Account Executive, Product Sales

Stripe is a financial infrastructure platform that helps businesses accept payments, grow revenue, and accelerate new business opportunities. The Account Executive will drive growth for Stripe’s billing products by leading new sales and upsell conversations, advising strategic customers, and executing go-to-market strategies. The role also involves collaborating with sales, marketing, product, and operations teams while serving as a product and industry expert.

Responsibilities:

• Drive revenue to achieve and overperform on targets
• Lead new sales and upsell conversations of Stripe for existing and prospective customers
• Drive strategic thought leadership within assigned territory to ensure user success and revenue growth
• Understand the sales process and competitors for Stripe, including software, hardware, and payments
• Serve as both an internal and customer-facing expert on Stripe, especially for your specialized products
• Synthesize and relay customer feedback and our findings to inform Stripe's product roadmap
• Engage with Product, Marketing, and User Operations teams to help amplify our growth trajectory

Requirements:

• 8+ years of sales or prospecting experience at a technology company and a track record of top performance
• Owning a direct sales quota, with direct sales experience closing new business and expanding existing users
• A proven ability to build strong collaborative working relationships with business partners
• The ability to deal with ambiguity and thrive in an unstructured, fast-moving environment
• A proven ability to be a self-starter capable of driving business results without significant supervision
• A hands-on mentality
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills
• Strong presentation skills, particularly for in-person meetings with multiple stakeholders
• Proven ability to lead complex negotiations involving bespoke commercial agreements
• Ability to understand complex technical requirements and craft solutions across multiple stakeholders
• 5+ years of experience selling financial services or similar software
• Experience in selling billing solutions
• Proven ability to sell in a fast-paced environment