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Product Marketing Manager, Startup Segment

Stripe · Chicago, IL · Remote available · 2317 Marketing - PMM

Posted Sep 25, 2026 · We last checked this listing on Oct 6, 2026

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About your past

Tell me about a go-to-market plan you built for a customer segment. What worked?

What they are checking: Whether they have led segment marketing end to end, not just individual launches.

How do you work with sales, demand generation and campaigns so they all use the same message?

What they are checking: Whether they can drive alignment across many marketing and sales partners.

Tell me about a time product marketing input changed what a product team built.

What they are checking: Whether they influence products, not only market them after launch.

What would you do

How would you tell the story of the full Stripe product suite to a startup that only needs payments today?

What they are checking: Whether they can grow a startup's relationship over time without overwhelming them early.

A competitor launches an aggressive offer aimed at startups. How do you respond?

What they are checking: Whether they can respond thoughtfully instead of reacting with a matching discount.

About the work

How would you position Stripe to a founder choosing their first payments provider?

What they are checking: Whether they understand what startups care about and can turn that into a clear message.

How would you gather customer insights about startups, and how would you use them to shape strategy?

What they are checking: Whether they can generate real insight, which the team names as its mission.

How would you measure whether your startup go-to-market strategy is working?

What they are checking: Whether they tie marketing work to business results like adoption and growth.

How do you write messaging that a technical founder trusts?

What they are checking: Whether they can avoid marketing hype for an audience that dislikes it.

How do startups' needs change as they go from seed to Series B, and how should Stripe's message change?

What they are checking: Whether they understand the startup lifecycle well enough to segment within it.

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The full job description

As published by Stripe.

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 Our Product Marketing team’s mission is to generate customer insights that inform Stripe’s strategy and lead go-to-market efforts for our suite of products. Product Marketing is a highly cross-functional function at Stripe, partnering closely with Product, Sales, Demand Generation, Field Marketing, and Campaigns. Unlike many other product marketing teams, our team works across the entire product lifecycle, from helping shape products to driving launches and commercialization to growing product adoption after launch. The Segment and Industry Product Marketing team drives growth across our priority customer segments and top industries. In this role, you will develop Stripe’s go-to-market strategy for the startup customer segment. You will develop messaging and positioning, craft the narrative for how our products deliver value to customers, and engage teams across Sales, Demand Generation, Field Marketing, and Communications to drive awareness, pipeline, and revenue across Stripe’s existing customer base and prospects. What you’ll do As Startup Segment Product Marketing Manager, you will define the go-to-market strategy for Stripe’s startup customers. You will use customer insights and data to develop positioning, create campaign content and sales enablement assets, and partner with cross-functional teams to drive awareness, demand, and product adoption. Responsibilities • Develop messaging and positioning for Stripe’s startup customer segment • Create campaign-level content, user stories, and sales enablement assets • Partner with Campaigns, Field Marketing, and Sales to develop the marketing strategy for startup customers • Drive awareness, demand, and product adoption among startup customers and prospects • Enable Sales teams to articulate the value of Stripe’s products and competitive solutions 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 marketing or product experience • Excellent verbal and written communication skills, including experience translating technical features into benefits for technical audiences • Experience using data and customer insights to identify opportunities and drive results • Experience managing complex, interdependent, cross-functional projects • Ability to learn technical concepts and explain them clearly to nontechnical audiences Preferred qualifications • Experience working with or marketing to startup or venture communities

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