Forward Deployed AI Accelerator, Marketing

Stripe; Chicago (IL); Hybrid; USD 132,000 - 198,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Hybrid work model

Job summary

Stripe is seeking a Forward Deployed AI Accelerator to embed with a marketing cohort of ~20 professionals. You will build agents, automation, and tools to transform workflows and enable AI-first work across the team.

You will coach marketers through a journey from awareness to self-sufficiency, adapting to evolving processes and delivering measurable transformations in day-to-day tasks.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of professional experience in diagnostic thinking, problem-solving, and cross-functional collaboration.
• Hands-on experience building AI-powered tools, agents, automations, or workflows that transformed real work processes.
• Track record of coaching or enabling others to change how they work.

Responsibilities

• Identify and document high-leverage workflow transformations.
• Build custom tools, agents, automations, and skills for marketers.
• Coach marketers through a progression from awareness to self-sufficiency.
• Teach marketers to build and iterate their own tools over time.

Skills

AI tooling

Agent development

Coaching

Cross-functional

Communication

Education

Bachelor's degree

Tools

Claude

Codex

APIs

Job description

About Stripe

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.

Who we are

About Stripe

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.

About The Team

The Stripe Marketing organization is undergoing a fundamental transformation in how it works. We're building a team of Forward Deployed AI Accelerators (FDAs) embedded directly with marketing cohorts to make AI the default mode for all work — not an occasional tool, but the foundation of how every marketer at Stripe executes.

Today, marketers are already achieving remarkable results — building their own data dashboards, creating agents that compress multi-day processes, and authoring tools that accelerate workflows. The FDA team exists to take what's working and systematically scale it across the entire marketing organization.

What you'll do

As a Forward Deployed AI Accelerator, you'll be embedded with a group of approximately 20 marketers organized by functional team, shared workflow, or location. You'll build alongside them, and you'll help them fundamentally change how they operate. Your measure of success is the number of workflows you've permanently transformed and the extent to which those in your group start any task with an AI tool.

Responsibilities

• Identify and document the highest-leverage workflow transformations within your group's day-to-day work by deeply understanding their processes and outputs
• Build custom tools, agents, automations, and skills tailored to each marketer's specific responsibilities
• Coach and partner with each marketer through a progressive journey — from awareness, to first win, to regular AI integration, to full workflow transformation, to self-sufficiency
• Teach marketers to build and iterate on their own tools over time, creating independence
• Recognize patterns across your cohort and systematically scale what works — a tool built for one marketer will be reusable for their peers
• Document every tool, playbook, and transformation pattern you build so the entire FDA team uses each other's work
• Share wins visibly within your cohort and with leadership to build momentum, inspire, and celebrate success
• Track individual and cohort progress rigorously against a defined maturity model, moving every marketer toward self-sustaining, AI-first work
• Prepare marketers for an agentic future — not just prompt writing, but designing, building, and overseeing autonomous, multi-agent workflows

Who you are

• You are a deep AI practitioner. You build agents, automations, and tools fluently. You don't just know what AI can do in theory — you've built things that changed how real work gets done. You build in real time alongside the people you support.
• You are an outstanding coach and communicator. You meet people wherever they are. You create desire for progress, and you adapt your approach to each person.
• You understand marketing work. You either have direct experience in marketing or quickly learn the workflows, deliverables, tools, and pressures of your assigned group. You know that understanding someone's work is a prerequisite to transforming it.
• You are a pattern recognizer. When you build something that works for one person, you immediately see how it applies to others. You think in systems, not one-off solutions.
• You are high-caliber, persistent, and versatile. Your skills and experience are valuable across the company. You're the kind of person who succeeds in many roles at Stripe.
• You bias toward action and speed. You'd rather show someone a working proof-of-concept on their own deliverable today than present a polished deck about what's theoretically possible next quarter.
• You are comfortable with ambiguity and evolution. This is a new team building a new operating model. The playbook will be rewritten as we learn. You thrive in that environment.

Minimum Requirements

• 5+ years of professional experience in a role requiring diagnostic thinking, problem-solving, and cross-functional collaboration
• Demonstrated, hands-on experience building AI-powered tools, agents, automations, or workflows that transformed real work processes (not just using AI as a chatbot — building with it)
• Track record of coaching, teaching, or enabling others — formally or informally — with evidence that people you've helped actually changed how they work
• Strong written and verbal communication skills, with the ability to explain technical concepts to non-technical audiences and adapt your style to different learners
• Comfort working across multiple workstreams and relationships simultaneously (you'll be supporting approximately 20 marketers at varying stages of their AI journey)

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience in marketing, marketing operations, growth, or a closely adjacent function
• Proficiency with AI development tools and platforms (e.g., Claude, Claude Code, Codex, custom agent frameworks, API integrations, workflow automation tools)
• Experience with change management, organizational transformation, or large-scale enablement programs
• Familiarity with marketing technology stacks (e.g., Marketo, Salesforce, analytics platforms, content management tools)
• Experience building and scaling internal tools, templates, or playbooks that were adopted beyond your immediate team
• Background in consulting, solutions engineering, technical account management, or other client-facing technical roles

Hybrid work at Stripe

This role is available either in an office or a remote location (35+ miles or 56+ km from a Stripe office).

In-office expectations

Office-assigned Stripes spend at least 50% of the time in a given month in their local office or with users. This hits a balance between bringing people together for in-person collaboration and learning from each other, while supporting flexibility about how to do this in a way that makes sense for individuals and their teams.

Working remotely at Stripe

A remote location is defined as being 35 miles (56 kilometers) or more from one of our offices. While you would be welcome to come into the office for team/business meetings, on-sites, meet-ups, and events, our expectation is you would regularly work from home rather than a Stripe office. Stripe does not cover the cost of relocating to a remote location. We encourage you to apply for roles that match the location where you currently live or plan to live.

Pay and benefits

The annual US base salary range for this role is $132,000 - $198,000. For sales roles, the range provided is the role’s On Target Earnings ("OTE") range, meaning that the range includes both the sales commissions/sales bonuses target and annual base salary for the role. This salary range may be inclusive of several career levels at Stripe and will be narrowed during the interview process based on a number of factors, including the candidate’s experience, qualifications, and location. Applicants interested in this role and who are not located in the US may request the annual salary range for their location during the interview process.

Additional benefits for this role may include: equity, company bonus or sales commissions/bonuses; 401(k) plan; medical, dental, and vision benefits; and wellness stipends.

We look forward to hearing from you.

At Stripe, we're looking for people with passion, grit, and integrity. You're encouraged to apply even if your experience doesn't precisely match the job description. Your skills and passion will stand out—and set you apart—especially if your career has taken some extraordinary twists and turns. At Stripe, we welcome diverse perspectives and people who think rigorously and aren't afraid to challenge assumptions. Join us.