Project Manager, People Mergers & Acquisitions (M&A)

Stripe is a financial infrastructure platform for businesses. The company is seeking a Project Manager to lead People mergers and acquisitions workstreams from diligence and integration planning through close and post-close execution, while coordinating cross-functional stakeholders and building repeatable integration capabilities.

Responsibilities:

• Project manage People M&A workstreams from diligence and planning through close and post-close execution. Workstreams may include organizational alignment, employee data, onboarding, recruiting, and people program integration
• Serve as a central coordination point across Total Rewards, People Partners, People Operations, People Systems, Recruiting, People Support, Corporate Development, Legal, Finance, and Corporate Technology
• Align plans, dependencies, decisions, and accountability with transaction timelines
• Develop and run integration and change-management plans that give functional leads, acquired Stripes, and other affected audiences the information and support they need at each stage of a transaction
• Identify cross-functional dependencies, risks, and blockers early. Coordinate resolution and escalate issues when needed to protect integration timelines and the Stripe experience
• Establish feedback and support mechanisms for acquired Stripes, including surveys, office hours, and centralized support channels. Use feedback to improve integration plans and change-management approaches
• Build and improve People M&A’s infrastructure, including project plans, templates, checklists, playbooks, reporting, and retrospective documentation
• Build capability across People workstreams through documentation, cross-training, and shared practices that support more consistent future integrations
• Support other business-critical and transformational projects across Total Rewards and the People team as needed

Requirements:

• You have 7+ years of project or program management experience at a global company, including 2+ years project managing workstreams within the M&A lifecycle, including diligence, integration planning, close readiness, and post-close integration
• You have experience leading complex, cross-functional programs from planning through execution and building repeatable program infrastructure, such as integration playbooks, project-plan templates, readiness checklists, risk logs, or retrospective processes
• You have a track record of turning ambiguous problems into structured, repeatable programs. You're comfortable building new programs in a scaling environment while improving and standardizing how work gets done
• You have excellent written and verbal communication skills. You can write a one-page executive update, a decision memo tailored to stakeholders, and a step-by-step operator playbook with equal fluency. You guide project teams through complex work in a direct, approachable, and inclusive way
• You can manage senior cross-functional stakeholders across Total Rewards, People Partners, People Systems, Recruiting, Corporate Development, Legal, and Finance. You know when to build alignment, raise a risk, and escalate
• You're comfortable working with data and systems such as Workday and Greenhouse. You use data to clarify decisions, communicate recommendations, and define requirements with People Systems partners
• You focus on the experience of acquired Stripes and the teams operating the program, not only on program artifacts
• You can manage competing priorities and adapt in a fast-paced environment. You work effectively independently and across teams, bring structure to complexity, and follow through on the details that make a program successful
• Experience with change management frameworks, such as the Prosci ADKAR Model, and applying them to employee or operational change
• Project or program management certification or training, such as Project Management Professional (PMP), Lean, Six Sigma, or a comparable methodology