Startup Partnerships - Y CombinatorPosted today

The opportunity

We believe startups are the future. We work with many of the newest and most innovative companies to help them grow, and we need your help.

What you'll do

  • Oversee our YC Combinator and other accelerator partnerships

  • Work across the business to ensure that every founder's experience of Stripe is surprisingly delightful

  • Build out and oversee the execution of key programs

  • Spin up new initiatives that add continuous value to the Y Combinator ecosystem

  • Serve as a point of escalation for partners and top startups to grow Stripe’s: brand within the Y Combinator ecosystem

  • Maintain a product feedback loop to internal teams to ensure that we continue: to build for the highest potential businesses

What they're looking for

  • + years of experience in the startup ecosystem with startup or investing experience.
  • Experienced business or technical founder with a passion for helping other founders.
  • Strong understanding of the startup ecosystem, founder empathy, and ability: to build strong partnerships, particularly within the Y Combinator community
  • A user-first mindset, anything less than perfect is unacceptable to you.
  • Demonstrated ability to work cross-functionally with internal and external: stakeholders to get new programming off the ground.
  • You’re a builder by nature and are excited to launch new initiatives within: Stripe that extend surprisingly delightful experiences to best in class founders.
  • Strong verbal and written communications skills.
  • Hunger and motivation to operate (and thrive) in a highly ambiguous and fast-paced environment.