Staff Technical Program Manager, BaaS

Who we are

About Stripe

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.

About the team

The Stripe BaaS (Banking as a Service) team enables users to build and launch successful card programs and financial features into their product using powerful programmatic APIs. The team creates the infrastructure, user facing abstractions, and partner integrations needed to manage the lifecycle of a card, enable money movement, and increase spend. This is a great opportunity to help build one of Stripe’s fastest growing businesses. Our top users span fintechs to large enterprises & cover a range of verticals including Buy Now Pay Later, vertical SaaS platforms, on-demand marketplaces, expense management platforms, fleet, travel & more.

What you’ll do

As a TPM, you will play a key role leading complex programs across multiple engineering, product and cross-functional (finance, legal, compliance, risk, and other) teams spanning Stripe. You will be an active contributor to the overall strategy of the program, drive technical decision making, and drive the execution of the program through all phases from planning to delivery. You will have the opportunity to implement mechanisms that make your programs effective and scale them to edit Stripe-level processes.  

Responsibilities

• Drive functional and technical delivery of key team and org-wide programs/initiatives.
• Collaborate with engineering teams to design, scope, and shepherd features.
• Create functional specs, project / release plans, and roadmaps.
• Own and execute one or more software engineering programs simultaneously.
• Help drive product decisions to align with program and sometimes higher company initiatives.
• Help influence peers / leaders and build consensus while dealing with ambiguity.
• Guide and manage the usage of agile methodologies to simplify project delivery.
• Mentor Senior TPMs

Who you are

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.

Minimum requirements

• 10+ years of experience in technical program/product management, software engineering, systems engineering or related discipline
• Exceptional written and verbal communication skills
• Consistent track record of shipping products with broad/global customer impact
• You have a track record of providing solid program management during all phases of software development from kick-off to ship, demonstrating critical thinking and thought leadership throughout
• You are discerning about product/infrastructure architecture and can lead technical discussions
• Operate independently and lead efforts across multiple teams and functions, with stakeholders in different disciplines across time zones.
• Ability to understand how functionality comes together (across products and platforms) to deliver value for users, and identify/mitigate delivery risks proactively; can propose and drive a technical solution 
• Users-first and customer-focused mindset
• Exceptional interpersonal skills to build relationships and collaborate with diverse cross-functional teams.
• Demonstrable experience with agile software development methodologies and productivity tools.
• Bachelor's degree or equivalent in computer science, engineering or a related field.

Preferred qualifications

•  Experience in a global FinTech or banking organization