Head of Enterprise, West

Stripe
San Francisco +2 more
Remote

Who this role is best for

Aimed at senior sales leaders with team-building experience who can navigate high-growth environments and manage cross-functional collaboration.

Best fit for

  • Senior sales leaders with a track record of scaling high-performance teams in SaaS or payments.
    — “management and leadership experience scaling a technology sales team”
  • Individuals experienced in consultative selling and client relationship-building with technical stakeholders.
    — “ability to clearly communicate technical concepts and build great relationships with highly technical customers”

Things to consider

  • This role demands direct client engagement and may require travel or in-person work across multiple West Coast locations.
    — “roll up your sleeves to work directly with prospective Stripe customers”
  • The position involves significant cross-functional collaboration across the organization.
    — “effectively work cross-functionally across the organization to shape Stripe’s solutions”

How to stand out

  • Highlight experience in both individual contributor and management roles within enterprise sales.
    — “10+ years of experience as a proven account executive and/or 5+ years of front line sales management experience”
  • Emphasize your ability to train teams in consultative and solution-based selling techniques.
    — “Train the team in up-leveling professional skills such as collaborative pipeline generation, consultative and solution-based selling”
  • Showcase your strategic vision for team growth and how you align it with business goals.
    — “Develop both the long-term vision and strategy for the team and manage day-to-day operations”
  • Position yourself as a leader who can drive revenue growth while maintaining profitability.
    — “Be accountable for operating net revenue and activation targets to grow Stripe’s revenue profitably”
Pace · Fast PacedCollaboration · HighAutonomy · MediumDecision Impact · Team

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

What success looks like

  • recruited and developed a high-performing sales team
  • achieved ambitious sales targets
  • trained and coached sales professionals
Typical background
10+ years of experience in sales, preferably in technology or SaaSproven track record in sales management

Skills & requirements

Required

Sales ManagementTeam LeadershipSales StrategyCustomer Relationship ManagementSales Training

Preferred

AI And Machine LearningCRM Systems

Stack & domain

LeadershipSales ManagementTrainingCommunicationProblem SolvingTeamworkTechnologySaasBankingPayments

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 Enterprise West Sales team engages with some of the largest and fastest-growing businesses in the world to take advantage of Stripe’s solutions. You'll lead and coach high-performing sales executives dispersed along the West Coast, helping them deliver on ambitious targets, as well as roll up your sleeves to work directly with prospective Stripe customers.

What you’ll do

Responsibilities

Recruit, mentor, develop, and lead a team of sales professionals while scaling our New York GTM presence.

Train the team in up-leveling professional skills such as collaborative pipeline generation, consultative and solution-based selling, closing tactics, adoption of MEDDIIC, and serving as a Trust Advisor to Stripe Users.

Develop both the long-term vision and strategy for the team and manage day-to-day operations.

Be accountable for operating net revenue and activation targets to grow Stripe’s revenue profitably.

Effectively work cross-functionally across the organization to shape Stripe’s solutions to meet client needs.

Inspire, motivate and enable individual development to promote career growth of direct reports.

Who you are

We are looking for a self-starting leader who is a builder and has demonstrated a track record of target attainment and success dealing with ambiguity, operating in a high-growth environment, and solving complicated problems with limited oversight. Ideal candidates will have management and leadership experience scaling a technology sales team, superior communication skills, and a knack for understanding unique customer needs. 

Minimum requirements

10+ years of experience as a proven account executive and/or 5+ years of front line sales management experience within technology, SaaS, banking or payments spaces. Second line management experience is preferred 

Experience training, coaching, and scaling a high-performance sales team.

Ability to build relationships with strategic clients, industry thought leaders and alliances & channel partners.

Experience operating in an early stage, high-growth technology environment.

Demonstrated passion for Stripe’s mission.

Ability to clearly communicate technical concepts and build great relationships with highly technical customers.

Source: Stripe careers

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