Startup and Venture Partnerships Associate

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.

We believe startups are the future. The Startup and Venture Partnerships team builds Stripes relationships with the worlds leading venture capital firms and accelerators to increase Stripes market share among the highest-signal startups. We work closely with top-tier venture firms and accelerators to deepen partnerships and ensure were delivering value across every part of their organization.

This role sits at the intersection of relationship management program operations and ecosystem intelligence. Youll expand our operational footprint within priority VC firms run the programming and events engine that keeps our ecosystem engaged and help translate portfolio data into action.

In this role youll support senior partner managers in deepening Stripes relationships with the worlds top VC firms and accelerators. Youll own the operational and programmatic layer of key partnerships including credits administration portfolio onboarding event planning and data analysis. This is a cross-functional role with visibility across Stripes ecosystem product and marketing teams.

• Support senior partner managers in expanding Stripes relationships within top VC firms by building connections with platform teams portfolio services junior partners and operational stakeholders
• Own the operational layer of key partnerships including credits administration portfolio company onboarding and partner communications
• Support senior team members with account planning meeting preparation briefing documents and structured follow-ups
• Work with data science to track portfolio penetration credits utilization and conversion metrics translating findings into actionable insights for the team
• Plan coordinate and execute team-hosted and co-hosted events including VC dinners founder roundtables workshops hackathons and portfolio showcases
• Manage end-to-end event logistics including venue sourcing invitations RSVPs run-of-show day-of execution and post-event follow-up
• Build repeatable event playbooks track event outcomes and support production of team publications and the startup leads tool

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.

• 3 years of experience in venture capital operations startup partnerships business development or program management
• Experience working with or within VC firms accelerators or the startup ecosystem
• Strong project management skills and the ability to manage multiple workstreams stakeholders and deadlines simultaneously
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills
• Comfort working with data and using metrics to inform priorities

• Direct experience on a VC platform or portfolio services team
• Familiarity with Stripes products particularly Billing Payments and Connect
• Event planning or field marketing experience in B2B or startup contexts
• Experience with Salesforce Looker or similar CRM and analytics tools
• Existing relationships within the venture ecosystem
• High agency and self-direction in ambiguous environments