Engineering Program Manager, Infrastructure

Stripe is a financial infrastructure platform for businesses that aims to increase the GDP of the internet. As an Engineering Program Manager within the Infrastructure team, you will lead cross-cutting programs for IT and work tracking solutions, partnering with engineering teams to enhance Corporate Technology at Stripe.

Responsibilities:

• Define and produce high quality written proposals, communications and documentation
• Develop, implement, and iterate on program management techniques, frameworks, and KPIs to achieve goals with well defined success criteria
• Help influence peers / stakeholders and build consensus while dealing with ambiguity
• Lead program status reviews and prepare regular stakeholder and executive communications
• Effectively set timelines and manage cross-functional project teams to deadlines through the proactive management of blockers, scope, shifting priorities, and risks
• Interface with a variety of technical and non-technical stakeholders across Stripe
• Propose, refine and implement process improvements and drive efficiencies across Corporate Technology
• Effectively manage change, shift gears comfortably, decide and act without having the total picture, and handle risk and uncertainty

Requirements:

• 2+ years of software engineering, systems engineering and/or program management experience
• Excellent analytical skills; you digest complex information, can distill it and make recommendations and proposals
• You have a track record of providing program management during all phases of software development from kick-off to launch, demonstrating critical thinking, challenging the norms and thought leadership
• You have very strong written and verbal communication skills, building strong relationships with stakeholders, teams and senior leaders around the organization
• You can drive internal and external process improvements across multiple teams and functions and bring a wealth of experience, opinions, proposals and best practices
• Experience operating autonomously and rapidly and leading large-scale efforts across multiple teams and functions, with stakeholders in different disciplines across time zones
• You are comfortable working with geographically distributed teams
• You are empathetic to customer needs but visionary enough to not just deliver a faster horse
• You are excited about collaborating with teammates across Stripe's organization