Technical Program Manager

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

At Stripe, product development is an extremely collaborative effort between engineering, design, analytics, partnerships, legal, risk, and go-to-market teams. You'd be joining a group of experienced engineering, product management, strategy, and operations leaders who have a track record of successfully building large-scale businesses and products that collectively impact millions of users around the world.

Stripe's payments products help accelerate many of the world's most innovative companies, and the Local Payment Methods team owns one of Stripe's most critical workflows, a platform that processes billions of dollars in payments annually. We're looking for a senior Technical Program Manager who's passionate about solving problems in the complex payments landscape, not only serving our customers but also our financial partners and regulatory stakeholders.Payments continues to see innovations such as an acceleration in payment methods coming online in the form of Buy Now Pay Later, Digital Wallets, and Crypto payments. Such payment methods provide more benefits to merchants and enable functionality that was not present before. The Local Payment Methods team builds the platform and enables payment methods that connect to millions of Stripe users globally. We're responsible for building new product experiences that help providers to improve their integration, boost their conversion, and grow their business. We also own the end-to-end journey for users adopting new payment methods.

What you'll do

As a TPM, you'll play a key role leading complex programs across multiple engineering, product, and cross-functional (finance, legal, compliance, risk, and other) teams spanning Stripe. You'll be an active contributor to the overall strategy of the program, drive technical decision-making, and drive the execution of the program through all phases from planning to delivery. You'll have the opportunity to implement mechanisms that make your programs effective and scale them to Stripe-level processes.

Responsibilities

• Drive functional and technical delivery of key team and org-wide programs and initiatives.
• Collaborate with engineering teams to design, scope, and shepherd features.
• Create functional specs, project and release plans, and roadmaps.
• Own and execute one or more software engineering programs simultaneously.
• Help drive product decisions to align with the program and sometimes broader company initiatives.
• Help influence peers and managers, and build consensus while dealing with ambiguity.
• Guide and manage the usage of agile methodologies to simplify project delivery.

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

• 6+ years of experience in technical program and product management, with a consistent track record of shipping products with broad and global customer impact
• You have a track record of providing solid program management during all phases of software development from kick-off to ship, demonstrating critical thinking and thought leadership throughout.
• You're not satisfied with just delivering programs on time—you're discerning about product and infrastructure architecture and can lead technical discussions.
• You operate independently and lead efforts across multiple teams and functions, with stakeholders in different disciplines across time zones.
• You have strong written and verbal communication skills to build relationships and collaborate with diverse cross-functional teams

Preferred qualifications

• Experience in a global FinTech or payments organization of a global e-commerce company