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Account Executive, Funded Startups - New Business

San Francisco, CANew York, NYOnsite4+ YOE
Summary

Drive Stripe's growth by owning the full sales cycle for venture-backed startups, managing inbound leads through onboarding and building relationships with technical founders.

About the role

Responsibilities

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

Requirements

  • 4+ years of sales or client facing experience, preferably at a high-growth SaaS company, bank, consultancy or venture capital firm, with a track record of top performance
  • Ability to understand the Stripe API and 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

Nice-to-Haves

  • Experience working with startups or small/medium businesses
  • Currently in a client facing role
  • Understanding of the buyer journey and ability to lead short, single stakeholder deals as well as complex multi-party sales in a highly consultative manner
  • Experience building value in competitive situations
  • Experience working on products that require deep understanding combined with technical knowledge
Skills
SalesSaaS SalesClient Relationship ManagementStripe APITechnical SalesConsultative SellingLead GenerationDeal ClosingBusiness DevelopmentQuantitative Analysis