Strategic Programs Lead, New Markets

<h2><strong>Who we are </strong></h2> <h3><strong>About Stripe</strong></h3> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">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.</span></p> <h3><strong>About the team</strong></h3> <p>The Risk Program Management Office is a unique role that sits at the intersection of Operations, Go To Market (GTM), and Risk Compliance teams. Our mission is to enable users to seamlessly meet evolving compliance standards in a complex regulatory environment by bringing the right set of cross-functional stakeholders to enable their success. As an enablement function, we work with many teams including Operations, Product, Eng, GTM, and others.</p> <p>We are expanding our scope into one of Stripe's most consequential strategic priorities and launching in new markets. This work is new, fast-moving, and high-ambiguity — and we're looking for someone who thrives in exactly that environment. If you enjoy working on high-impact projects on a global scale, building programs from the ground up, and operating at the intersection of compliance, strategy, and execution — you'll love this role.</p> <h2><strong>What you’ll do</strong></h2> <p>New Markets Program Management</p> <ul> <li>Own end-to-end program management for new markets across Stripe's roadmap, focusing on Americas and EMEA region</li> <li>Drive operational readiness across workstreams, tracking milestones, surfacing risks, and unblocking dependencies</li> <li>Navigate high ambiguity — this is a 0→1 space where you will be expected to figure out the right approach, not wait for one to be handed to you</li> <li>Build repeatable frameworks, playbooks, and reporting standards to support a growing and complex portfolio of markets</li> </ul> <p>Cross-Functional Leadership</p> <ul> <li>Represent our team in senior level conversations across Stripe and have high judgment and accountability</li> <li>Provide critical coordination across Risk teams (Ops, Product, Eng, Strategy, and others) to ensure alignment and execution</li> <li>Partner closely with stakeholders to maintain momentum across a fast-moving roadmap</li> <li>Facilitate alignment across teams with competing priorities, resolve ambiguity, and ensure clear ownership at every stage of execution</li> </ul> <p>Operations</p> <ul> <li>Identify operational impact, gap assessment, and other operational considerations to launch in new markets</li> <li>Ensure operational readiness across complex portfolio of programs, including forecasting, monitoring, and last-mile execution</li> <li>Maintain high operational rigor and execution discipline</li> </ul> <h2><strong>Who you are</strong></h2> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">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.</span></p> <p><strong>Minimum requirements</strong></p> <ul> <li>8+ years of experience in a high-performance environment, managing complex, cross-functional programs or initiatives</li> <li>Demonstrated ability to operate in ambiguity and build from 0→1 — you have a track record of figuring out the right approach on problems where no playbook exists</li> <li>Strong program management skills: you can track and drive multi-workstream initiatives, surface risks early, and keep stakeholders aligned without losing momentum</li> <li>Strong cross-functional leadership, with experience aligning Product, Eng, GTM, and Operations teams toward shared goals</li> <li>Exceptional written and verbal communication skills, including the ability to write sharp 1-pagers and present credibly to senior audiences</li> <li>AI fluency — you actively use AI tools to accelerate your work and can clearly articulate how and where you apply them</li> <li>Experience working across global teams and time zones, including flexibility to join calls outside standard US business hours as needed</li> </ul> <p><strong>Preferred qualifications</strong></p> <ul> <li>Experience working on international expansion, market entry, regulatory, or licensing programs</li> <li>Prior experience at a technology company; fintech or payments experience is a plus</li> <li>East Coast or Central Time candidates are preferred, or candidates willing to flex EMEA and APAC timezones</li> </ul>