Staff Product Manager (Payments)

Stripe; San Francisco, Seattle, New York (CA, WA, NY); Hybrid; USD 150,000 - 200,000; Full time

Job summary

Deepstreamtech is seeking a Staff Product Manager in San Francisco, California, to lead the strategy and vision for payment products. The ideal candidate will have over 10 years of experience in product management, specifically within the payments or fintech industries. Responsibilities include developing user empathy with stakeholders, collaborating across teams, and ensuring a robust platform. Candidates should have strong analytical skills and the ability to navigate complex ecosystems. A bachelor's degree in a relevant field is preferred.

Qualifications

• 10+ years of industry product management experience.
• Experience in payments, fintech or financial infrastructure.
• Ability to thrive in a fast-paced environment with autonomy.

Responsibilities

• Develop the long-term vision and strategy for your pillar.
• Build deep user empathy with Stripe's merchants.
• Ensure we are building a reliable and performant platform.

Skills

Product management experience

Strong communication skills

Analytical capabilities

Business acumen

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering or relevant field

Job description

Requirements

• 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
• 10+ years of industry product management experience (does not include internships nor includes co-ops)
• Experience in payments, fintech, financial infrastructure, or a closely adjacent domain (e.g., commerce platforms, banking, 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
• (Desirable) Bachelor's degree (or relevant degree equivalent): Computer Science, Engineering, Information Systems, Analytics, Mathematics, Physics, Applied Sciences
• (Desirable) Demonstrated success and strong execution track record in building payment products
• (Desirable) Experience working at scale — you've managed products handling high transaction volumes where availability, latency, and marginal basis points matter

What the job involves

• We’re looking for Staff 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
• 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 Stripe's 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