Head of Global Network Partnerships

Stripe • Chicago, IL

16h

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 Network Partnerships team sits within the Partnerships organization and is a key component of Stripe’s success. Our team is responsible for developing and managing relationships with critical partners, such as Visa, Mastercard and American Express, which are fundamental to the success of Stripe’s product strategy and delivering new capabilities to Stripe users.

Requirements

• 15+ years of experience in strategic partnerships, business development, corporate development, or a related field, with a significant portion spent in senior executive leadership roles managing a global scope.
• 10+ years of deep domain experience related to payments or card networks globally, demonstrating an expert-level understanding of regional network economics, cross-border complexities, and alternative payment methods.
• Demonstrated executive presence and a highly collaborative approach, acting as a master orchestrator who excels at engaging, influencing, and aligning detail-oriented Leadership Team (LT) members rather than relying on top-down decision-making.
• 5+ years of experience leading and inspiring distributed global teams, with a proven track record of retaining high performers, overseeing complex cross-functional initiatives, and adapting strategies to local market demands.
• Proven ability to partner closely with Go-To-Market (GTM) teams to ensure partnership strategies directly support revenue growth, merchant adoption, and overall commercial success.
• Exceptional negotiation skills and leverage identification, with a history of expanding acceptance, launching new payment methods, and closing highly complex, multi-region commercial deals.
• Experience working in product-centric environments, successfully balancing an ambitious long-term vision with the operational realities of executing across internal and external dependencies.
• Outstanding written and verbal communication skills, with the ability to build consensus and navigate organizational dynamics at the highest levels of the company (C-suite and LT), both internally and externally.

Responsibilities

• Lead, inspire, and scale a high-performing team managing Stripe’s Network partnerships globally, actively driving the retention of top talent while navigating complex regional nuances and varying market demands across all geographies.
• Architect and socialize long-term partnership strategies, acting as the primary catalyst for organizational alignment. Rather than making siloed decisions, focus on aligning the Leadership Team (LT), Go-To-Market (GTM) organizations, and product teams around a shared, multi-year strategic direction.
• Balance long-term thinking with a bias for execution. Translate high-level strategy into actionable, pragmatic "first moves" and oversee the seamless execution of joint initiatives and new global offerings.
• Establish operational rigor and robust processes to ensure best-in-class partner and deal management rooted in milestone tracking, KPIs, and a portfolio of mutual interests.
• Drive cross-functional change management by leading with context and collaboration. Exercise executive presence to navigate complex organizational dynamics, strategic tradeoffs, and maintain oversight across internal stakeholders (risk, compliance, product, engineering, treasury, GTM, and regional teams), establishing a clear hierarchy of priorities that balances bold innovation with a deep respect for system complexity.
• Represent Stripe at industry events, forging close relationships with senior stakeholders, and championing Stripe’s value proposition across all global markets.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Executive
• Education Level: No Education Listed
• Number of Employees: 5,001-10,000 employees