Sales Strategy and Operations, M&A

The shape of it

In the posting’s own words

This role will lead the sales strategy and operations work associated with mergers and acquisitions (M&A). You’ll help assess how acquired businesses fit into Stripe’s GTM model and translate acquisition plans into clear operational changes across account placement, territories, coverage, quotas, compensation, reporting, systems, and seller enablement. You’ll partner closely with Corporate Development, Sales, Finance, Product, Product Marketing, Deal Desk, Legal, and regional Strategy and Operations teams to support due diligence, integration planning, launch readiness, and post-acquisition execution.

What it asks for · 9

• Bachelor’s degree in Business Administration, Operations Management, Finance, Economics, Management, or a related field.
• 10+ years of experience in sales strategy and operations, revenue operations, M&A integration, corporate strategy, management consulting, investment banking, or a similar strategic operating role
• Experience leading complex, cross-functional programs in a technology, software, or similarly dynamic business environment
• Strong understanding of business-to-business GTM models, including direct sales, specialist sales, sales development, inbound routing, partner channels, renewals, expansion, and customer migration
• Ability to turn ambiguous business questions into structured analyses, operating models, workstreams, timelines, and decision frameworks
• Strong analytical skills, including experience using data to identify risks, evaluate options, and measure business performance
• Demonstrated program leadership skills, including milestone management, dependency tracking, risk management, stakeholder alignment, and escalation
• Strong written and verbal communication skills, with the ability to explain complex issues, recommendations, and tradeoffs to senior stakeholders
• A hands-on approach and the adaptability to work across strategy and execution in a fast-moving environment

Also a plus

• Experience supporting M&A due diligence, post-acquisition integration, or both
• Experience designing or changing sales motions for new products, acquired products, or new customer segments
• Experience with pricing and packaging, product catalog or stock-keeping unit transitions, quota and compensation planning, or quote-to-cash processes
• Experience integrating sales processes, systems, data, reporting, or teams following an acquisition
• Experience with usage-based business models or financial technology products
• Proficiency with Structured Query Language (SQL), Google Sheets, Excel, or business intelligence tools
• Experience building reusable M&A integration playbooks or GTM launch-readiness frameworks
• Experience working with global sales organizations and regional GTM leaders

What the job covers

• Partner with Corporate Development and GTM leaders during due diligence to assess sales motions, organizational structure, pipeline, customer segments, coverage models, systems, and operational risks
• Translate acquisition strategy into an executable GTM integration plan with clear workstreams, owners, milestones, dependencies, decision points, and success measures
• Design sales operating models for acquired products, including coverage, segmentation, account ownership, rules of engagement, lead routing, specialist support, partner motions, and customer expansion paths
• Evaluate how acquired teams, products, customers, and pipelines should connect with Stripe’s existing sales processes and rhythm of business
• Establish launch and integration readiness criteria covering seller readiness, systems and data, enablement, quoting, reporting, customer handoffs, and post-launch support
• Coordinate execution across Sales, Corporate Development, Finance, Product, Product Marketing, Enablement, Deal Desk, Legal, and systems teams
• Identify integration risks and execution gaps, recommend practical solutions, and escalate decisions with clear context and tradeoffs
• Develop reporting and operating mechanisms that help leaders monitor integration progress, field adoption, pipeline health, and business performance
• Support pricing, packaging, product catalog, quota, compensation, forecasting, and quote-to-cash workstreams in partnership with the relevant functional owners
• Help establish durable ownership for ongoing processes before work transitions out of the integration phase
• Build reusable due diligence, Day 1, Day 30, Day 90, launch readiness, and post-integration playbooks for future acquisitions
• Use data and qualitative insights to evaluate integration outcomes and recommend adjustments to GTM strategy and execution

Degree language

• Bachelor’s degree in Business Administration, Operations Management, Finance, Economics, Management, or a related field.

Tools and skills named

Words the posting leans on

• sales15×
• product13×
• experience11×
• integration11×
• gtm10×
• strategy10×
• business8×
• operations8×
• models7×
• acquisition6×
• customer6×
• execution6×
• management5×
• systems5×
• data4×
• due diligence4×

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