Description
Job Description
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.
The Benelux Enterprise team is at the forefront of driving revenue and growth across the Netherlands, Belgium and Luxembourg. As trusted business partners, we work with the most ambitious market leaders and high-growth innovators, helping them build the financial infrastructure that powers their next stage of growth.
As an Enterprise Account Executive - Hunter for Belgium, you'll drive Stripe's future growth engine by building new relationships with prospective companies, turning them into happy Stripe users.
Responsibilities
- Own a named account list and develop plans for winning new business with digital native and enterprise companies in Belgium
- Build and maintain key relationships with C-level executives, while orchestrating the right executive touchpoints as well
- Develop outbound strategies to create and nurture opportunities
- Own the full sales cycle from prospecting to close, to go live
- Own and lead commercial negotiations to increase and retain customer revenue and Stripe market share
- Develop relationships with executive stakeholders at prospective users
- Work with company leaders from multiple functions (e.g., Engineering, Product, and Finance) to lead complex product workshops and develop financial analyses
- Lead and contribute to team projects to develop and refine our sales process
- Engage with cross-functional teams (Solutions Architects, Partners, Post Sales, Product and Engineering) to help drive and iterate Stripe's strategy
Who you are
You are an adept salesperson, capable of selling value into prospective customers, engaging in business-level and technical conversations at multiple levels of the organization, including the CTO, COO, and CFO. You have experience working with upper middle market and enterprise companies. You have an in-depth understanding of the buyer journey and can lead a complex, multi-party sale in a highly consultative manner.
Minimum requirements
- 5+ years of sales experience, preferably at a technology company, with a track record of top performance. 3 of these years must involve selling to enterprise customers
- Extensive experience directly selling a technology product or service, preferably at an API-first company, with a record of top performance
- A proven track record of moving sales processes forward from inception to close by leading complex, multi-party sales in a highly consultative manner, understanding strategies and applying value proposition
- A positive attitude and tireless work ethic when encountering blockers to success, whether external or internal
- Used to driving high activity with a goal of building and executing a healthy pipeline of qualified deals to close
- Ability to understand complex business problems companies face today, and craft solutions across multiple products
- Ability to develop and execute account plans spanning multiple business units across complex organizations
- Strong presentation skills, particularly for in-person meetings with multiple stakeholders
- Proven ability to lead complex negotiations involving bespoke commercial agreements
- Ability to operate in a highly ambiguous and fast-paced environment
- Strong interest in technology
- Fluent in spoken and written Dutch and English