Corporate Strategy
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Job Description
Who we are
About Stripe
Stripe is a financial infrastructure platform for businesses. Millions of companies from the worlds 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 everyones reach while doing the most important work of your career.
About the team
Corporate Strategy is a small highleverage team with a mandate to maximize Stripes enterprise value. Whether were evaluating netnew 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 youll do
This is not your typical corporate strategy team. While partner closely with leadership we dont run the company planning processes and were 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 longterm 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 Stripes 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 Stripes leadership team to ensure the company is positioned to execute on its strategy in the near and longterm
- Develop independent perspectives on forces shaping the business in the next five to ten years and the implications for Stripes strategy
- Nurture a community of strategists across the company
Who you are
Were 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 hypothesisdriven 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 highgrowth 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
Employment Type
Full Time
