Enterprise Services Sales Executive - Professional Services

Job Overview

As an Enterprise Services Sales Executive - Professional Services at Stripe, you will play a crucial role in driving the company's future growth engine by selling Professional Services engagements to strategic clients and building relationships with prospective users.

Responsibilities

• Own the entire Professional Services sales cycle for enterprise companies.
• Partner with Account Executives on named account lists to develop account plans aimed at winning and expanding Professional Services business with enterprise clients.
• Drive the success of Professional Services by managing and forecasting bookings.
• Craft custom proposals that align with clients' business outcomes, utilizing services across Professional Services and partner offerings.
• Advise senior leadership in customer organizations on building business cases for digital transformation.
• Lead pre-sales workshops with customers, focusing on strategy, vision, discovery, and assessment.
• Shape Professional Services deals, and build and negotiate contracts/Statements of Work.
• Engage with Product and Engineering teams to influence product strategy for large clients.
• Collaborate effectively with GTM partners to integrate complementary strategies and drive mutual growth objectives.
• Prepare the delivery team with user insights to ensure that the delivery aligns with the desired business outcomes.

Requirements

• 5+ years of professional services sales experience, preferably at a technology company or a consulting firm, with a track record of top performance.
• Proven experience in pre-sales and sales of sizable service engagements, as well as in contract and Statement of Work (SOW) development.
• Demonstrated ability to lead large transformational engagements using disruptive technologies.
• Thrives on the urgency and importance of working with our largest customers, achieving set objectives while balancing competing priorities.
• Ability to understand complex business requirements and develop tailored solutions.
• Demonstrated ability to navigate ambiguity to produce strategic insights and identify opportunities.

Preferred Qualifications

• Knowledge of the sales cycles associated with a SaaS product or technology platform for strategic enterprise customers.
• An in-depth understanding of the buyer journey and the ability to lead complex, multi-party sales in a highly consultative manner.
• Experience working with upper middle market and enterprise companies.
• A proven track record of driving cross-functional alignment among a broad set of stakeholders, including engineering, sales, support, product, marketing, data science, and senior leadership, to achieve growth targets.
• Experience in building and scaling a go-to-market (GTM) growth discipline, including the development of strategy, processes, and operating models.
• Proven ability to create a strong growth culture within a team.
• Background in a growth-stage internet/software company and/or the payments industry.
• Familiarity with APIs and their role in digital solutions.