Head of Communications, Stripe
France
€88-132k
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A financial infrastructure platform for businesses
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A financial infrastructure platform for businesses
1001+ employees
Be an early applicant
€88-132k
More information about location
1001+ employees
Company mission
To increase the GDP of the internet
Role
Who you are
- The ideal candidate is ambitious, strategic, creative, and comfortable moving between corporate, product, go-to-market, and internal comms
- They are interested in economic enablement and love nothing more than spending time with people who are building businesses large and small
- They have a proven track record leading communications for global brands in France, preferably at the crossroads of technology and financial services
- Stellar written and verbal communication skills in both French and English
- At least 10 years of experience in technology and B2B public relations, preferably in a technology, high-growth and/or financial services environment
- A strong track record leading communications for an iconic brand in France and building creative communications campaigns from scratch
- Curiosity, great taste and creativity
- Excellent cross-functional collaboration; creativity; and project management skills in rapidly changing, sometimes ambiguous, often scrappy situations
- Relationships with key business and technology reporters, and the ability to build new ones quickly
- A good understanding of social media, and how to engage influential stakeholders online
What the job involves
- As we grow in France, we’re seeking a world-class communications leader to help shape our reputation in the country
- This is an important job with room to build things from the ground up, while working closely with our executives, engineers, sales, partnerships, marketing and policy colleagues around the world
- This role reports into the Head of International Communications
- Shape Stripe’s narrative in France, connecting Stripe’s product and mission to what’s top of mind for decision makers in France
- Work closely with Stripe partners and customers of all sizes –from Mistral to Alma, Le Monde, La Redoute or Accor–, infusing their voices into campaigns, news announcements, and other activities
- Imagine and launch creative campaigns across multiple formats (video, social) and audiences that grow Stripe’s reputation in France
- Advocate for Stripe’s point-of-view on industry and regulatory topics in France and the EU, growing our profile as a thought leader among relevant stakeholders
- Own relationships with key local reporters, influencers and opinion formers
- Manage complex and sensitive corporate issues
- Work closely with the global comms team and potentially lead a small local team over time
- Sit on our French leadership team working hand-in-hand with local leaders across product, go-to-market, and policy
Our take
Stripe, nowadays a FinTech giant, spent the first few years since its founding building up its payments business, which primarily consisted of providing an API to eCommerce businesses so that they could easily integrate a payments option in their apps or websites, where before there was none.
More recently, Stripe has started to accelerate its growth with a significantly larger range of financial services including cash advances and credit cards. They also plan to build incorporation services, fraud protection, and more, diversifying its revenue away from payments and differentiating itself from its competitors.
To further expand its position, the company is looking to triple its presence in Ireland, and extend its services to countries with vast customer potential, including Brazil and India. Its latest venture, coming atop significant new funds, is to partner with OpenAI, the company behind ChatGPT - a win-win collaboration that will monetize OpenAI’s flagship products and at the same time enhance Stripe with GPT-4, as it moves forwards with intentions to "build the payments foundation for tomorrow's AI economy."
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Insights
Few candidates hear
back within 2 weeks
-5% employee growth in 12 months
Company
Funding (last 2 of 13 rounds)
Mar 2023
$6.5bn
GROWTH EQUITY VC
Mar 2021
$600m
SERIES H
Total funding: $8.7bn
Company benefits
- Unlimited paid time off policy
- Work from home opportunities
- Comprehensive mental, physical and medical health plans
- Fertility benefits and parental leave
Company values
- Built for builders - The best reason to work at Stripe is that you will have colleagues who support and challenge you to do the best work of your career. We combine a big-picture mindset with obsessive attention to the details, down to the last pixel, API parameter, and word.
- An environment of growth - We care about results more than CVs. We value managers who remain experts while developing talent and designing successful orgs. You can also have a big impact and advance far without managing anyone. We want you to take what you’ve been hired to do, and show us how it’s done – you might create something we never would have imagined. We have had account managers start a publishing arm, interns who have run business units, and hackathon participants who have built company-defining products.
- Fast-paced, detail oriented - We balance innovation with scrupulous attention to every bit and byte involved in the movement of money – because we can’t do our job well unless we do both. When we started, we emailed every API error to everyone at the company. Now, we have more than 250 million API requests a day – and we still care about each one.
- Voraciously curious - We wish there was a book that described what we need to do next (we’d even publish it), but since there isn’t, we all have to write it together. You will need to find answers to questions you’ve never been asked before. Sometimes, you will be the first person ever to contemplate a particular problem. We want people who devour books for fun and approach new challenges with eager curiosity.
Company HQ
SoMa, San Francisco, CA
Articles
Leadership
Patrick Collison
(Content Strategist)Studied maths at MIT before founding Stripe. Also on the board of the Long Now Foundation.
John Collison
(President)Studied at Harvard but dropped out to found Stripe.
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