Account Executive, AI Startups - Grower

Stripe
San Francisco, CA
Career-pivot friendly

Who this role is best for

A natural match if you have experience in high-growth tech sales and working with AI startups.

Best fit for

  • Candidates with a background in scaling AI or tech startups and consultative selling experience
    — “prior experience in a sales and/or customer-facing role at a high growth technology company”
  • Individuals who have managed complex pricing models and cross-functional projects
    — “Analytical ability to manage complex pricing and cost considerations”
  • Professionals with a history of engaging with technical founders and industry leaders
    — “Ability to understand complex technical ecosystems and build great relationships with technical customers”

Things to consider

  • This role demands a high level of ambiguity tolerance and adaptability in fast-moving markets
    — “Ability and motivation to operate in a highly ambiguous and fast-paced environment”
  • The position involves extensive collaboration across multiple internal teams
    — “Address complex client needs by collaborating with product, sales, risk, and operations teams”

How to stand out

  • Highlight your ability to create and refine go-to-market strategies for emerging technologies
    — “Build and refine the go-to-market playbook for AI monetization and usage-based billing”
  • Showcase your experience in driving upsell opportunities in consultative sales engagements
    — “Ability to drive and close upsell opportunities for additional Stripe products in long-term, consultative engagements”
  • Demonstrate your capacity to engage with AI founders and industry influencers effectively
    — “Engage with AI founders and industry influencers to position Stripe as the preferred infrastructure for monetizing AI”
Pace · Fast PacedCollaboration · HighAutonomy · MediumDecision Impact · Team

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What success looks like

  • Increased revenue and market share
  • Developed and implemented sales strategies
  • Enhanced client satisfaction
Typical background
5+ years of experience in client-facing sales rolesExperience in high-growth technology companies

Skills & requirements

Required

Sales Cycle ManagementCommercial NegotiationsClient Relationship ManagementTechnical UnderstandingAnalytical SkillsProject Management

Preferred

AI Industry KnowledgeTechnical Sales ExperienceExcel And SQL Skills

Stack & domain

SalesNegotiationCRMExcelSQLLeadershipCommunicationProblem-solvingTeamworkAIStartupsBillingMonetization

About the role

Original posting from Stripe

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 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 AI Startups team is focused on one of Stripe’s most strategic growth areas: enabling the monetization and scaling of AI-native and AI-enabled businesses. We are in a unique position to partner with the most ambitious AI companies at the forefront of artificial intelligence. Our team collaborates across infrastructure, foundational models, agents, and applications to support these companies in their growth and global commercialization using Stripe’s comprehensive financial stack.

What you’ll do

Responsibilities

Own contract renewals and lead commercial negotiations to increase revenue and market share among existing customers.

Develop and implement sales cycle strategies to drive product adoption, new sales, and client retention at scale.

Address complex client needs by collaborating with product, sales, risk, and operations teams to enhance our offerings.

Build and refine the go-to-market playbook for AI monetization and usage-based billing (UBB), including segmentation, messaging, sales strategy, and pipeline generation.

Engage with AI founders and industry influencers to position Stripe as the preferred infrastructure for monetizing AI.

Represent Stripe in market-facing activities (e.g., hackathons, webinars, events) to elevate our presence in the AI and billing ecosystem.

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 hungry, smart, persistent, and a great teammate, we want to hear from you!

Minimum requirements

5+ years of experience in a client-facing/sales role

Ability to understand complex technical ecosystems and build great relationships with technical customers

Ability to drive and close upsell opportunities for additional Stripe products in long-term, consultative engagements

Analytical ability to manage complex pricing and cost considerations

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

Preferred qualifications

Prior experience in a sales and/or customer-facing role at a high growth technology company

Experience with Excel and SQL, or a willingness to learn

Source: Stripe careers

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