Account Executive, Funded Startups - New Business

Stripe Stripe · Fintech · United States · 1653 Startups - Account Executives (NA)

Stripe is a financial infrastructure platform for businesses. This role is an Account Executive focused on closing net-new accounts for Stripe, specifically targeting startups. The AE will manage inbound leads, run the full sales cycle, build relationships with founders, and engage with product, marketing, and user operations teams. The role requires understanding the Stripe API, crafting custom solutions, and operating in a fast-paced, ambiguous environment.

What you'd actually do

  1. Own the full sales cycle from lead to close for startups
  2. Identify high-potential prospective users from inbound leads
  3. Lead and contribute to team projects to develop and refine our sales process, including engaging with Accelerators and VC firms
  4. Engage with Product, Marketing and User Operations teams to help amplify our growth trajectory

Skills

Required

  • 2+ years of sales or client facing experience
  • Experience working with startups or small/medium businesses
  • Experience in a client facing role
  • Understanding of the buyer journey
  • Ability to lead short, single stakeholder deals
  • Ability to lead complex multi-party sales in a highly consultative manner
  • Experience building value in competitive situations
  • Experience working on products that require deep understanding
  • Technical knowledge
  • Ability to incubate and launch new sales channels
  • Ability to develop scalable strategies
  • Ability to develop repeatable processes

Nice to have

  • preferably at a high-growth Saas company, bank, consultancy or venture capital firm
  • basic modeling

What the JD emphasized

  • track record of top performance
  • Ability to understand the Stripe API
  • build great relationships with highly technical founders
  • Ability to understand complex requirements and craft custom solutions
  • Strong analytical and quantitative capabilities including comfort with basic modeling
  • Superior verbal and written communication skills
  • Ability to operate in a highly ambiguous and fast-paced environment
  • Strong interest in technology