Program Manager, People Operations Strategy

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 Global People Operations team is the engine that powers Stripe’s talent lifecycle. We oversee a comprehensive global delivery model—encompassing everything from foundational employee support to highly specialized operations. We are looking for a strategic operations Program Manager to lead our efforts in driving a users-first scale transformation roadmap. This individual will drive the internal operating mechanisms that shift the team toward proactive, automation and AI-driven operations, advancing the effectiveness and scalability of our global service model. What you’ll do As the People Ops Strategy PM , you will champion our transformation efforts to drive a users-first operational scale roadmap for the Global People Operations horizontal—with AI and automation at the forefront. You will be the accelerant for our team, driving higher levels of operational resiliency and efficiency. You will centralize the intake and capacity governance for Global People Operations, ensuring that new work is vetted for operational fit and that our team has the bandwidth and data-driven insights to deliver at scale. Responsibilities Internal Operating Mechanisms Efficiency: Operational Evolution: Drive improvements in internal operating mechanisms that shift the People Ops team toward proactive, automation and AI-driven operations, advancing the model’s overall effectiveness. Capability Leadership: Introduce and lead foundational capabilities in workforce forecasting, service enablement, and global operational strategy to ensure our horizontal scales ahead of business demand. Predictive Planning: Transition the team from reactive ticket monitoring to proactive capacity management; build the models to predict demand across foundational support and specialized operations. Operational Intake Capacity Governance: Horizontal Work Intake: Design and lead the mandatory, centralized "Front Door" for all work entering the Global People Operations team. Ensure every initiative is vetted for operational feasibility and capacity alignment before it is accepted into the team's roadmap. Strategic Partnership Readiness: Partner with People+ COEs, Strategy Enablement, Process Optimization, Solutions, and Tech teams to ensure operational readiness for high-priority initiatives. Act as the primary operational interface, translating broad strategy into actionable delivery plans. Operational Deployment: Manage the deployment of ops SMEs and associates from the Global People Ops team into cross-functional projects. Ensure SMEs are utilized effectively, unblocking their path to execution while protecting their core operational bandwidth. Strategic Prioritization: Support the internal prioritization of the Global People Operations roadmap, ensuring our specific horizontal’s goals are clearly defined and that the team is shielded from low-impact operational noise. Continuous Improvement Operational Health: Capacity Creation: Drive the path for continuous improvement across the full service model; identify opportunities to deflect volume to automated or self-service solutions, creating the necessary capacity to absorb more complex workstreams. Data-Driven Insights: Aggregate monitoring data across all tiers to identify trends and root causes; use these insights to support global prioritization and identify where to double-down on automation to drive down manual effort. QA Process Adherence: Build ... (truncated, view full listing at source)