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Fintech, Payments, Software-as-a-Service (SaaS)

Account Executive, Platforms - Hunter

Chicago, ILOnsiteFull TimePosted 1 month agoVisa sponsorship available

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Required skills

Account Executive
Hunter
Platforms
Stripe Connect
B2B Software Platforms
named account list
upper middle market
enterprise companies
C-level executives
full sales cycle

Nice to have

Payments experience

Role summary

Stripe is seeking an Account Executive, Platforms (Hunter) to join their Platform Sales team. This role focuses on B2B Software Platforms, helping them integrate Stripe Connect to facilitate payments for their customers. You will manage and grow relationships with a named account list of upper middle market and enterprise companies, developing account plans and leading the full sales cycle. The ideal candidate is an adept salesperson with experience in technical sales, consultative selling, and relationship management, capable of engaging with C-level executives and understanding complex technical and financial aspects of the business. You will also contribute to developing sales processes and assets. A minimum of 5 years of sales experience, preferably in technical products, is required.

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

The Platform Sales team works with B2B Software Platforms to help them facilitate payments for their customers using our Stripe Connect product. Software Platforms, also known as B2B Indirect, are software platform businesses who serve other businesses. Platforms already using Stripe include Shopify, Lightspeed and Mindbody.

As a key member to the Stripe Platforms team, you will manage and elevate relationships with a named account list while identifying new growth opportunities and ways Stripe can exceed expectations.

If you’re motivated, smart, persistent, and a great teammate, we want to hear from you!

What you’ll do

As an Account Executive (New Business), you will create partnerships between Stripe and the most innovative and fastest-growing software platforms in the world by helping them to understand how Stripe’s online commerce infrastructure can make payments a competitive advantage for their businesses.

Responsibilities

Directly manage and nurture a named account list and develop account plans for winning and expanding business with upper middle market and enterprise companies

Build and maintain key relationships with C-level executives, while orchestrating the right executive touch points as well

Contribute to shaping our platform partnership strategy and building repeatable processes and scaled engagement models

Develop outbound strategies to create and nurture opportunities

Own the full sales cycle from lead to close for upper middle market and enterprise companies

Develop relationships with executive stakeholders at new and existing clients

Work with company leaders from multiple functions (e.g., Engineering, Product, and Finance) to lead complex product workshops and financial analyses

Lead and contribute to team projects to develop and refine our sales process

Engage with Product and Engineering teams to help drive product strategy

Who you are

You are an adept salesperson and relationship manager capable of engaging in business-level and technical conversations at multiple levels of the organization, including the CTO, COO, and CFO. You have experience working with upper middle market and enterprise companies. You have an in-depth understanding of the buyer journey and can lead a complex, multi-party sale in a highly consultative manner. You are used to building value in competitive situations and enjoy working on products that require deep product understanding, combined with technical knowledge. You are naturally analytical and enjoy digging into business models and helping customers quantify their investment decisions. You get excited about prospecting, and are capable of independently leading a sales cycle from start to finish. Finally, you enjoy building – you like to actively participate in the development of our sales process, the articulation of our value proposition, and the creation of key tools and assets.

If you’re motivated, smart, persistent, and a great teammate, we want to hear from you!

Minimum requirements

5+ years of sales experience, preferably selling a technical product, with a track record of top performance

Extensive experience directly selling a technology product or service, preferably at an API-first company, with a record of top performance

A proven track record of moving sales processes forward from inception to close by leading complex, multi-party sales in a highly consultative manner, understanding strategies and applying value proposition

Great listening skills and ability to quickly become a trusted resource for decision-makers across technology and finance orgs within software companies

An ability to understand complex technical problems and understand how Stripe’s solutions can address them

A positive attitude and tireless work ethic when encountering blockers to success, whether external or internal

Strong presentation skills

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 and a deep understanding of the space

Experience in or excitement in learning about financial technology infrastructure

Fastidious approach to CRM hygiene and experience utilizing thorough sales forecasting metrics on a weekly/quarterly basis and communicating them in a succinct manner

Payments experience is preferred

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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