Account Executive, SMB (Hunter)
- Your analytical mindset excels at understanding complex technical ecosystems and proposing solutions.
- You enjoy solving client pain points with creative, logical approaches.
- Your curiosity helps you learn Stripe's product deeply and adapt pitches accordingly.
- However, initiating cold calls and high-velocity prospecting may feel tedious and unengaging.
- The fast-paced, ambiguous environment with tight targets could overwhelm your need for clear structure and autonomy.
Who we are
About 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 net new business opportunities. Our mission is to increase the GDP of the internet, and we have a staggering amount of work ahead. That means you have an unprecedented opportunity to put the global economy within everyone’s reach while doing the most important work of your career.
About the team
The SMB Account Executive team is a highly consultative sales team that is responsible for the acquisition and growth of Stripe’s largest and most promising SMB customers. As an Account Executive, you’ll identify new opportunities for prospects to get the most out of Stripe by quickly understanding our clients’ needs, execute scaled sales strategies to acquire new customers and drive product adoption.
What you’ll do
Responsibilities
- Identify high-potential prospective users from inbound leads and outbound prospecting
- Own the full sales cycle from lead to close for SMBs
- Develop and implement full sales cycle strategies for driving new logo and product adoption
- Solve complex client needs and work across product, sales, risk, and operations teams to improve our platform
- Generate your own leads through cold calling, blitzing, research, networking, and driving your territory
- Make every potential Stripe user happy with every interaction, regardless of deal size
- Identify and understand users’ pain points to propose Stripe solutions
- Set up users for success by coordinating internally with other Stripe teams
Who you are
We’re looking for a well-rounded strategic seller who can build strong relationships with Stripe’s clients and manage high-velocity deal cycles. If you’re smart, persistent, and a great teammate, we want to hear from you!
Minimum requirements
- 5+ years of sales experience at a technology company, with a track record of top performance
- 3+ years of full sales cycle experience, building an outbound pipeline by self hunting and prospecting net new logos through close and implementation
- Ability to understand complex technical ecosystems and build great relationships with technical customers
- Analytical ability to manage complex sales cycles
- Experience managing projects with input from cross-functional teams
- A knack for working well with a wide range of stakeholders, both internally and externally
- Ability and motivation to operate in a highly ambiguous and fast-paced environment
- Superior verbal and written communication skills
- Proven ability to meet or exceed sales targets
Best personality fits for this role
Your natural leadership and decisiveness allow you to take charge of the full sales cycle and drive results.
Read the ENTJ career guide →Your strong leadership and decisiveness drive the full sales cycle effectively and hit targets.
Read the ESTJ career guide →Your energetic, persuasive style makes you a natural at cold calling and closing deals quickly.
Read the ESTP career guide →