Product Lead, Head of Americas and Bank Methods

Who we are

About Stripe

Stripe is a financial infrastructure platform for businesses. Millions of companiesfrom the worlds largest enterprises to the most ambitious startupsuse 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

The payments landscape is changing rapidly and our team is at the forefront of this transformation. Depending on where you live you may be used to paying with a credit card (United States) iDEAL (Netherlands) or UPI (India) among hundreds of other global payment methods. How you pay is increasingly dependent on where you are what kind of consumer you are and what business youre buying from.

The Global and Local Payment Methods (LPM) team is responsible for Stripes products outside of the US as well as Stripes fastestgrowing payments business: local payment methods. We help Stripe expand globally and build the payment methods that help businesses drastically increase their revenues and grow. Underpinning all of this we also build the platform that enables us to scale and distribute payment methods efficiently.

What youll do

As the Product Lead Head of Americas and Bank Methods at Stripe you will be responsible for two strategically important pillars of the Global and LPM team:

• Our product strategy roadmap and execution in Latin America and Canada (all nonUS countries in the Americas) and
• Our Bank Methods products.

For Latin America and Canada youll help determine which product features we should prioritize to win in these markets. In LatAm you will improve productmarket fit in Mexico and chart a product strategy for Brazil. You will also help evaluate whether and how we should expand into other LatAm countries. Youll think creatively about the product and infrastructure required to achieve our goals and assess whether to build partner or buy in the region. This work will require deep crossfunctional collaboration with other product teams to ensure their products are localized effectively.

As the leader for the Bank Methods team youll define the strategy set the roadmap and work closely with engineering to build Stripes Bank Methods products. Your work will span:

• Strategic direction (e.g. should we focus on B2B businesses platforms Enterprise or selfserve)
• Product design (e.g. how do we build a product with the low cost of bank methods and the ease of use of credit cards) and
• Daytoday roadmap execution.

For both pillars your scope will be global though the engineering teams you work with will primarily be based in the US and Europe.

Responsibilities

• Define and execute the product strategy and roadmap for Latin America and Canada
• Define and execute the product strategy and roadmap for Bank Methods
  Grow the LatAm Canada and Bank Methods businesses in line with our strategic goals
• Hire manage and build highperforming customerfocused Product Management teams across multiple continents
• Lead a growing team of 6 PMs to execute rigorously on our roadmap

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

• 10 years as a product manager with a proven track record of leading and managing successful teams of 5 product managers.
• Experience leading crossteam initiatives from ideation to execution
• Experience developing a multiyear vision strategy and roadmap for largescale products
• Experience both building new products (01) and continuously improving existing product portfolios
• Technical expertise: youve led technical products and/or have a background in computer science (or a related field)
• Experience working with compliance and legal teams
• Track record of persistence and a whateverittakes approach to making your product successful
• Deep user empathy and a high bar for user experience
• Strong written and verbal communication skills

Preferred qualifications

• Experience in payments working with card networks or banking partners
• Experience working internationally and with large governments
• Experience in externalfacing roles (sales partnerships) and business negotiations
• Experience overseeing operational processes or managing operational teams

Required Experience:

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