Sales Manager, Enterprise

Stripe; Sydney; On-site; AUD 402,000 - 603,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Equity

Company bonus or sales commissions/bon

Retirement plans

Health benefits

Wellness stipends

Job summary

Stripe Australia is seeking an Enterprise Sales Manager to lead a high‑performing new business team focused on the Enterprise segment. You will recruit, coach and scale top talent, setting the vision and day‑to‑day metrics for growth.

You will build executive relationships, drive revenue growth, and collaborate with Product and other Sales teams across regions (US, EMEA, AMER). The role offers equity, bonuses, retirement plans, health benefits and wellness stipends.

Qualifications

• 10+ years of sales experience.
• 3+ years of people management experience.
• Experience leading sales in a high-growth technology environment.
• Ability to hire, train and coach a high-performance sales team.
• Ability to build strategic executive relationships with customers and industry thought leaders.
• Demonstrated passion for helping to scale new technology businesses.
• Ability to understand and articulate technical concepts and translate them into business terms.

Responsibilities

• Recruit, develop and lead a team of new business sales professionals, with a particular focus on the Enterprise segment.
• Develop the long-term vision and strategy for the team and manage day-to-day operations, with a focus on performance against key sales metrics.
• Be accountable for increasing revenue and new client acquisition at high rates of growth.
• Coach and guide the team in developing consultative and solution-based sales skills through all facets of the sales cycle.
• Play a personal and direct role in building and maintaining enduring customer relationships, up to C-level.
• Inspire, motivate and enable personal and career development of team members, both to promote career growth and to increase impact for Stripe.
• Work collaboratively and cross-functionally across the organization to help shape Stripe’s products and solutions to meet customer needs.
• Working with Product and other Sales teams in the US, EMEA and AMER.
• Participate in industry events to help drive positive market awareness.

Skills

Sales leadership

People management

High-growth sales

Executive relationships

Technical storytelling

Job description

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 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.

Who we are

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. 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 Enterprise team is a team of high-performing Account Executives focussed specifically on the Enterprise segment - comprised of Large, late-stage, tech-forward companies that are achieving significant scale.

What you’ll do

As a Sales Manager at Stripe, you will play an instrumental role in fueling Stripe’s growth through new customer acquisition. In this role you will lead by example, help the team to develop their skills, deliver on their ambitious targets, and roll your sleeves up to work directly with customers.

We are looking for a proactive leader who has demonstrated success dealing with ambiguity, operating in a high-growth environment, managing high-performing teams and solving problems with limited oversight. Ideal candidates will have experience scaling and managing a technology sales team, and possess first-class analytical, communication and relationship-building skills.

Responsibilities

• Recruit, develop and lead a team of new business sales professionals, with a particular focus on the Enterprise segment.
• Develop the long-term vision and strategy for the team and manage day-to-day operations, with a focus on performance against key sales metrics.
• Be accountable for increasing revenue and new client acquisition at high rates of growth.
• Coach and guide the team in developing consultative and solution-based sales skills through all facets of the sales cycle.
• Play a personal and direct role in building and maintaining enduring customer relationships, up to C-level.
• Inspire, motivate and enable personal and career development of team members, both to promote career growth and to increase impact for Stripe.
• Work collaboratively and cross-functionally across the organization to help shape Stripe’s products and solutions to meet customer needs.
• Working with Product and other Sales teams in the US, EMEA and AMER.
• Participate in industry events to help drive positive market awareness.

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

• 10+ years of sales experience and 3+ years of people management experience.
• Demonstrated experience leading sales in a high-growth technology environment.
• Ability to hire, train and coach a high-performance sales team.
• Ability to build strategic executive relationships with customers and industry thought leaders.
• Demonstrated passion for helping to scale new technology businesses.
• Ability to understand and articulate technical concepts, and translate them into industry- or business-relevant terms.

Preferred Qualifications

• Prior experience at a growth stage Internet/software company.
• Prior experience leading a team in an international office of a US HQ’d company.
• Prior experience in the payments industry.

In-office expectations

Office-assigned Stripes in most of our locations are currently expected to spend at least 50% of the time in a given month in their local office or with users. This expectation may vary depending on role, team and location. For example, Stripes in Stripe Delivery Center roles in Mexico City, Mexico, Bengaluru, India, and Dublin, Ireland work 100% from the office. Also, some teams have greater in-office attendance requirements, to appropriately support our users and workflows, which the hiring manager will discuss. This approach helps strike a balance between bringing people together for in-person collaboration and learning from each other, while supporting flexibility when possible.

Pay and benefits

The annual salary range for this role in the primary location is A$402,200 - A$603,200. This range may change if you are hired in another location. For sales roles, the range provided is the role’s On Target Earnings (“OTE”) range, meaning that the range includes both the sales commissions/sales bonuses target and annual base salary for the role. This salary range may be inclusive of several career levels at Stripe and will be narrowed during the interview process based on a number of factors, including the candidate’s experience, qualifications, and specific location. Applicants interested in this role and who are not located in the primary location may request the annual salary range for their location during the interview process.

Specific benefits and details about what compensation is included in the salary range listed above will vary depending on the applicant’s location and can be discussed in more detail during the interview process.

• Equity
• Company bonus or sales commissions/bonuses
• Retirement plans
• Health benefits
• Wellness stipends

We look forward to hearing from you.

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