Payments Performance Strategist

Monograph; Dublin; On-site; EUR 70,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading technology company based in Dublin is seeking an experienced individual to lead payment optimization strategies for merchants. This role involves collaborating with cross-functional teams, developing data-driven tools, and enhancing merchant engagement. Candidates must have over 7 years of experience in payments, strong analytical abilities, and excellent communication skills. Proficiency in SQL and a solid understanding of e-commerce payments are preferred. Join a dynamic team within the Customer Success division to drive impactful results.

Qualifications

• 7+ years of experience in payments or operations at a technology company or consultancy.
• Understanding of e-commerce payments and optimization strategies.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills.

Responsibilities

• Lead discussions on payment optimization strategies with merchants.
• Develop optimization playbooks and tools supported by analysis.
• Synthesize customer feedback to inform product roadmaps.

Skills

Payments Optimization Strategies

Cross-Functional Collaboration

Data Processing

Analytical Skills

Tools

SQL

Dashboard Building

Job description

Who we are

About the team

The Global Payments Performance Team identifies payment optimization opportunities for Stripe’s merchants. The Global Payments Performance team serves a critical role both in demonstrating thought leadership on challenging payment topics, and also partnering with our high-potential merchants to set them up for long term success. We want a partnership with Stripe to be a competitive advantage for our customers, large and small, by providing them with best-in-class technology in concert with insightful and specific advice on how to harness this technology to achieve their business goals.

What you’ll do

The Global Payments Performance team will be responsible for leading data-driven discussions with existing and prospective merchants on optimisation strategies across a variety of areas including, card network costs, acceptance, fraud, and cross-border flows to start. You will be instrumental in building our optimisation narratives/tools and delivering on our merchant engagement model. You will also collaborate with Sales, deploying your knowledge to differentiate Stripe to win deals, and partner with our Customer Success organization to ensure that merchants are successful working with Stripe.

Responsibilities

• Lead discussions with existing and prospective merchants, and provide the Sales team with tools and training to lead discussions with merchants and prospects.
  
• Serve as both an internal and merchant-facing expert on payment optimisation strategies.
  
• Gather and build on Stripe’s wide-ranging payments expertise to create optimisation narratives/tools supported by rigorous analysis.
  
• Use existing tools to deploy sophisticated optimisation playbooks and analyses across Stripe’s customer portfolio.
  
• Synthesise and relay customer feedback and our findings to inform Stripe’s product roadmap.
  
• Provide feedback on our tools and playbooks to help continuously improve our self serve offerings
  

Who you are

Minimum requirements

• 7+ years of experience in payments or operations at a leading technology company, or consultancy in the payments industry.
  
• Understanding of e-commerce payments, cards based payments processing and optimisation strategies
  
• A proven ability to build collaborative working relationships with cross-functional teams.
  
• The ability to deal effectively with ambiguity and thrive in an unstructured, fast-moving environment.
  
• A proven ability to be a self-starter capable of driving business results without significant supervision.
  
• Experience presenting directly to merchants
  
• Develop optimization playbooks and stay updated on industry best practices and Stripe innovations
  
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills.
  
• Strong data processing, organizational and analytical skills.
  

Preferred qualifications

• Understand of payments network costs and synthesising card network updates
  
• Experience with SQL, dashboard building, modeling, or reporting
  
• Understanding of card network rules and regulations, local payment methods, and the regulatory environment (PSD2/PSD3)
  
• Experience presenting to senior business leaders
  
• Language proficiency in german or french is a plus
  

Office locations

Dublin HQ, Paris, or London

Team

Customer Success

Job type

Full time

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