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Staff Product Manager, ML Foundations and GenAI

Stripe · San Francisco, NY · Remote available · 8212 ML Foundations

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

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About your past

Tell me about an ML product you took from prototype to production. What was hardest?

What they are checking: Whether they understand the real gap between a demo and a reliable product.

Tell me about a time you led a cross-functional team through a lot of technical uncertainty.

What they are checking: Whether they can keep a team moving when the answer isn't known yet.

Tell me about a time you killed a project. How did you decide?

What they are checking: Whether they can stop work that isn't paying off, which matters in an incubation team.

What would you do

How would you decide which new ML or LLM applications are worth incubating across Stripe's products?

What they are checking: Whether they can pick AI bets tied to business outcomes, not just interesting technology.

A product leader wants to add AI to their roadmap but doesn't have a clear use case. How do you help?

What they are checking: Whether they can find real problems that AI solves well instead of adding AI for its own sake.

An incubated AI project shows promise but no business team wants to own it. What do you do?

What they are checking: Whether they plan for ownership and adoption from the start.

About the work

How would you set a roadmap for ML infrastructure that many teams depend on?

What they are checking: Whether they can balance shared platform needs with the specific needs of product teams.

How would you evaluate whether an LLM-based feature is accurate enough to put in front of users in a financial product?

What they are checking: Whether they know how to evaluate generative models and set a bar fit for high-stakes use.

How do you think about the cost of running LLMs at Stripe's scale?

What they are checking: Whether they consider inference cost, latency and model choice as product decisions.

How would you measure whether ML infrastructure is helping teams ship faster?

What they are checking: Whether they can measure developer productivity and platform impact.

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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 You will be joining Stripe’s ML Foundations and Gen AI team to incubate new ML applications and improve our ML capabilities across Stripe. Our team is responsible for unlocking novel ML and LLM techniques and applications across Stripe’s product suite to drive business outcomes, as well as providing infrastructure, tooling and support for ML teams. What you’ll do As a senior product leader, you will lead a cross-functional team to define, incubate and scale new ML/AI applications across Stripe’s product suite, and drive our strategy and roadmap for ML/AI infrastructure powering all of Stripe’s teams. You will work closely with product leaders across business units to define and deliver on an AI-centric product strategy, launching new applications that drive incremental business outcomes.  At the same time, you will be advancing our core AI technology stack to empower teams across Stripe to infuse their scenarios with Agents and agentic capabilities, with API support for agent quality and continuous improvement. Responsibilities • Develop and execute on the Stripe-wide strategy for new ML/AI applications across our product suite • Evaluate and align on areas of investment for ML/AI applications in collaboration with product leaders across the company  • Work with cross-functional teams to execute on the roadmap and launch successful new ML/AI applications • Communicate clearly and crisply with leadership stakeholders and drive alignment across multiple teams • Develop and execute on a strategy for advancing Stripe’s ML/AI infrastructure and tooling Who you are We’re looking for someone who meets the requirements below, and has a passion for AI 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 experience delivering highly successful and innovative software products which are ML powered • Solid understanding of ML and applied AI tech stacks • Demonstrated ability to influence company level strategy and work with business leaders to execute on the transformation • You push the pace. You take blame and pass the praise. People love working with you. • Proven ability to lead teams and work cross-functionally in a highly collaborative environment. • Ability to analyze and use quantitative and qualitative data to inform decisions. • A deep understanding and empathy for consumer and business users — you love building products that make our customers feel joy, delight and trust. • Relentlessly drives product quality • Capable of working on both 1P and 3P products

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