Darren

O' Donnell

Originally from Ireland

Currently in Sydney

Working at Stripe

Key Achievements

Strategic Program Launches

Strategic Program Launches

Managed the development and implementation of cross-functional fintech programs safeguarding +7 million cards from processing failures, achieving YOY new user migration growth by establishing regional support and launching new payment method type migrations across global markets.

Payment Migration Documentation
UK Bacs
AU BECS
SEPA
Cards
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Program Management and Team Building

Program Management and Team Building

Rewarded for launching and scaling operational capacity from 5% to 56% in APAC through strategic leadership, mentorship excellence, and systematic resource optimization across global teams.

Capacity Growth
5% to 56%
+1020%
24-month timeline • Team excellence awards
Client Engagement & Solution Design

Client Engagement & Solution Design

Directed over 100 large and enterprise-level migration and go-live initiatives through consultative client workshops, aligning complex technical migration solutions with diverse business requirements.

Global Client Engagement
5+
Payment Types
100+
Workshops
15+
Markets
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Enterprise migration workshops across global markets
Knowledge Leadership & Documentation

Knowledge Leadership & Documentation

Published external and internal Stripe documentation, ranking in the top 0.5% of internal knowledge contributors with seven pages ranking in the top 5% most viewed documents. Delivered enablement presentations across Sales, Professional Services, and Solution Engineering teams.

Documentation Excellence
Top 5%
Most Viewed Internal Docs
60+
Docs Shipped This Year
Top 0.5%
Stripe Employee Ranking
Internal knowledge leadership & documentation impact

Experience

Identified critical payment and onboarding vulnerability in network policy changes, led cross-functional initiative with internal stakeholders and payment network partners to implement solution protecting over 7 million cards from processing failures while adapting to evolving payment network policies.

Successfully launched multiple regional payment method migration programs for cards, AU BECS, UK Bacs and SEPA driving substantial year-over-year growth.

Developed and implemented strategic growth plans for the EMEA and APAC region and created resource allocation and headcount projections for long-term scalability which led to an increase in APAC team case management capacity from 5% to 56% within two years. Recognized as Stripe Mentor of the Quarter with multiple team members earning excellence awards in region.

Guided the development of Stripe's first paid migration operating model offering tailored for enterprises and led the enablement of this new service.

Led hundreds of client workshops across diverse industries and segments, creating tailored payment infrastructure migration solutions to meet unique business requirements and timelines. Supported the development of innovative materials and guidelines for authorization rate optimization, specifically targeted at onboarding large-scale clients, to enhance their payment processing success on the Stripe platform.

Developed and published customer-facing Stripe documentation while ranking in top 0.5% of internal knowledge contributors based on document creation volume with seven documents ranking in the top 5% most viewed across Stripe.

Delivered high-impact enablement presentations across Sales, Professional Services, and Solution Engineering teams to strengthen cross-functional expertise.

Education

First Class Honours 1.1 (GPA: 4.0)

Received University Scholarship for academic performance 2014/2015

Selected as a Placement Ambassador for second year Business Information System students while in my final year of college. This was a paid employment.

Employee of Blackstone Launchpad from 2016 - 2018. Blackstone Launchpad is a campus based entrepreneurial programme set up to bring support to aspiring entrepreneurs.

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