Corporate Communications

Stripe•San Francisco, CA

23h

About The Position

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. The Communications team builds Stripe’s brand and influence across the world. We’re looking for someone to join our small—but high-leverage—Corporate Communications team, which shapes and protects Stripe’s reputation across the financial, policy, and global business communities.

Requirements

A superlative writer with a proven ability to create clear, compelling narratives around complex, high-stakes topics
Exceptional judgment in ambiguous, high-pressure situations; able to operate with significant autonomy and make consequential decisions quickly
Fluency in the tech media landscape—including an existing network of relationships with reporters, editors, and influencers in tech policy and business press
Experience collaborating closely with policy, legal, and senior executive stakeholders
Creative flair and an aversion to the hackneyed and obvious; a high bar for what a communications program can and should achieve
An entrepreneurial streak; someone who is energized by the opportunity to build, not just manage

Nice To Haves

Demonstrated ability to design and execute proactive communications campaigns—not just respond to incoming
A track record of building something from scratch—whether a comms function, a narrative program, or a public-facing campaign—and iterating on it over time
A feel for independent media—Substack, podcasts, YouTube, influencers on X—and how to use these channels to reach and shape conversations among policymakers and thought leaders

Responsibilities

Demonstrate Stripe's economic impact.
Build proactive corporate campaigns around Stripe’s role creating economic opportunity.
Lead communications for high-profile events, executive interviews, and public appearances.
Own Stripe's reputational storytelling globally.
Design and execute programs that build Stripe's profile—and trust—among the core business audience as well as policymakers and the Washington press corps.
Build the next chapter of Stripe's policy communications function.
Partner closely with Stripe's policy team to develop a clear point-of-view on industry, regulatory, and policy-related topics, and amplify it through the right channels.
Establish relationships with the right journalists and influencers in policy and tech; thought leaders in AI, crypto and tech policy; rapid response capabilities; and a well-tuned approach for navigating the full range of political and regulatory moments that arise in D.C.
Provide executive counsel.
Serve as a trusted advisor to senior executives on communications strategy.
Bring clear judgment to ambiguous situations, help Stripe navigate the moments it didn't anticipate, and help it seize the ones it did.