Stripe

Account executive for startups

In short

Account Executive role at Stripe focused on owning the full sales cycle for startup clients in Berlin, from lead generation to close, including VC portfolio work and cross-team collaboration. The company is a global financial infrastructure/payments platform. Requires 5+ years of closing sales experience (or a product background), a strong track record against sales targets, and the ability to navigate complex technical ecosystems and cross-functional stakeholders. Office-based role requiring at least 50% time on-site or with users.

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.
Responsibilities
•Identify high-potential prospective startups from inbound leads and outbound prospecting
•Own the full sales cycle from lead to close for startups
•Develop and implement full sales cycle strategies for driving product adoption, net new product sales, and client retention
•Represent Stripe in the local startup ecosystem and help us grow our footprint further
•Work together with the investment partnership team on VC portfolio analyses and founder-focused gatherings
•Work with the other in-country go-to-market teams as well as our Dublin HQ on shared initiatives and represent the Funded Startups team at regional events
•Solve complex client needs and work across product, sales, risk, and operations teams to improve our product
•Generate your own leads through cold calling, blitzing, research, networking, and driving your territory
•Make every potential Stripe user happy with every interaction, regardless of deal size
•Identify and understand users' pain points to propose Stripe solutions
•Make sure that internal teams are set up for users' success by coordinating with other Stripe teams such as Solution architects, SDRs, Marketing, Product and many more
Requirements
•5+ years of experience in a closing sales role or alternatively a background in product
•Track record of overachieving against ambitious sales targets
•Ability to understand complex technical ecosystems and build great relationships with technical customers
•Analytical ability to manage complex sales cycles
•Expertise in building territory plans to identify high payoff activities and initiatives in your market
•Experience managing projects with input from cross-functional teams
•A knack for working well with a wide range of stakeholders, both internally and externally
•Ability and motivation to operate in a highly ambiguous and fast-paced environment
Nice to have
•Prior experience in payments
•Prior experience in a sales and/or customer-facing role at a high growth technology company
•Prior experience in the startup ecosystem, either as founder or operator in a fast-scaling company
•Interest in business models and monetization
Conditions
Office-assigned Stripes in most of our locations are currently expected to spend at least 50% of the time in a given month in their local office or with users. This expectation may vary depending on role, team and location.
The annual salary range for this role in the primary location is €138,300 - €207,500. This range may change if you are hired in another location. For sales roles, the range provided is the role's On Target Earnings ("OTE") range, meaning that the range includes both the sales commissions/sales bonuses target and annual base salary for the role.
Benefits/additional compensation for this role may include: equity, company bonus or sales commissions/bonuses; retirement plans; health benefits; and wellness stipends.

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