Product Manager, Payments

Stripe; Chicago (IL); On-site; USD 179,000 - 268,000; Full time

Job summary

Stripe is seeking an experienced Product Manager to shape the payments platform at a global scale. You will own the long‑term vision, define roadmaps, and deliver features that influence Stripe revenue and merchant conversion.

You will work with engineers, designers, legal, and external partners to create reliable, high‑performing APIs and experiences for customers worldwide. The role requires deep customer insight, strategic thinking, and the ability to balance user needs with infrastructure

Qualifications

• 7–12+ years of industry product management experience (does not include internships or co-ops).
• Experience in payments, fintech, financial infrastructure, or a closely adjacent domain (e.g., commerce platforms, banking, and payment networks) and a track record of building highly impactful products.
• Demonstrated experience partnering closely with engineers, designers, and external partners to build products and complex systems at scale.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills, with a knack for precise and concise articulation of user problems.
• Strong analytical capabilities with experience defining and tracking success metrics, running experiments (e.g., holdback tests), and using data to measure product impact on revenue, conversion, and margins.
• Experience working on products that require aligning multiple stakeholders, developing joint roadmaps, and navigating competing priorities between internal goals and external partner objectives.
• Ability to thrive in a dynamic and fast-paced environment with significant autonomy and responsibility.
• Background delivering successfully on multi-quarter roadmaps and aligning and influencing diverse stakeholders to achieve shared goals.
• Strong business acumen and comfort with complex ecosystem and platform-level problems.

Responsibilities

• Develop the long-term vision and strategy for your pillar and create and execute on a compelling roadmap
• Build deep user empathy with both Stripe's merchants and financial partners, understanding global payment industry trends and competitors' offerings to influence the Stripe roadmap effectively
• Collaborate with engineering, design, legal, and other teams to jointly shape product experiences that delight Stripe's users
• Ensure we are building a reliable, performant platform, including system reliability, API extensibility, and latency
• Use metrics to inform your point of view and leverage analytics to measure success

Skills

Product management experience

Communication skills

Analytical skills

Education

Bachelor's degree

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 Payments organization focuses on developing products and platforms that enable users to accept payments from customers efficiently. This includes building APIs for processing payments, enabling regional, non-card payment options, and extending Stripe capabilities to make it easy for businesses to accept in-person payments. Optimized Checkout and Link teams work to create best-in-class checkout experiences that enhance customer satisfaction and drive merchant conversion rates.

Team Matching: exact team matching for one of the subteams within this org will begin during final stages. Please note we may also consider you for different orgs based on your experience, location, etc. More information on our team matching process can be found here.

Regardless of team, you will own a critical piece of the Stripe payments stack, define product strategy that balances user needs with infrastructure complexity, and ship products that directly impact Stripe revenue and the success of millions of businesses.

What you’ll do

We're looking for Product Managers who deeply understand their customers and want to make an impact on managing money at a global scale. Our team collaborates with many cross-functional teams at Stripe to deliver innovative solutions that address evolving user needs.

Responsibilities

• Develop the long-term vision and strategy for your pillar and create and execute on a compelling roadmap
• Build deep user empathy with both Stripe's merchants and financial partners, understanding global payment industry trends and competitors' offerings to influence the Stripe roadmap effectively
• Collaborate with engineering, design, legal, and other teams to jointly shape product experiences that delight Stripe's users
• Ensure we are building a reliable, performant platform, including system reliability, API extensibility, and latency
• Use metrics to inform your point of view and leverage analytics to measure success

Who you are

We're looking for someone who meets the minimum requirements to be considered for the role. If you meet these requirements, you are encouraged to apply. The preferred qualifications are a bonus, not a requirement.

Minimum Requirements

• 7–12+ years of industry product management experience (does not include internships or co-ops)
• Experience in payments, fintech, financial infrastructure, or a closely adjacent domain (e.g., commerce platforms, banking, and payment networks) and a track record of building highly impactful products
• Demonstrated experience partnering closely with engineers, designers, and external partners to build products and complex systems at scale
• Strong written and verbal communication skills, with a knack for precise and concise articulation of user problems
• Strong analytical capabilities with experience defining and tracking success metrics, running experiments (e.g., holdback tests), and using data to measure product impact on revenue, conversion, and margins
• Experience working on products that require aligning multiple stakeholders, developing joint roadmaps, and navigating competing priorities between internal goals and external partner objectives
• Ability to thrive in a dynamic and fast-paced environment with significant autonomy and responsibility
• Background delivering successfully on multi-quarter roadmaps and aligning and influencing diverse stakeholders to achieve shared goals
• Strong business acumen and comfort with complex ecosystem and platform-level problems

Preferred Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree (or relevant degree equivalent)—Computer Science, Engineering, Information Systems, Analytics, Mathematics, Physics, or Applied Sciences
• Demonstrated success and strong execution track record in building payment products
• Experience working at scale—you've managed products handling high transaction volumes where availability, latency, and marginal basis points matter

In-office expectations

Office-assigned Stripes in most of our locations are currently expected to spend at least 50% of the time in a given month in their local office or with users. This expectation may vary depending on role, team and location. For example, Stripes in Stripe Delivery Center roles in Mexico City, Mexico, Bengaluru, India, and Dublin, Ireland work 100% from the office. Also, some teams have greater in-office attendance requirements, to appropriately support our users and workflows, which the hiring manager will discuss. This approach helps strike a balance between bringing people together for in-person collaboration and learning from each other, while supporting flexibility when possible.

Pay and benefits

The annual US base salary range for this role is $178,600 - $268,000. 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.