Sales Manager, Account Executives - Startups (Grower)Active

The opportunity

The Startups Grower team is a highly consultative group that manages relationships, growth, and retention for Stripe’s largest and fastest-growing Funded Startup customers. As a manager on the team, you will oversee a group of Account Executives who have the opportunity to work…

What you'll do

  • Recruit and build a team of Existing Business sellers

  • Work with senior leadership to develop the long-term vision and strategy for: the team, and manage day-to-day operations with a focus on performance against key sales and growth metrics

  • Be accountable for increasing upsell/cross-sell revenue and driving positive: renewal outcomes among high-potential Startups

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

  • Coach and guide the team in developing consultative and solution-based skills: through all facets of the sales cycle for existing Stripe users

  • Inspire, motivate and enable personal: and career-development of team members

What they're looking for

  • + years of relevant experience, with at least 2 years in people management
  • Experience leading sales or account management in an early stage, high-growth technology environment
  • Proven track record of high performance in a new business sales or existing customer upselling role
  • Ability to hire, train and coach a high-performance sales team
  • Ability to build relationships with strategic clients and industry thought leaders
  • Demonstrated passion for start-ups and new technology businesses
  • Ability to understand and articulate technical concepts, and translate them: into industry- or business-relevant terms
  • Prior experience at a growth stage Internet/software company