Critical Support Operations Associate, Weekend Coverage

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In the posting’s own words

The Critical Support team is Stripe's frontline response function for urgent, high-stakes user issues. We operate at the intersection of hands-on support execution, incident response, and cross-functional coordination. Our mandate is to protect users in their most business-critical moments—resolving executive-triggered escalations, urgent and critical-priority cases, and complex issues that require more than a standard resolution path. We work closely with Internal Risk Management, Product, Engineering, and Legal to drive fast, coordinated outcomes. This is a greenfield team: we are building the operational foundations, workflows, and standards that will define critical support at Stripe for years to come.

What it asks for · 9

• Completed secondary education or equivalent.
• Minimum 2 years of professional experience within Payments, Fintech, or SaaS support environments.
• Ability to cover Weekends consistency e.g. Saturday - Wednesday or Wednesday - Sunday.
• High agency: you operate with independence, take ownership of outcomes, and don't wait to be told what to do next.
• Ability to stay composed and exercise sound judgment in high-pressure, ambiguous situations.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills, with the ability to adjust tone and level of detail for different audiences, including senior leadership.
• Collaborative approach to problem-solving—you know when to escalate, when to coordinate, and when to drive toward a decision.
• Genuine user empathy paired with a drive to fix root causes, not just close tickets.
• Background in payments, fintech, or SaaS support environments.

Also a plus

• AI Fluency: You have experience working with agentic workflows, prompting and iteration. You understand how to assess output quality and apply critical thinking in AI usage.
• Experience handling executive-level or executive-triggered support cases.
• Familiarity with incident management, SFDC or case management systems.
• Demonstrated interest in building operational programs—process documentation, workflow design, or cross-functional project work.

What the job covers

• Case Execution: Handle escalation cases (Executive Escalations, User Escalations, urgent@/critical@) with speed and sound judgment, ensuring users in business-critical situations receive timely, high-quality support.
• Provide consistent, reliable coverage for our business critical support flows (urgent@ and critical@).
• Cross-Functional Coordination: Engage proactively with Incident Management, Risk, Product, Engineering, and other internal partners to drive resolution for complex issues that span multiple teams.
• Stakeholder Communication: Communicate clearly and professionally with senior internal stakeholders and high-profile external users, distilling complex situations into concise updates.
• Process Building: Contribute actively to defining and documenting operational workflows, escalation criteria, and resolution playbooks as the team establishes its foundations.
• Queue Operations: Support Escalations queue duties during non-shift time, including triage and review of ongoing escalation cases.
• Continuous Improvement: Identify patterns in case volume and resolution paths, surfacing actionable insights to improve team workflows and reduce recurring friction.

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Words the posting leans on

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• cases9×
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• escalations9×
• user8×
• operational6×
• urgent6×
• complex5×
• critical support5×
• workflows5×
• drive4×
• issues4×
• management4×
• resolution4×
• wednesday4×
• building3×

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