Program Manager, GTM Planning

Stripe

Program Manager leading transformational projects and driving operational excellence at Stripe. Collaborating with multiple departments to align strategies and execute business initiatives.

Posted 4/16/2026full-timeChicago • Illinois • 🇺🇸 United StatesSeniorLeadWebsite

Tech Stack

Tools & technologies

SQL

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

Lead and manage day-to-day operations of large-scale transformational projects
Develop detailed project plans, set milestones, and ensure program integrity
Standardize reporting and systems requirements
Design solutions for process improvements and tool development, focusing on long-term sustainability and scalability of planning
Analyze and evaluate emerging challenges and opportunities, focusing on long term repeatable processes
Coordinate with key stakeholders and leadership to align complex programs and secure buy-in, while balancing prioritization
Partner cross-functionally across all departments (Finance, Legal, Systems, etc.) to influence and execute
Be accountable for building and driving large-scale transformational initiatives end to end
Create strong business cases and drive influence to gain cross-functional support and resources needed to accomplish your goals; use data to influence decisions
Proactively identify, assess, and mitigate risks that could impact the successful delivery of programs
Create roadmaps, project plans, change management plans, tasks and reporting methodologies to track progress
Execute through cross-functional teams
Manage change management activities across stakeholder engagement, including messaging/communication planning, support and enablement
Influence and adopt the use of tooling, including AI-based levers, to make the planning processes more efficient

Requirements

What you’ll need

7+ years of program management, business operations, or management consulting experience, preferably in a GTM/Sales Operations organization
Demonstrated organizational, project management and execution skills with ability to own cross-functional projects
An ability to drive sales territory planning and align strategies across all segments to ensure seamless execution
Strong track record as a strategic, analytical problem solver and skilled operator with the demonstrated ability to successfully deploy new initiatives end to end
A high degree of comfort working quickly in a high growth and fast-paced environment
An ability to seamlessly transition from the high level to very detailed, and a willingness to “roll up your sleeves”
A detail-oriented and analytical individual with business acumen, and the ability to influence and communicate within all levels of the organization.
Knowledge of Customer Relationship Manager (CRM) systems
Data Analytics (Google Sheets/Excel data manipulation, SQL)

Benefits

Comp & perks

Health insurance
401(k) matching
Flexible work hours
Paid time off
Professional development opportunities

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Hard Skills & Tools

program managementbusiness operationsproject managementdata analyticsSQLGoogle SheetsExcelchange managementprocess improvementtool development

Soft Skills

organizational skillsexecution skillsanalytical problem solvinginfluencecommunicationcross-functional collaborationrisk assessmentstrategic thinkingdetail-orientedbusiness acumen