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

Frontier is an advance market commitment to buy $925M+ of permanent carbon removal by 2030. Frontier aims to send a strong demand signal to researchers, entrepreneurs, and investors that there is a growing market for their technologies. Frontier was founded by Stripe, Alphabet, Shopify, Meta and McKinsey, and operates as a subsidiary of Stripe.

To avoid the worst effects of climate change, most climate models agree the world will need around 6 billion tons of carbon removal a year by 2050. If successful, we’ll increase the likelihood that the world has the portfolio of carbon removal solutions needed to reach these climate goals. Read more about our approach here.

What you’ll do

As Frontier’s first dedicated Program Manager, you will be responsible for managing our carbon removal purchasing operations, coordinating ongoing portfolio management, and supporting the broader Climate team’s efforts to achieve Frontier’s goals. You’ll work with a wide range of stakeholders both within and outside of Stripe – scientists, carbon removal companies, internal operations teams, etc. – to ensure Frontier is able to successfully purchase new carbon removals and thoughtfully manage our existing portfolio. If you like the idea of helping to manage a rapidly-growing program at the forefront of mitigating climate change, we want to hear from you!

Responsibilities

Manage our carbon removal purchasing operations (~50% of your time):

• Proactively identify processes to improve and scale Frontier’s procurement program (e.g., utilizing Airtable and Microsoft Office tools to automate labor-intensive processes, developing new processes for project site visits, etc.)
• Distribute and collect project applications documents
• Manage invoicing and payments process for projects and experts
• Collate and synthesize expert reviewer input, coordinating project follow ups as necessary
• Manage applicant and expert reviewer relationships and communications throughout the purchasing process, independently troubleshooting any operational issues
• Drive announcement planning in partnership with the Comms team by collecting relevant inputs from project teams, helping to facilitate website updates, doing quality control checks, etc.
• Support Program Lead in preparing briefing materials for internal decision-making meetings and selection memos
• Develop and manage purchasing cycle budget with Strategy and Operations team

Support ongoing portfolio management (~30%)

• Coordinate recurring review meetings with 30+ portfolio companies and Climate teammates
• Track portfolio company progress, delays, and carbon removal deliveries
• Draft quarterly email to communicate Stripe Climate impact to users

Support Frontier generally (~20%)

• Respond to inbound requests from potential carbon removal suppliers
• Manage coordination and scheduling with buyers
• Work with teammates to identify ways to improve business processes to help Frontier achieve its goals.

Who you are

Minimum requirements

• BA or BS degree
• You have 2-4 years of related experience in process and project management
• You have experience in a strategic, analytical and operational role in fast-paced environments, and are comfortable taking initiatives from conception to launch
• You enjoy working amidst ambiguity, and do whatever it takes to execute on complex projects
• You have a process-oriented mindset and ability to work with people to get things done
• You have excellent oral and written communication skills
• You are low ego, and have a proven track record for working well across teams and with external partners