stripe

Payments Performance Strategist, Network Cost

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At a Glance

Location
San Francisco, CA; New York, NY; Chicago, IL; Seattle, WA; Atlanta, GA
Experience
10+ years
Posted
2026-05-15T15:06:40-04:00

Key Requirements

Required Skills

SQL

Domain Knowledge

  • E-commerce
  • Regulatory

Requirements

10+ years of experience in payments or operations at a leading technology company, or consultancy in the payments industry.

Deep expertise in card network costs is required at the acquirer level

Deep expertise in interchange and scheme fees at the merchant level

Understanding of e-commerce payments, cards based payments processing and optimization strategies

Understanding of card network rules and regulations, local payment methods, and the regulatory environment (PSD2/PSD3)

Experience presenting directly to merchants

Responsibilities

The Global Payments Performance team will be responsible for leading data-driven discussions with existing and prospective merchants on optimization strategies across a variety of areas including, card network costs, acceptance, fraud, and cross-border flows to start.

You will be instrumental in building our optimisation narratives/tools and delivering on our merchant engagement model.

You will also collaborate with Sales, deploying your knowledge to differentiate Stripe to win deals, and partner with our Customer Success organization to ensure that merchants are successful working with Stripe.

Lead discussions with existing and prospective merchants, and provide the Sales team with tools and training to lead discussions with merchants and prospects.

Serve as both an internal and merchant-facing expert on payment optimisation strategies.

Gather and build on Stripe’s wide-ranging payments expertise to create optimisation narratives/tools supported by rigorous analysis.

Team

The Global Payments Performance Team identifies payment optimization opportunities for Stripe’s merchants. We serve a critical role both in demonstrating thought leadership on challenging payment topics, and also partnering with our high-potential merchants to set them up for long term success. We want a partnership with Stripe to be a competitive advantage for our customers, large and small, by providing them with best-in-class technology in concert with insightful and specific advice on how to harness this technology to achieve their business goals.

About the Company

Stripe is a financial infrastructure platform for businesses. Millions of companies—from the world’s largest enterprises to the most ambitious startups—use Stripe to accept payments, grow their revenue, and accelerate new business opportunities. Our mission is to increase the GDP of the internet, and we have a staggering amount of work ahead. That means you have an unprecedented opportunity to put the global economy within everyone’s reach while doing the most important work of your career.