Account Executive, Product Sales, Metronome

Stripe; Seattle (WA); Hybrid; USD 263,000 - 394,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Equity

401(k)

Medical, dental, and vision

Job summary

Stripe is seeking a Billing Account Executive to drive growth with existing and new customers. You will collaborate with core sales, marketing, product teams, and lead strategic deals, building deep product and industry knowledge and executing our go-to-market strategy.

You should be adept at engaging in business-level and technical conversations with executives, owning a direct sales quota, and negotiating bespoke agreements in a fast-paced environment. Hybrid/remote options supported.

Qualifications

• 8+ years of sales experience at a technology company with a track record of top performance.
• Direct sales experience closing new business and expanding existing users with quota ownership.
• Ability to build collaborative relationships with business partners.
• Comfort dealing with ambiguity and fast-moving, unstructured environments.
• Self-starter capable of driving results with minimal supervision.
• Hands-on mentality and practical problem solving.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills across levels.
• Strong presentation skills, especially in-person with multiple stakeholders.
• Proven ability to lead complex negotiations for bespoke commercial agreements.
• Ability to understand complex technical requirements and craft cross-functional solutions.

Responsibilities

• Drive revenue to achieve and overperform on targets.
• Lead new sales and upsell conversations with existing and prospective customers.
• Drive strategic thought leadership within the assigned territory to ensure user success and revenue growth.
• Understand the sales process and competitors for Stripe, including software, hardware, and payments.
• Serve as an internal and customer-facing expert on Stripe, especially for specialized products.
• Synthesize and relay customer feedback to inform Stripe's product roadmap.
• Engage with Product, Marketing, and User Operations to amplify growth trajectory.

Skills

Sales experience

Direct sales

Collaboration

Ambiguity tolerance

Self-starter

Hands-on

Communication skills

Presentation skills

Negotiation

Technical understanding

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

Product Sales is a team of functional and technical specialists who both lead and advise on deals for the most strategically important products in Stripe’s portfolio. Revenue suite Product Sales is tasked with attacking a $100B market opportunity for back office finance automation across billing, tax, revenue reporting, and data.

What you’ll do

As a Billing Account Executive at Stripe, you'll use your sales and product expertise to help drive growth through both existing and new-to-Stripe customers. You'll collaborate with the core sales, marketing, product marketing, and product teams to develop deep product and industry knowledge and drive strategic deals. You'll lead in-depth product discussions with existing and prospective customers and build and execute against our go-to-market strategy.

Responsibilities

• Drive revenue to achieve and overperform on targets
• Lead new sales and upsell conversations of Stripe for existing and prospective customers
• Drive strategic thought leadership within assigned territory to ensure user success and revenue growth
• Understand the sales process and competitors for Stripe, including software, hardware, and payments
• Serve as both an internal and customer-facing expert on Stripe, especially for your specialized products
• Synthesize and relay customer feedback and our findings to inform Stripe's product roadmap
• Engage with Product, Marketing, and User Operations teams to help amplify our growth trajectory

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. You're an adept salesperson, capable of engaging in business-level and technical conversations at multiple levels of the organization, including CEO, CFO, and CTO. You're used to building value in competitive situations and enjoy working on products that require deep product understanding, combined with technical knowledge. You're as comfortable working with clients as with internal stakeholders (including executives). You're excited to become an expert and to share your knowledge. You're an organized self-starter, an excellent communicator who is detail-oriented and has a track record for improving the processes and organizations around you.

Minimum Requirements

• 8+ years of sales or prospecting experience at a technology company and a track record of top performance
• Owning a direct sales quota, with direct sales experience closing new business and expanding existing users
• A proven ability to build strong collaborative working relationships with business partners
• The ability to deal with ambiguity and thrive in an unstructured, fast-moving environment
• A proven ability to be a self-starter capable of driving business results without significant supervision
• A hands‑on mentality
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills
• Strong presentation skills, particularly for in‑person meetings with multiple stakeholders
• Proven ability to lead complex negotiations involving bespoke commercial agreements
• Ability to understand complex technical requirements and craft solutions across multiple stakeholders

Preferred Qualifications

• 5+ years of experience selling financial services or similar software
• Experience in selling billing solutions
• Proven ability to sell in a fast-paced environment

Hybrid work at Stripe

This role is available either in an office or a remote location (35+ miles or 56+ km from a Stripe office).

In-office expectations

Office-assigned Stripes spend at least 50% of the time in a given month in their local office or with users.

Working remotely at Stripe

A remote location is defined as being 35 miles (56 kilometers) or more from one of our offices. While you would be welcome to come into the office for team/business meetings, on‑sites, meet‑ups, and events, our expectation is you would regularly work from home rather than a Stripe office. Stripe does not cover the cost of relocating to a remote location. We encourage you to apply for roles that match the location where you currently live or plan to live.

Pay and benefits

The annual US base salary range for this role is $262,900 - $394,300. 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 location. Applicants interested in this role and who are not located in the US may request the annual salary range for their location during the interview process.

• equity, company bonus or sales commissions/bonuses
• 401(k) plan
• medical, dental, and vision benefits
• wellness stipends

We look forward to hearing from you.

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