Sales Manager, Enterprise (Grower)

Job Overview

You will lead and coach high-performing sales executives (growers), helping them deliver on ambitious targets, as well as roll up your sleeves to work directly with prospective Stripe customers.

Responsibilities

• Recruit, train and lead a team of sales professionals
• Build new processes and sales plays for a growing Digital Native & Enterprise business
• 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.

Requirements

• 10+ years of sales experience and 5+ years of people management experience.
• Fluency in English and French
• Demonstrated experience leading sales 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 leading a team in an international office
• Prior experience in the payments industry.