Sales Manager, Europe, Enterprise Platforms

Stripe; Berlin, München; On-site; EUR 90,000 - 150,000; Full time

Job summary

Stripe in Berlin is seeking a Platform Sales Manager to lead a team of growth AEs, expanding our footprint with enterprise SaaS platforms. You will drive revenue growth through strategic leadership, hiring, onboarding, and execution across regions.

You will shape GTM campaigns with the product and sales teams, oversee deal strategy, forecast, and cross-functional collaboration. Fluency in English and German is required; you will mentor a high-performance sales organization and deliver revenue

Qualifications

• 12+ years of enterprise sales experience with leadership track record.
• Ability to hire, coach, and motivate a high-performance sales team.
• Professional fluency in English and German.

Responsibilities

• Lead a team of Existing Business/Platform AEs across regions to expand our footprint with enterprise SaaS platforms.
• Drive deal strategy, ensure healthy pipeline, and maintain margin across the portfolio.
• Collaborate cross-functionally to shape product roadmap and sales forecasting.
• Engage with large strategic opportunities and executive relationships.
• Deliver revenue growth for the organization.

Skills

Enterprise sales leadership

People management

German & English bilingual

Forecasting & analytics

Cross-functional collaboration

Job description

Who we areAbout the company

the company is a financial infrastructure platform for businesses. Millions of companies - from the world’s largest enterprises to the most ambitious startups - use the company 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 Platform Sales team is a highly consultative, enterprise sales team that is responsible for some of the company’s largest and fastest growing partners. the company helps software platforms offer more value to their customers by embedding the company’s powerful payments technology and financial services into their solution. As a Platform Sales Manager, you will play a critical role on our go-to-market leadership bench-- leading a team of growth AEs to make embedded payments and financial services a competitive advantage for high-growth organizations.

What you’ll do

• Drive sales growth through successful leadership, organizational planning, customer service and outstanding execution

• Oversee the expansion of the company’s footprint with global saas platforms

• Make hiring decisions, honing our ideal candidate profile and onboarding strategy

• Create structure and focus for GTM ideas and product sales campaigns that the product team is exploring. Drive execution and measurement. Analyze results and make recommendations for action in a timely manner.

• Define key sales support mechanisms, processes, and programs to meet the rapid growth of the business and achieve revenue attainment and market development objectives

• Build a world-class organization and write the playbook for the era of monetizing payments on platform

Responsibilities

• Lead a team of sophisticated Existing Business, Platform AEs across multiple regions focused on expanding our global footprint with enterprise SaaS platforms

• Drive deal strategy and partner across the business to ensure healthy pipeline, funnel conversion, win rate, and margin preservation across the portfolio

• Effectively work cross-functionally across the organization to shape the company's product roadmap and drive best practices on selling and forecasting

• Engage with the largest strategic opportunities, leading executive relationships

• Being accountable for delivering revenue growth

Who you are

We're looking for someone who meets the minimum requirements to be considered for the role. The preferred qualifications are a bonus, not a requirement.

Minimum requirements

• 12+ years of relevant enterprise sales experience

• 3-5+ years of people management experience

• Demonstrated experience leading large Enterprise sales team in a high-growth technology environment

• Ability to hire, coach, and motivate a high-performance sales team

• Ability to articulate complex, technical concepts and translate them into business-relevant terms

• Demonstrated quantitative and analytical skills

• Professional fluency in English and German

Preferred qualifications

• Thrives in fast-paced settings with a high-level of autonomy and can create clarity and structure

• A knack for working well with a wide range of stakeholders, both internally and externally

• Experience scoping and managing strategic projects with input from cross-functional teams

• Prior experience in financial services, the payments industry, or with the card networks