Description
We're looking for a Business Development Manager to join our team at Stripe. In this role, you will be at the forefront of a rapidly evolving space, helping to define and execute Stripe's strategy for enabling AI agents to thrive online.
Your main responsibilities will include engaging with early adopters among AI companies, marketplaces, and developers to understand their needs and challenges in leveraging financial services within agentic workflows. You will also develop a deep understanding of agentic commerce use profiles, including traditional companies exploring AI, marketplaces with monetization needs, personal shopping agents requiring spend/hold/receive functionalities, and developers seeking Stripe integration.
You will articulate Stripe's narrative on agentic commerce and its value proposition to various audiences, demonstrating how Stripe is solving key problems such as automating financial services, monetizing AI agent usage, enabling secure spending by AI agents, and simplifying integration.
You will develop and recommend solutions in partnership with core Account Executives, Solutions Architects, Product, and Product Marketing, tailoring Stripe's offerings to specific agentic commerce use cases.
You will contribute to the development and execution of the go-to-market strategy for Agentic Commerce, help develop AI-specific sales plays, and identify key use cases to drive adoption.
You will engage with strategic partners, particularly with networks like Visa, to explore collaborative opportunities and influence the future of AI-enabled commerce.
You will gather and share user feedback and industry trends to inform Stripe's product strategy and roadmap for Agentic Commerce.
You will collaborate closely with Product Marketing to create educational content and enablement materials for internal teams and potential users.
You will evangelize Stripe's Agentic Commerce position in relevant forums such as EBCs, Sessions, Tours, and contribute to establishing Stripe as a leader in this space.
To be successful in this role, you will need 8+ years of experience in business development, sales, or partnerships within the technology or financial services industry. You will also need a strong understanding of the AI landscape, including LLMs, AI Agents, and their applications, familiarity with payments processing, financial services APIs, and usage-based billing models, proven ability to identify and develop new business opportunities and build strong customer relationships, excellent communication, presentation, and interpersonal skills, and experience working cross-functionally with product, marketing, and sales teams.