent perspectives on forces shaping the business in the next five to ten years and the implications for Stripe's strategy
- Nurture a community of strategists across the company
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. The preferred qualifications are a bonus, not a requirement.
Minimum requirements
- You excel at hypothesis-driven problem solving using quantitative and qualitative approaches
- You can look at problems from novel perspectives and distill clarifying insights that connect with wide audiences
- You communicate extremely well and are able to develop compelling narratives
- You are low ego and have a proven track record for working well across a wide range of people, teams and with external partners
- You are curious about markets, competition, and how companies build durable strategies
- You have experience taking holistic ownership of problems
- You have multiple years of experience in strategy consulting, investing, or a comparable role in high-growth tech companies
- You have a unique perspective or experience that will complement the existing team
- You rolled your eyes just a little bit when you heard “corporate strategy”
Preferred qualifications
- Technical background or affinity (CS, engineering, etc.)
- Experience as a PM, GM or a founder
- Knowledge of the payments or fintech industry
This role is available either in an office or a remote location (typically, 35+ miles or 56+ km from a Stripe office).
Office-assigned Stripes spend at least 50% of the time in a given month in their local office or with users. This hits a balance between bringing people together for in-person collaboration and learning from each other, while supporting flexibility about how to do this in a way that makes sense for individuals and their teams.
A remote location, in most cases, is defined as being 35 miles (56 kilometers) or more from one of our offices. While you would be welcome to come into the office for team/business meetings, on-sites, meet-ups, and events, our expectation is you would regularly work from home rather than a Stripe office. Stripe does not cover the cost of relocating to a remote location. We encourage you to apply for roles that match the location where you currently or plan to live.
The annual US base salary range for this role is $138,200 - $207,400. For sales roles, the range provided is the role’s On Target Earnings ("OTE") range, meaning that the range includes both the sales commissions/sales bonuses target and annual base salary for the role. This salary range may be inclusive of several career levels at Stripe and will be narrowed during the interview process based on a number of factors, including the candidate’s experience, qualifications, and location. Applicants interested in this role and who are not located in the US may request the annual salary range for their location during the interview process.
Additional benefits for this role may include: equity, company bonus or sales commissions/bonuses; 401(k) plan; medical, dental, and vision benefits; and wellness stipends.
Office locations
South San Francisco HQ, or New York
Remote locations
Remote in United States
Team
Corporate Strategy
Job type
Full time
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