Stripe
Account Executive, Digital Natives
Stripe's mission is to increase the GDP of the internet. Here's
Sales and customer success
Full-time
Office | Sydney, NSW, Australia
Visa sponsorship · No
Senior · A role for someone with advanced knowledge and skills. May involve mentoring, leading others or specialisation. Typically at least 5 years of experience.
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Why 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. Headquartered in San Francisco and Dublin, the company aims to increase the GDP of the internet.
About the role
About the team
As an Account Executive, Digital Native at Stripe, you will drive Stripe’s future growth engine by building new relationships with prospective companies, turning them into happy Stripe users.
What you’ll do
As a Digital Native Business Account Executive at Stripe, you will drive Stripe’s future growth engine by building relationships with prospective clients and turning them into happy Stripe users. You'll develop and manage a named account list and be responsible for the full sales cycle through to onboarding and launching new users. You are an adept salesperson, 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 complex 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!
Responsibilities
- Develop a named account list with account plans for winning and expanding business with enterprise digital native companies
- Develop outbound strategies to create and nurture opportunities
- Own the full sales cycle from lead to close for enterprise digital native 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
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 sales experience, with a significant amount of this selling to enterprise digital native companies and with a track record of top performance. This experience is preferably at a technology company.
- Ability to understand complex technical requirements 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
What you'll be responsible for
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Sales Pipeline Fulfilment
Ensure the top of the sales pipeline is adequately filled with quality leads
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Customer Advocacy and Feedback
Advocate for customers by providing feedback to internal teams on how to better meet customer needs
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Sales Pipeline Management
Efficiently navigate the CRM and other operational tools to create, update, retrieve, and understand information about accounts and opportunities
Skills you'll need
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Collaboration
Works with others by being open, clear in communication and listening to achieve goals
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Results orientation
Focuses on outcomes and the steps it takes to achieve them
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Problem solving
Identifies problems and develops logical solutions that address the problems
Meet the team
Stripe builds financial tools and economic infrastructure for the internet. We’re helping small startups and the world’s biggest companies build products, create business models, and scale their efforts globally. And we’d like your help.
The Startup / SMB Account Executive team at Stripe drives Stripe’s future growth engine by building relationships with prospective clients and turning them into happy Stripe users in Australia/ New Zealand.