Technical Program Manager, Terminal - In-Person Payments

Stripe, Inc.; San Francisco (CA); On-site; USD 180,000 - 240,000; Full time

Job summary

Stripe, Inc. is seeking a Terminal Technical Product Manager to own end‑to‑end delivery of in‑person payments hardware and software.

You will partner with hardware, firmware, software, design, operations, logistics, partnerships, sales, finance and legal to ship cross‑functional products and advance Tap‑to‑Pay initiatives. The role requires 10+ years in product or program management, exceptional communication, and an ability to navigate ambiguity while delivering measurable outcomes across

Qualifications

• 10+ years of product management or technical program management.
• Proven track record of delivering complex programs across multiple functions.
• Excellent written and verbal communication; ability to influence senior leaders.
• Working knowledge of API design and high-level system architecture.

Responsibilities

• Independently define programs across Terminal including scoping, setting objectives, defining success criteria, and influencing resource allocation to deliver outcomes
• Apply consistent prioritization and decision‑making frameworks across your programs, driving high‑velocity yet durable decisions that move the team forward without creating downstream debt
• Identify obstacles and risks across Terminal’s cross‑functional workstreams, proactively communicate them to stakeholders, and develop plans to address and prevent their recurrence
• Represent the voice of Terminal’s consumers and merchants to all stakeholders, translating user needs into clear program objectives and ensuring engineering and product decisions remain grounded in solving real problems
• Drive clarity across all stakeholders on goals, problems, and intended outcomes, serving as the connective tissue across Terminal sub‑teams and their upstream and downstream dependencies. Operate similarly across Stripe, representing the Terminal org to collaborators in peer organizations.
• Develop a strong point of view on Terminal’s product development strategy and use it to define programs with measurable outcomes, adapting them as the product and user needs evolve
• Understand the technical challenges across Terminal’s systems, payment flows, identity infrastructure, fraud and risk models, money movement, and partner closely with engineering leads to define the most effective path to delivery

Skills

Product management

Technical program management

Stakeholder management

API design

System architecture

Cross-functional leadership

Communication

Payments knowledge

Problem solving

Leadership

Job description

Stripe, Inc. is seeking a Terminal Technical Product Manager to own end‑to‑end delivery of in‑person payments hardware and software.

You will partner with hardware, firmware, software, design, operations, logistics, partnerships, sales, finance and legal to ship cross‑functional products and advance Tap‑to‑Pay initiatives. The role requires 10+ years in product or program management, exceptional communication, and an ability to navigate ambiguity while delivering measurable outcomes across