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Sales Manager, Startups - Hunter

Chicago, ILOnsiteFull TimeManager / HeadPosted 1 month agoVisa sponsorship available

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Required skills

Sales Manager
Startups
Hunter
Financial Infrastructure
New Business Sales
Net-new accounts
Accelerator programs
Series A/B companies
Full sales cycle
Customer Acquisition

Nice to have

Growth stage internet/software company
Forecasting
Complex sales cycles
Payments industry
Fintech

Role summary

Stripe is seeking a Sales Manager for its Funded Startup AE team to drive new customer acquisition. This role involves building and leading a team of Account Executives, developing sales strategies, and directly engaging with clients up to the C-level. The ideal candidate will have experience in high-growth technology environments, a proven ability to manage and scale sales teams, and strong analytical and relationship-building skills. Responsibilities include recruiting, coaching, performance management, and contributing to product development based on customer needs. A passion for startups and technology is essential.

Who we are

About Stripe

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.

About the team

Stripe’s Funded Startup AE team sits within our New Business Sales function and is responsible for closing net-new accounts for Stripe. Customers range from pre-revenue companies going through accelerator programs, to larger Series A/B companies considering long term payment partners. You have the opportunity to sell the entire suite of Stripe products and run the full sales cycle through onboarding.

What you’ll do

As a Startup Sales Manager at Stripe, you will play an instrumental role in fueling Stripe’s growth through new customer acquisition. In this role, you will build and lead a team of high-performing Account Executives, helping them to develop their skills and deliver on their ambitious targets, as well as roll your sleeves up to work directly with customers. We are looking for a proactive leader who has demonstrated success dealing with ambiguity, operating in a high-growth environment, managing high-performing teams and solving complicated problems with limited oversight. Ideal candidates will have management and leadership experience scaling a technology sales team and possess first-class analytical, communication and relationship-building skills.

Responsibilities

Recruit, develop and lead a team of Account Executives who focus on VC funded, tech-forward businesses

Work with senior leadership to develop the long-term vision and strategy for the team, and manage day-to-day operations with a focus on performance against key sales and growth metrics

Be accountable for increasing revenue and new client acquisition at high rates of growth

Coach and guide the team in developing consultative and solution-based sales skills

Inspire, motivate and enable development of team members to promote career growth and impact for Stripe

Work collaboratively and cross-functionally across the organization to help shape Stripe’s products and solutions to meet customer needs

Play a personal and direct role in building and maintaining enduring customer relationships, up to C-level.

Implement programs to improve pipeline generation efforts and improve overall efficiency for the team

Who you are

We’re looking for someone who meets the minimum requirements to be considered for the role. If you meet these requirements, you are encouraged to apply. The preferred qualifications are a bonus, not a requirement.

Minimum requirements

8+ years of relevant experience, with 2+ years of people management experience preferred

Experience leading sales in an early stage, high-growth technology environment

Ability to hire, train and coach a high-performance sales team

Ability to build relationships with strategic client and industry thought leaders

Demonstrated passion for start-ups and new technology businesses

Ability to understand and articulate technical concepts, and translate them into industry- or business-relevant terms

Preferred qualifications

Prior experience at a growth stage internet/software company

Prior experience forecasting and managing a high growth commercial business

Prior experience running complex sales cycles, ideally with both commercial and enterprise size companies

Prior experience leading a team in an office outside of the company headquarters

Prior experience in the payments industry and/or fintech

Sample Stripe interview questions

1
Discuss failure modes and backward compatibility for a system design.
system designeasy
2
How do you see customer expectations shifting in the coming years?
technicalmedium
3
Discuss your solution, coding approach, problem-solving process, and technical decision-making for the coding challenge.
technicaleasy
4
What are important metrics to analyze to measure pipeline and deal signed health
metrics analyticsdifficult

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