The opportunity
The Solutions Architecture (SA) Transformation team makes focused global investments that turn SA strategy and innovation into scalable capabilities—elevating technical excellence and compounding impact for SAs, users, and Stripe. We partner with global SA leadership, GTM,…
What you'll do
Set the strategy, priorities, and operating model for the SA Transformation: team, translating SA, GTM, and Product direction into a focused portfolio of capabilities, experiments, and programs
Manage and develop the team, empowering them to lead day-to-day program: execution while setting clear expectations, providing coaching, and building the organization’s long-term capabilities
Create an inclusive, high-performing team environment grounded in: accountability, strong judgment, and a shared commitment to user impact
Identify recurring friction in SA workflows and design better tools,: practices, and operating models that improve effectiveness and technical excellence across regions, segments, and motions
Build strong interlocks with Product, Product Operations, Product Marketing,: Field Marketing, Developer Relations, Enablement, and Operations so field insight informs strategy and promising ideas can earn global scale
Establish shared priorities and operating mechanisms across Transformation: Programs, AI Engineering, and Demo Engineering, partnering with technical leaders and SA innovators to build and scale tools, demos, and automated workflows that measurably improve SA productivity and user outcomes
What they're looking for
- + years of experience in go-to-market program management, business: operations, management consulting, or a related discipline
- + years of experience directly managing and developing high-performing teams: in program management, strategy, operations, product, engineering, or a comparable discipline, including experience managing through another people leader and maintaining accountability without taking over day-to-day execution
- Track record of building high-performing teams through clear expectations,: coaching, thoughtful work allocation, and performance management
- Experience setting a team or portfolio strategy and translating broad: organizational priorities into focused, measurable programs
- End-to-end global delivery expertise in fast-paced, ambiguous environments,: with a strong ability to solve complex commercial, operational, and workflow challenges
- Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills, adept at analyzing: data, influencing across levels (IC to C-Suite), and aligning cross-functional teams around common objectives
- Experience identifying, evaluating, and scaling AI or automation: opportunities that produce measurable workflow or productivity improvements beyond basic prompt engineering
- Leadership experience in Solutions Architecture, Solutions Engineering, or a: technical GTM transformation function