About the Role
As an Account Executive on the Enterprise team at Stripe, you will drive Stripe’s future growth engine by building new relationships with prospective companies, turning them into happy Stripe users. You will manage and elevate relationships with a named account list within a key vertical while identifying new growth opportunities and ways Stripe can exceed expectations.
Responsibilities
- Own a named account list and develop account plans for winning business with large digital native and enterprise companies
- Develop outbound strategies to create and nurture opportunities
- Own the full sales cycle from prospecting to close, to go live
- Own and lead commercial negotiations to increase and retain customer revenue and Stripe market share
- Develop relationships with executive stakeholders at prospective users
- Work with company leaders from multiple functions (e.g., Engineering, Product, and Finance) to lead complex product workshops and develop financial analyses
- Lead and contribute to team projects to develop and refine our sales process
- Engage with cross functional teams (Partners, Post Sales, Product and Engineering) to help drive and iterate Stripe’s strategy
Requirements
- 8+ years of sales experience, preferably at a technology company, with a track record of top performance
- Used to driving high activity with a goal of building and executing a healthy pipeline of qualified deals to close
- Ability to understand complex business problems companies face today, and craft solutions across multiple products
- Ability to develop and execute account plans spanning multiple business units across complex organizations
- Strong presentation skills, particularly for in-person meetings with multiple stakeholders
- Proven ability to lead complex negotiations involving bespoke commercial agreements
- Superior verbal and written communication skills
- Ability to operate in a highly ambiguous and fast-paced environment
- Strong interest in technology
- Prior experience at a growth stage internet/ software company
- Experience in fintech/ payments is a plus
Skills
- Sales
- Business Development
- Account Management
- Negotiation
- Communication
- Presentation
- Financial Analysis
- Product Knowledge
- Technology Sales
Experience Level
- 8+ years of sales experience
About the Company
- Stripe is a financial infrastructure platform for businesses.
- Millions of companies from the world’s largest enterprises to the most ambitious startups use Stripe to accept payments, grow their revenue, and accelerate new business opportunities.
- Our mission is to increase the GDP of the internet, and we have a staggering amount of work ahead.
- That means you have an unprecedented opportunity to put the global economy within everyone’s reach while doing the most important work of your career.
