[Hiring] State & Local Policy Manager @Stripe

Role Description

The Public Policy team helps represent Stripe to the public and governments. We help the company understand and adapt to a changing environment, anticipate and respond to challenges, and advocate for the needs of our users and the online economy.

Responsibilities:

• Support State and Local Public Policy, which involves bringing together cross-functional groups within the company to spot issues and understand the impact to Stripe, building a strategy to address Stripe’s key issues at the state level, and working with trade associations and coalitions to advance policy issues important to Stripe and our users.
• Foster state and local political relationships.
• Hire and manage consultants.
• Coordinate Stripe political giving at the state and local level.
• Build a strategic network of peers among Stripe users and similarly situated fintechs to engage in coordinated advocacy at the state and local level.

Qualifications

• 5-8 years experience working in public policy, including with state legislative & regulatory issues in a public sector or private sector position.
• Availability for regular travel.
• Strong political connections in a key Stripe market (e.g., ideally California).
• A combination of political savvy and the ability to go deep into complex policy issues, especially in financial services, payments regulation, and artificial intelligence.
• Demonstrated experience advocating across many states in front of legislators, regulators, attorneys general, and governors, including their respective political and policy associations.
• Demonstrated experience in coalition building, trade association coordination, and managing state consultants.
• A “start up mentality”: a willingness to roll up your sleeves, iterate, challenge the status quo, take chances and learn.
• Humility and commitment to teamwork.
• Strong communication (both written and verbal) skills.
• Strong strategic thinking, creativity, and able to juggle multiple tasks in a fast paced environment.
• Availability to travel ~30-40% annually.

Requirements

• Industry knowledge or passion for payments, tech, and financial services.
• A strong interest in entrepreneurship, preferably based on experience working with startups, founders, etc.
• The ideal candidate is an outstanding communicator, a creative problem-solver, has strong public policy experience, and works exceptionally well with Legal, Regulatory, Comms and other functions, and across various geographies.