What you'll doAs a Strategy & Operations partner on the Startup Products team, you'll help determine where we should play and what we should build for founders. You'll combine user insight, market context, product judgment, and rigorous analysis to develop strategy, shape product roadmaps, and turn our highest-potential ideas into clear, executable plans. You'll work closely with product, engineering, design, marketing, partnerships, and other teams across Stripe to develop your recommendations.
Responsibilities- Develop product and business strategy for Atlas and other startup products by structuring ambiguous questions, synthesizing evidence, and making clear recommendations.
- Turn strategy into execution by defining goals, workstreams, decision points, and operating cadences, and by helping cross-functional teams resolve tradeoffs and unblock progress.
- Build a deep understanding of founders through direct conversations, qualitative research, product data, and support conversations.
- Translate founder needs, market developments, and competitive dynamics into product opportunities, roadmap recommendations, and prioritization frameworks.
- Partner with product, engineering, and design to unblock the development of new products and features from early problem definition through scope, launch, and iteration.
- Develop business cases and opportunity assessments for new bets, including market sizing.
- Lead targeted strategic projects, including 01 explorations, product or market deep dives, and initiatives that span multiple teams.
- Communicate recommendations, decisions, progress, and results clearly to team and Stripe leadership, and build alignment through influence rather than authority.
Who you areWe'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- 5+ years of experience in strategy and operations, product strategy, product management, management consulting, or another analytical and cross-functional role at a technology company.
- Experience partnering closely with product, engineering, and design to shape product decisions and deliver measurable outcomes.
- Strong product sense and user empathy, with the ability to identify important customer problems and translate them into product or business opportunities.
- Excellent structured problem-solving skills and the ability to bring clarity to ambiguous, open-ended questions.
- Ability to combine qualitative and quantitative evidence, challenge assumptions, and turn complex findings into practical recommendations.
- Strong written and verbal communication skills, including experience influencing cross-functional stakeholders without direct authority.
- High agency, sound judgment, and a willingness to move between strategy and hands-on execution as the work requires.
- Enthusiasm for helping founders start and grow their businesses.
Preferred qualifications- Experience with startups, founders, company formation, fintech, or products serving small and early-stage businesses.
- Experience conducting or applying user research, shaping product roadmaps, or bringing new products from 01.
- Experience using AI tools to simplify and speed up your work.
