Global Head of Specialist Solutions Architecture, Payments & Link

Who We Are

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.

About The Team

Specialist Solutions Architects (SSA) are domain experts aligned to specific Stripe solutions and customer buying centers. We have in-depth knowledge of the solution offerings and understanding of customer challenges. We partner with the core account team on opportunities support revenue attainment provide critical insights to our product and engineering teams to shape the roadmap and enable and empower the broader GTM team.

We work with C-level executives finance leaders product design and engineering teams at global brands and platforms who are building financial services solutions with Stripe. Our users view us as domain experts and trust our recommendations as they redesign their existing offerings and infrastructure to build with Stripe. These SSAs typically bring years of industry experience in the domain of the product they specialize in.

The Role

At Stripe managers grow teams and inspire them to do outstanding work. As the Global Head of Specialist SA for Payments & Commerce you will lead build and mentor a world-class pre-sales engineering team that specializes in our core payment optimization products including Terminal Radar Online Checkout Suite Alternative Payment Methods Managed Payments Orchestration Local Payment Methods and Link.

This is a leadership role for a driver who loves building teams growing businesses and has a product-focused mindset. You will be a trusted advisor to our internal teamsincluding product sales partners professional services product development and marketingto drive our strategy for optimizing the end-to-end payment experience. You will lead from the front leveraging your deep industry expertise in payment processing fraud and commerce to drive outcomes for our users and shape Stripes future roadmap.

What Youll Do

• Foster a culture of excellence by nurturing a positive growth-oriented environment that empowers individuals to reach their full potential through mentorship and coaching.
• Articulate and champion a compelling vision for the Payments & Commerce specialist SA team aligning it with the broader Solutions Architect and company strategy.
• Attract recruit and retain top talent building a high-performing and diverse team with deep payments industry expertise.
• Develop and implement metrics-driven processes to assess team performance and proactively identify opportunities for improvement.
• Guide and support the team in navigating intricate evaluations from checkout optimization and fraud prevention to in-person payments and orchestration logic.
• Strategize and execute initiatives to drive and close high-value complex opportunities.
• Take ownership of being an advisor to the Global Head of Solutions Architecture consistently sharing technical and market insights related to the payments and commerce landscape.
• Foster strong relationships with key stakeholders promoting cross-functional collaboration to shape and execute the business strategy and go-to-market plans for the Payments & Commerce product suite.
• Champion the voice of the customer influencing the Payments & Commerce product roadmap to prioritize features that address critical needs.
• Act as an executive champion at EBCs and industry events serving as a company ambassador for Stripes core payment technologies.
• Travel approximately 25% of the time to build meaningful relationships with customers and foster internal collaboration.

Minimum Requirements

Required Experience :

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Key Skills

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Employment Type : Full Time

Experience : years

Vacancy : 1

Monthly Salary Salary : 6 - 9