Startup Partnerships - Y Combinator

Job Description

We're looking for someone to oversee a portfolio of strategic early-stage accelerator partnerships, including Y Combinator, as we work to educate, attract and retain the most promising startups.

Responsibilities

• Oversee our YC Combinator and other accelerator partnerships
• Work across the business to ensure that every founder's experience of Stripe is surprisingly delightful
• Build out and oversee the execution of key programs
• Spin up new initiatives that add continuous value to the Y Combinator ecosystem
• Serve as a point of escalation for partners and top startups to grow Stripe’s brand within the Y Combinator ecosystem
• Maintain a product feedback loop to internal teams to ensure that we continue to build for the highest potential businesses
• Work cross functionally with key internal stakeholders to advance strategic Stripe initiatives for startup founders
• Collate startup ecosystem insights and prepare weekly / quarterly updates detailing business progress, market trends, and product feedback gathered from startup engagement
• Represent Stripe in the startup ecosystem and take up speaking opportunities at key startup events that bolster Stripe as the best platform for founders to start and scale
• Leverage your data prowess (SQL, etc) to build out tools that enable us to better serve founders and demonstrate impact

Requirements

• 7+ years of experience in the startup ecosystem with startup or investing experience
• Experienced business or technical founder with a passion for helping other founders
• Strong understanding of the startup ecosystem, founder empathy, and ability to build strong partnerships, particularly within the Y Combinator community
• A user-first mindset, anything less than perfect is unacceptable to you
• Demonstrated ability to work cross-functionally with internal and external stakeholders to get new programming off the ground
• You’re a builder by nature and are excited to launch new initiatives within Stripe that extend surprisingly delightful experiences to best in class founders
• Strong verbal and written communications skills
• Hunger and motivation to operate (and thrive) in a highly ambiguous and fast-paced environment
• Humility, and who takes initiative with a “no task is too small” and “I’ll get it done” attitude