Strategy And Operations, Embedded Finance

Summary

Join Stripe's Embedded Finance team as a Strategy & Operations leader. You will build thought leadership on the future of Embedded Finance, shaping Stripe's overall strategy. Responsibilities include tackling ambiguous questions, evaluating business opportunities, leading initiatives, shaping product roadmaps, advising leadership teams, partnering with Finance, and maintaining a pulse on the business's financial health. This role requires a strategic mindset, 8+ years of experience, strong analytical and communication skills, and experience leading cross-functional projects in high-growth tech companies. Preferred qualifications include fintech or payments experience. The position offers the opportunity to work on impactful projects and contribute to the growth of a leading financial technology company.

Requirements

• Strategic thinker, with 8+ years of work experience and a consistent track record of excellence
• Excel at hypothesis-driven problem solving, bringing structure to quantitative and qualitative insights, and owning development of solutions
• Experience getting deep into the data, thinking from first principles, and delivering the best results
• Ability to understand complex, technical products and articulate their value to non-technical audiences
• Experience leading complex, cross-functional projects with multiple functional stakeholders
• Passion for technology and an understanding of software and business technology markets, trends, and dynamics
• Experience in strategy consulting, and/or corporate strategy in high growth tech companies
• Strong oral and written communication skills
• A “can do” attitude, comfort with ambiguity, and ability to juggle multiple priorities simultaneously

Responsibilities

• Build thought leadership on the future state of Embedded Finance, while developing and influencing Stripe’s overall strategy
• Tackle hard, ambiguous questions with rigor and independence, owning projects from problem definition to final recommendation
• Evaluate white space business, product, and partnership opportunities
• Lead new or early stage initiatives or products, often playing the role of multiple functions simultaneously in order to reach success
• Help shape the product roadmap for the Embedded Finance business through robust gathering of competitive intelligence and user insights
• Advise Product, Engineering, GTM & cross-functional leadership teams on where resources should be deployed to maximize long-term strategic value
• Partner with Finance to drive planning processes, including investment decisions, strategy updates, operational plans, and OKRs
• Maintain a pulse on the financial health of the Embedded business, highlighting key metrics and trends and developing action plans to drive improvements

Preferred Qualifications

Experience working in a fintech or payments-focused technology company