Administrative Business Partner

Who we are

About Stripe

Stripe is a financial infrastructure platform for businesses. Millions of companies—from the world’s largest enterprises to the most ambitious startups—use Stripe to accept payments, grow their revenue, and accelerate new business opportunities. Our mission is to increase the GDP of the internet, and we have a staggering amount of work ahead. That means you have an unprecedented opportunity to put the global economy within everyone’s reach while doing the most important work of your career.

About the team

The administrative business partner team works with Stripe’s Executive leaders to strategically manage their day-to-day administrative and operational needs, while also contributing significantly to projects and initiatives that help drive the company’s strategic priorities.

What you’ll do

• In this role, you will be a critical part of supporting our business function.

Responsibilities

• Provide highly integrated support for your Executive and help to optimize their teams and direct reports
• Strategically calendar and make recommendations for your Executive with regard to their time management, prioritization, delegation, and organization
• Serve as a conduit between your Executive, the larger team and cross-functionally throughout the organization. Increase alignment and speed of execution by providing feedback and insights to both sides
• Track, manage and complete critical aspects of deliverables with a hands-on approach in order to facilitate the Executives ability to focus on top priorities
• Contribute to team meetings and offsites by assisting with the production of materials and pre-reads, taking notes, and tracking action items
• Partner with your Executive to track key project milestones as well as progress against personal, team, and company goals/targets. Jump in to project manage as needed
• Identify opportunities for process optimization throughout team and company processes.  Establish new—and improve existing—administrative systems and processes
• Own and manage ad hoc projects, events and travel arrangements as needed

Who you are

We’re looking for someone who meets the minimum requirements to be considered for the role. If you meet these requirements, you are encouraged to apply. The preferred qualifications are a bonus, not a requirement.

Minimum requirements

• 7+ years of administrative experience and/or operational experience at a quickly-scaling or large company
• Experience interacting with all levels of staff from c-level executives to investors in a fast-paced, changing environment while remaining flexible, proactive, resourceful, and efficient
• Strong organizational skills, with superb attention to detail and a strong ability to execute
• Excellent time management skills and experience handling everything with a high-level of professionalism and confidentiality. You are able to quickly shift tasks and priorities as needed
• The ability to communicate, perform and react well under pressure or in ambiguous situations 
• Strong project management experience with a track record of driving things to completion
• Experience with handling sensitive information and situations with care and confidence

Preferred qualifications

• Experience in a high-growth technology startup is a plus
• Enjoys optimizing processes to make them more efficient
• Strong emotional intelligence and the ability to establish strong and trusting relationships
• Experience working in a proactive environment with the ability to anticipate and respond to the needs of others before problems arise
• The ability to be patient, hardworking, reliable, and tenacious in an autonomous environment  
• An extreme growth mindset, driven by intense curiosity