Commercial Lead

Stripe•South San Francisco, CA

About The Position

Stripe’s Global Business Services’ Commercial Solutions team is looking for a Commercial Lead to own the end-to-end programmatic development of commercial and GBS launch readiness programs that drive revenue for Stripe. Programs have a large scope and/or impact, including ownership of the development and support of first-of-their-kind commercialization efforts, ongoing program support (from pre-launch to post-launch), custom deal support related to the program, related enablement and communications, and acting as a change agent across the business. You will be responsible for the end-to-end management of commercial and/or GBS launch readiness programs, driving cross-organizational alignment through the delivery of related outputs. This role requires a background in program management and commercial programs, change management experience, and a strong understanding of and experience in scaling global, cross-organizational mechanisms. You will have experience in program ownership and management, custom pricing strategies, and supporting selling motions. You will have strong communication skills and executive presence to effectively communicate with Stripes, from sellers and Deal Strategies through to senior leadership. You will love this job if you are a natural relationship and mechanism builder.

Requirements

BA/BS degree in Business, Technology, Finance, or Economics.
10+ years of experience in program management, commercial strategy, economics, deal management, or pricing, including ownership of program strategy or business operations and direct experience in commercial pricing model program management, deal management, and/or oversight.
Experience driving cross-team mechanism development end to end, including ideation, planning, execution, launch, and post-launch support.
Experience working in ambiguous, quickly scaling environments, with a high degree of agency.
Experience engaging with senior executives on high-priority initiatives, as well as the ability to work effectively across internal and external organizations.
Ability to articulate and understand business strategy at the C-suite level to gain credibility and advise organizations on how best to achieve their business goals through commercial programs.
Strong written and verbal communication, presentation, negotiation, and project management skills.
Ability to establish credibility and maintain working relationships with internal stakeholders involved with commercial constructs, including Legal, Finance, and Accounting.
Experience presenting data and metrics to senior leadership.
Strong ability to advocate for a position, even in the face of pushback.

Nice To Haves

Direct commercial construct launch oversight and experience
Payments industry experience
MBA degree in Business, Technology, Finance, or Economics
Possess PgMP or PMP certification

Responsibilities

Independently lead large-scale, cross-functional commercial or GBS launch readiness programs that have Stripe-wide impact, often first-of-their-kind programs and initiatives.
Manage and lead highly complex programs that require considerable resources and high levels of functional and technical integration and knowledge.
Support the commercial program deal motion, partnering with Deal Pricing and/or Deal Strategy Strategists, sellers, and internal stakeholders to create custom commercial approaches.
Work cross-functionally with sales teams, sales leaders, services and support teams, product teams, and other cross-functional teams to develop, launch, and scale commercial programs, continuously evolving the ways Stripe goes to market to support commercialization efforts.
Identify, surface, and address systemic, broad issues and gaps, proposing holistic solutions to address root causes.
Work through complex programmatic problems at scale across go-to-market and Stripe, proposing creative solutions.
Partner with cross-functional teams such as Legal, Finance, Accounting, service teams, and product teams to resolve and remove internal blockers.
Act as a liaison among Sales, Deal Pricing and Deal Strategy Strategists, and other stakeholders for custom elements.
Run meetings, working sessions, and exercises that help the leadership team improve effectiveness among themselves and across the organization.
Advocate on behalf of a position and quickly gain cross-functional alignment on that position.
Quickly build credibility and trust with internal stakeholders.
Lead projects to solve existing commercialization issues.