# Partner Solutions Architect (Japan)

**Company**: Stripe
**Location**: Japan
**Experience**: senior
**Job type**: full-time
**Category**: Engineering
**Industry**: Finance

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## Description

## Job Overview

As a Partner Solutions Architect (PSA) in Japan, you will provide technical guidance to Stripe's partners. Your goal will be to drive growth through co-solutioning, education, and enablement with partner organisations.

## Responsibilities

- Work with key partners in Japan to build out their Stripe capabilities and solutions to grow their business and drive non-linear growth in Stripe's AUNZ business.

- Develop and execute enablement plans.

- Lead technical discussions and solution deep-dives with partners on the value Stripe can provide to their clients.

- Engage with CTOs, engineering and other technical leads at key partners to share technology roadmaps, demonstrate the latest innovations, and define a solution strategy to expand the partnership revenue.

- Communicate success internally through QBRs, etc.

- Provide oversight, guidance, and assistance during the partners' sales process to ensure mutual success in joint opportunities.

- Educate the Stripe sales team on key partner solutions and capabilities.

- Serve as an advocate for key partners within specific sales regions and identify areas for sales partnership.

- Provide thought leadership via webinars and conferences across the financial and AI industry.

- Collaborate on technical content (sample code, demos, etc.) to show partners how to implement specific use cases or best practices.

- Provide partner-focused guidance on Stripe's product through feedback.

## Requirements

- 8+ years of experience in a similar customer-facing engineering role such as solution consultant, solutions architect, sales engineer, for a global software enterprise.

- Excellent English and Japanese proficiency.

- Experience with customers and partners such as GSI and SI's in the Japan region.

- Executive engagement skills and presence, with an ability to establish strong relationships with key decision makers and build credibility at all levels.

- Effective group-facilitation skills and confidence in proposing and leading customer meetings to gain strategic footing and pursue opportunities.

- Advanced level of AI Fluency, including Agentic commerce and Agents.

- Thorough understanding of the software development lifecycle and API architecture.

- Outstanding spoken and written communication skills, presentation skills, and confidence in explaining complex concepts to both technical and non-technical audiences.

- Ability to learn Stripe solutions such as Payments, Billing, Connect, and more.

- Ability to understand how a wide variety of applications such as ERP, CRM, Billing, Tax and legacy systems interact with each other in an enterprise technology ecosystem.

- Strong organisational and time management skills and the ability to juggle competing priorities while working with multiple strategic opportunities and customers.

- Strategic and creative thinker who can proactively identify challenges and maintain a positive approach when facing difficult obstacles.

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## Skills

### Required
- AI Fluency
- Agentic commerce
- Agents
- API architecture
- English
- Japanese
- Payments
- Billing
- Connect
- ERP
- CRM
- Tax
- Software development lifecycle

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