Product Marketing Manager, Apps and Ecosystem

Stripe Stripe · Fintech · United States · 2317 Marketing - PMM

Product Marketing Manager for Stripe Apps and Ecosystem, focusing on positioning, messaging, and go-to-market strategy for Stripe's app marketplace and partner ecosystem. The role involves defining value propositions, building messaging frameworks, supporting launches, developing GTM playbooks, and tracking adoption. Requires experience in B2B SaaS product marketing, platform/ecosystem marketing, and cross-functional collaboration. AI fluency and active use of AI tools for research and content creation are required.

What you'd actually do

  1. Define the value proposition of the Marketplace and broader ecosystem for developers, customers, partners, and internal teams — with clear messaging for both supply (partners building on Stripe) and demand (users adopting solutions).
  2. Build messaging and competitive positioning frameworks that show how our ecosystem extends Stripe's core products and differentiates us vs. alternatives.
  3. Partner with Product, Partnerships, PMM, and Partner Marketing to launch new Apps and Marketplace categories and ecosystem solutions — ensuring they're woven into product launches and big moments (Sessions, Tour, announcements).
  4. Develop GTM playbooks, solution briefs, pitch decks, and battlecards so field teams can sell ecosystem and Marketplace solutions.
  5. Collaborate with Partner Marketing on case studies, demand gen, and narratives that showcase ecosystem adoption and network effects.

Skills

Required

  • 5-7 years of relevant work experience spanning product marketing, platform/ecosystem marketing, partner marketing, or product management.
  • At least 3-5 years of marketing or go-to-market experience in a B2B SaaS or platform environment.
  • Experience positioning and marketing a marketplace, ecosystem, or platform product.
  • Experience working cross-functionally with product, partnerships, and sales teams.
  • Experience developing positioning frameworks, competitive analysis, and GTM strategies.
  • Deep empathy for users and ability to adapt communication.
  • Excellent verbal and written communication skills.
  • Structured and strategic thinking.
  • Data-oriented approach.
  • Organized and able to manage complex projects.
  • Ambitious and eager to make an impact.
  • Team player, able to influence without authority.
  • Ecosystem-minded thinking.

Nice to have

  • Experience marketing a developer-facing marketplace or app ecosystem.
  • Familiarity with partner program structures and how marketplaces drive distribution and adoption.
  • Experience working with the startup founder or developer audience.
  • Background in payments, fintech, or infrastructure platforms.

What the JD emphasized

  • AI-fluent
  • actively use AI tools to accelerate research, content creation, and analysis
  • curious about how AI is reshaping ecosystems and marketplaces
  • bring that lens to your positioning work