Strategic Programs Lead

Role Description

We’re looking for a Strategic Programs Lead to join the GTM Programs & Product Intelligence team within the Revenue organization.

In this role, you’ll lead the planning and execution of Revenue’s most important cross-functional initiatives—from launching new products and strategic partnerships to enabling new markets and delivering complex regulatory programs. You’ll partner across Product, Sales, Marketing, Finance, Legal, Risk, Operations, and executive leadership to ensure our highest-priority initiatives are delivered successfully and the organization is ready to bring them to market.

This is a highly autonomous individual contributor role. Success comes from your ability to influence across organizations, bring structure to ambiguity, drive decisions, and keep complex programs moving forward.

You Will

• Lead strategic cross-functional programs
• Own end-to-end delivery of Revenue’s highest-priority initiatives, from initial planning through launch and post-launch stabilization.
• Develop integrated program plans that align Product, Sales, Marketing, Finance, Legal, Risk, Operations, and other stakeholders around a shared execution plan.
• Drive cross-functional alignment, proactively identifying dependencies, risks, and decisions that could impact successful delivery.
• Establish governance, operating cadences, executive reviews, and decision forums to keep initiatives on track.
• Deliver successful product and partnership launches
• Lead the commercial execution of new product launches, ensuring the Revenue organization is prepared to successfully bring new capabilities to market.
• Serve as the program lead for strategic partnerships, coordinating technical, operational, legal, commercial, and go-to-market workstreams through launch.
• Partner closely with Product throughout development to ensure launch plans align with product readiness and business objectives.
• Coordinate operational readiness across customer-facing teams, including Sales, Account Management, Support, and Partnerships.
• Build scalable operating mechanisms
• Develop repeatable launch frameworks, playbooks, governance models, and operating processes that improve execution across future initiatives.
• Drive continuous improvement by identifying opportunities to simplify cross-functional execution and reduce operational friction.
• Create clear executive communications that enable rapid decision-making and provide visibility into program health.

Qualifications

• 8+ years of experience leading complex cross-functional programs in strategy, operations, product, consulting, or go-to-market organizations.
• Demonstrated experience leading major product launches, strategic partnerships, or enterprise-wide initiatives.
• Exceptional ability to influence and build alignment without direct authority.
• Strong executive presence and experience communicating with senior leaders.
• Outstanding organizational and program management skills with the ability to manage multiple high-impact initiatives simultaneously.
• Strong commercial instincts and an understanding of how operational execution drives business outcomes.
• Comfortable navigating ambiguity and creating clarity in fast-moving environments.
• Experience in payments, fintech, SaaS, or another highly regulated industry is preferred.

Pay Transparency

• Block takes a market-based approach to pay, and pay may vary depending on your location.
• U.S locations are categorized into one of four zones based on a cost of labor index for that geographic area.
• The successful candidate's starting pay will be determined based on job-related skills, experience, qualifications, work location, and market conditions.
• These ranges may be modified in the future.
• Zone A: $198,000 - $297,000
• Zone B: $184,200 - $276,200
• Zone C: $174,200 - $261,400
• Zone D: $164,300 - $246,500

Application Guidelines

• Candidates may submit up to 9 active applications within a 60-day period.
• Reapplications to the same role are accepted 90 days after a previous application has been reviewed.

Use of AI in Our Hiring Process

• We may use automated AI tools to evaluate job applications for efficiency and consistency.
• These tools comply with local regulations, including bias audits, and we handle all personal data in accordance with state and local privacy laws.

Benefits

• Remote work
• Medical insurance
• Flexible time off
• Retirement savings plans
• Modern family planning