Account Executive, SMB Hunter (Central Eastern Europe)

Stripe
Dublin, Ireland

Who this role is best for

Geared toward strategic sellers comfortable with cross-functional collaboration and high-velocity deal cycles, with a focus on technical customer engagement in Central Eastern Europe

Best fit for

  • Candidates with a background in high-growth tech sales and a strong grasp of technical ecosystems
    — “Prior experience in a sales role at a high growth technology company”
  • Individuals who thrive in fast-paced environments and are fluent in Polish
    — “Professional fluency in Polish”
  • Candidates with a proven ability to manage complex sales cycles independently
    — “Analytical ability to manage complex sales cycles”

Things to consider

  • The role demands a high level of autonomy in lead generation and territory management
    — “Generate your own leads through cold calling, blitzing, research, networking, and driving your territory”
  • There is a strong expectation of relationship-building with technical stakeholders
    — “Ability to understand complex technical ecosystems and build great relationships with technical customers”

How to stand out

  • Highlight your ability to coordinate across teams and solve complex client needs
    — “Solve complex client needs and work across product, sales, risk, and operations teams to improve our platform”
  • Emphasize your experience in consultative sales with startups and SMBs
    — “The Startup and SMB Account Executive team is a highly consultative sales team”
Pace · Fast PacedCollaboration · MediumAutonomy · MediumDecision Impact · Individual

Derived from job-description analysis by Serendipath's career intelligence engine.

What success looks like

  • identified high-potential prospects
  • executed full sales cycle strategies
  • generated leads through various methods
Typical background
sales experiencetechnical sales

Skills & requirements

Required

SalesCustomer Relationship ManagementTechnical Ecosystems UnderstandingCold Calling

Preferred

Sales StrategyProduct Knowledge

Stack & domain

SalesCold CallingNetworkingSales StrategiesProduct AdoptionRelationship BuildingProblem-solvingCommunicationTeamworkStrategic ThinkingFinancial InfrastructureTechnology

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 Startup and 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 Startup and 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

2+ years of closing sales experience with a track record of top performance

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

Preferred Qualifications

Prior experience in a sales role at a high growth technology company

Professional fluency in Polish

Source: Stripe careers

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