Sales Manager, Enterprise - Hunter

Stripe
Chicago, US
On-site

Who this role is best for

A natural match if you have experience scaling enterprise sales teams in the payments or SaaS industry.

Best fit for

  • Candidates with a history of leading and scaling high-performance sales teams in enterprise technology or payments.
    — “management and leadership experience scaling a technology sales team”
  • Individuals who can translate technical concepts into value propositions for complex clients.
    — “Ability to clearly communicate technical concepts and build great relationships with highly technical customers”
  • Professionals who thrive in environments with limited oversight and a focus on solving ambiguous problems.
    — “demonstrated a track record of target attainment and success dealing with ambiguity”

Things to consider

  • The role demands a strong ability to work with strategic clients and industry thought leaders.
    — “Experience building relationships with strategic clients, industry thought leaders and alliances & channel partners”
  • Geographic focus is on the US, with an emphasis on AMER expansion.
    — “scaling our GTM presence across AMER”

How to stand out

  • Highlight your experience in consultative selling and client relationship development in your resume and interview.
    — “Train the team in up-leveling professional skills such as collaborative pipeline generation, consultative and solution-based selling”
  • Emphasize your ability to drive revenue with clear accountability for net revenue targets.
    — “Be accountable for operating net revenue and activation targets to grow Stripe’s revenue”
  • Showcase your leadership in high-growth environments with specific metrics or outcomes.
    — “operating in an early stage, high-growth, technology forward environment”
Pace · Fast PacedCollaboration · HighAutonomy · MediumDecision Impact · Team

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What success looks like

  • recruit, mentor, develop, and lead a team of sales professionals
  • train the team in professional skills
  • develop long-term vision and strategy
  • manage day-to-day operations
  • operate net revenue and activation targets
Typical background
10+ years of experience as a proven account executive5+ years of front line sales management experience

Skills & requirements

Required

Sales ManagementTeam LeadershipTrainingCoachingScaling Sales TeamsCross-functional CollaborationNet Revenue ManagementClient Relationship Building

Preferred

Second Line Management ExperienceMeddiic Training

Stack & domain

LeadershipCommunicationFinanceHealthcare

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 Hunter 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 across the US focusing on landing new logos, 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 GTM presence across AMER.

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 trusted 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.

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 and deeply technical sales. 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 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 a plus.

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 forward 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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