Sales Manager, Enterprise, DACH

Stripe
Berlin, Germany
On-site

Who this role is best for

Enterprise sales professionals with team leadership experience and a background in payments will find this high-growth role in Berlin rewarding.

Best fit for

  • Candidates with a track record of leading enterprise sales teams in fast-growing tech environments
    — “leading and Enterprise sales team in a high-growth technology environment”
  • Individuals who have managed teams in international offices of US-based companies
    — “leading a team in an international office of a US HQ’d company”
  • Professionals with a history of translating technical concepts into business value for clients
    — “understand and articulate technical concepts, and translate them into industry- or business-relevant terms”

Things to consider

  • This role demands a long-term commitment due to the 10+ years of sales experience requirement
    — “10+ years of sales experience including 5+ years of people management experience”
  • The position requires direct engagement with C-level executives, which may involve high-stakes interactions
    — “build strategic executive relationships with customers and industry thought leaders”

How to stand out

  • Highlight your experience in scaling enterprise sales teams during periods of rapid growth
    — “demonstrated success dealing with ambiguity, operating in a high-growth environment”
  • Showcase your ability to coach teams in consultative sales approaches
    — “coach and guide the team in developing consultative and solution-based sales skills”
  • Emphasize your background in building long-term customer relationships at the executive level
    — “play a personal and direct role in building and maintaining enduring customer relationships, up to C-level”
Pace · Fast PacedCollaboration · HighAutonomy · HighDecision Impact · Company

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What success looks like

  • increasing revenue and new client acquisition
  • building and maintaining enduring customer relationships
  • shaping Stripe’s products and solutions
Typical background
10+ years of sales experience including 5+ years of people management experience

Skills & requirements

Required

Sales LeadershipTeam ManagementStrategic VisionConsultative SalesSolution-based SalesCustomer Relationship ManagementCross-functional CollaborationIndustry Event Participation

Preferred

Experience In The Payments Industry

Stack & domain

SalesPeople ManagementEnterprise SalesHigh-growth Technology EnvironmentStrategic Executive RelationshipsTechnical ConceptsIndustry-relevant TermsPayments IndustryProactiveLeadingDealing With AmbiguityOperating In A High-growth EnvironmentManaging High-performing TeamsSolving ProblemsCoachingBuilding RelationshipsCollaborationShaping Products And SolutionsTechnologyPayments

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

As a Sales Manager at Stripe, you will play an instrumental role in fueling Stripe’s growth through new customer acquisition.

In this role you will lead a team of high-performing Account Executives focussed specifically on the Enterprise segment. You will lead by example, help the team to develop their skills, deliver on their ambitious targets, and roll your sleeves up to work directly with customers.

What you’ll do

We are looking for a proactive leader who has demonstrated success dealing with ambiguity, operating in a high-growth environment, managing high-performing teams and solving problems with limited oversight. Ideal candidates will have experience scaling and managing a technology sales team, and possess first-class analytical, communication and relationship-building skills.

Responsibilities

Recruit, develop and lead a team of new business sales professionals, with a particular focus on the Enterprise segment.

Develop the long-term vision and strategy for the team and manage day-to-day operations, with a focus on performance against key sales metrics.

Be accountable for increasing revenue and new client acquisition at high rates of growth.

Coach and guide the team in developing consultative and solution-based sales skills through all facets of the sales cycle.

Play a personal and direct role in building and maintaining enduring customer relationships, up to C-level.

Inspire, motivate and enable personal and career development of team members, both to promote career growth and to increase impact for Stripe.

Work collaboratively and cross-functionally across the organisation to help shape Stripe’s products and solutions to meet customer needs. In particular, this will involve working with Product and other Sales teams in the US, EMEA and APAC.

Participate in industry events to help drive positive market awareness.

Who you are

We’re looking for someone who meets the minimum requirements to be considered for the role. If you meet these requirements, you are encouraged to apply. The preferred qualifications are a bonus, not a requirement.

Minimum requirements

10+ years of sales experience including 5+ years of people management experience.

Demonstrated experience leading and Enterprise sales team in a high-growth technology environment.

Ability to hire, train and coach a high-performance sales team.

Ability to build strategic executive relationships with customers and industry thought leaders.

Demonstrated passion for helping to scale new technology businesses.

Ability to understand and articulate technical concepts, and translate them into industry- or business-relevant terms.

Preferred qualifications

Prior experience at a growth stage technology company.

Prior experience leading a team in an international office of a US HQ’d company.

Prior experience in the payments industry

Source: Stripe careers

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