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