Corporate Communications

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

The Communications team builds Stripes brand and influence across the world. Were looking for someone to join our smallbut high-leverageCorporate Communications team which shapes and protects Stripes reputation across the financial policy and global business communities.

What youll do

Were looking for an experienced communicator to build and lead a proactive corporate storytelling program. You will be the connective tissue across the business and policy audiencesbuilding the campaigns relationships and moments that shape how Stripe is understood by the companies that rely on our products the most and by those who write the rules of the economy Stripe is helping to build.

Youll lead Stripes most influential reputational programs globally: high-profile events executive media and speaking opportunities and proactive campaigns that demonstrate Stripes economic impact. At the same time youll work closely with Stripes policy teamadvocating for improvements in financial policy and regulation while also shaping our response to complex policy issues.

Responsibilities

• Demonstrate Stripes economic impact. Build proactive corporate campaigns around Stripes role creating economic opportunity. Lead communications for high-profile events executive interviews and public appearances.
• Own Stripes reputational storytelling globally. Design and execute programs that build Stripes profileand trustamong the core business audience as well as policymakers and the Washington press corps.
• Build the next chapter of Stripes policy communications function. Partner closely with Stripes policy team to develop a clear point-of-view on industry regulatory and policy-related topics and amplify it through the right channels. Establish relationships with the right journalists and influencers in policy and tech; thought leaders in AI crypto and tech policy; rapid response capabilities; and a well-tuned approach for navigating the full range of political and regulatory moments that arise in D.C.
• Provide executive counsel. Serve as a trusted advisor to senior executives on communications strategy. Bring clear judgment to ambiguous situations help Stripe navigate the moments it didnt anticipate and help it seize the ones it did.

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 recent years our hiring has been 50/50 split between top comms pros and people without any such background including several former founders. The preferred qualifications are a bonus not a requirement.

Minimum requirements

• A superlative writer with a proven ability to create clear compelling narratives around complex high-stakes topics
• Exceptional judgment in ambiguous high-pressure situations; able to operate with significant autonomy and make consequential decisions quickly
• Fluency in the tech media landscapeincluding an existing network of relationships with reporters editors and influencers in tech policy and business press
• Experience collaborating closely with policy legal and senior executive stakeholders
• Creative flair and an aversion to the hackneyed and obvious; a high bar for what a communications program can and should achieve
• An entrepreneurial streak; someone who is energized by the opportunity to build not just manage

Preferred qualifications

• Demonstrated ability to design and execute proactive communications campaignsnot just respond to incoming
• A track record of building something from scratchwhether a comms function a narrative program or a public-facing campaignand iterating on it over time
• A feel for independent mediaSubstack podcasts YouTube influencers on Xand how to use these channels to reach and shape conversations among policymakers and thought leaders