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 with a mandate to maximize Stripe’s enterprise value. 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 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 to problems that incorporates product thinking and analytical angles.

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

In-office expectations

Office-assigned Stripes in most of our locations are currently expected to spend at least 50% of the time in a given month in their local office or with users. This expectation may vary depending on role, team and location. For example, Stripes in our Bucharest, Romania site have an 80% in-office expectation, and those in Stripe Delivery Center roles in Mexico City, Mexico and Bengaluru, India work 100% from the office. Also, some teams have greater in-office attendance requirements, to appropriately support our users and workflows, which the hiring manager will discuss. This approach helps strike a balance between bringing people together for in-person collaboration and learning from each other, while supporting flexibility when possible.

Pay and benefits

The annual US base salary range for this role is $188,000 - $282,000. 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.