Account Executive, Enterprise Hunter (DACH Market)

About Stripe

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. That means you have an unprecedented opportunity to put the global economy within everyone's reach while doing the most important work of your career.

Who we are

About Stripe

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. That means you have an unprecedented opportunity to put the global economy within everyone's reach while doing the most important work of your career.

About The Team

The DACH Enterprise team is at the forefront of driving revenue and growth across Germany, Austria, and Switzerland. As trusted business partners, we work with the most ambitious market leaders and high-growth innovators — DeepL, Refurbed, N26 to Nestlé — helping them build the financial infrastructure that powers their next stage of growth. We're known for our product expertise, rigorous thinking, and user-first approach to problem-solving.

Stripe's financial infrastructure is the engine that unlocks new revenue streams, automates complex local compliance, and drives global expansion for the region's most prominent businesses. This is a pivotal moment for Stripe in DACH — the market opportunity is significant, and our team serves as a critical source of user feedback and market intelligence, with direct influence on the product roadmap and growth strategy. We're a diverse, international team that values collaboration and curiosity, and we're looking for someone who's eager to share knowledge and keep learning.

What you’ll do

As an Account Executive, Enterprise at Stripe, you'll drive Stripe's future growth engine by building new relationships with prospective companies, turning them into happy Stripe users. You’ll own a named portfolio of high-potential targets, serving as the primary executive point of contact for senior stakeholders across business, product, and technology. You will be responsible for defining and executing multi-year account strategies, generating your own targeted outbound opportunities, and orchestrating complex, multi-threaded sales cycles—from discovery and solution design through commercial negotiation, onboarding, activation, and early expansion. You are an energetic and highly organized self-starter who understands how to navigate complex organizations, engage the right decision-makers and influencers, and succinctly communicate Stripe’s differentiated value—both business and technical—for each customer.

Responsibilities

• Own a named account list and develop account plans for winning new business with digital native and enterprise companies
• Build, prioritize, and manage a robust, multi-threaded enterprise sales pipeline, including multi-quarter forecasting and account planning.
• Own the full sales cycle end to end—from executive engagement and lead generation through scoping, solution design, commercial negotiation, closing, onboarding, activation, and early expansion.
• Proactively generate your own pipeline through targeted outreach (e.g. cold calling, blitzing, research, networking, events, partners) and by driving a clear territory and account strategy.
• Effectively manage and advance leads qualified by inbound and outbound sales development representatives, ensuring smooth hand-offs and high conversion into late-stage opportunities.
• Ensure every potential and existing Stripe user has an excellent, high-touch experience at every interaction, regardless of deal size, seniority, or stage of the relationship.
• Identify and deeply understand users’ business models, technical environments, and pain points in order to shape and propose impactful Stripe solutions and multi-year roadmaps.
• Orchestrate and coordinate cross-functional Stripe teams (e.g. Solutions Engineering, Product, Legal, Risk, Operations, Marketing, Partnerships, Leadership) to align on strategy and ensure internal resources are set up for user success and long-term growth.

Minimum Requirements

• 6+ years of sales experience, preferably selling a highly technical product to enterprise customers, with a track record of top performance
• Ability to understand technical requirements and craft solutions across multiple products
• Ability to develop and execute account plans spanning multiple business units across complex organizations
• A knack for working well with a wide range of people, both internally and externally
• Strong presentation skills, particularly for in-person meetings with multiple stakeholders
• Proven ability to lead complex negotiations involving bespoke commercial agreements
• Strong verbal and written communication skills in English and in German
• Ability to operate in a highly ambiguous and fast-paced environment
• Strong interest in technology and a deep understanding of the space

Preferred Requirements

• Strong interest and knowledge in technology, the payments landscape, and related products, with the ability to advise customers strategically on payments, monetization, and platform architecture.
• Superior verbal and written communication skills, including experience crafting and delivering executive presentations, proposals, and commercial narratives.
• Ability to think and operate strategically (e.g. building multi-year account plans, portfolio strategies) and connect this thinking back into concrete operational execution across internal teams and customer stakeholders.

Hybrid work at Stripe

This role is available either in an office or a remote location (35+ miles or 56+ km from a Stripe office).

In-office expectations

Office-assigned Stripes spend at least 50% of the time in a given month in their local office or with users. This hits a balance between bringing people together for in-person collaboration and learning from each other, while supporting flexibility about how to do this in a way that makes sense for individuals and their teams.

Working remotely at Stripe

A remote location is defined as being 35 miles (56 kilometers) or more from one of our offices. While you would be welcome to come into the office for team/business meetings, on-sites, meet‑ups, and events, our expectation is you would regularly work from home rather than a Stripe office. Stripe does not cover the cost of relocating to a remote location. We encourage you to apply for roles that match the location where you currently live or plan to live.

Pay and benefits

The annual salary range for this role in the primary location is €167,600 - €300,000. This range may change if you are hired in another location. For sales roles, the range provided is the role’s On Target Earnings (“OTE”) range, meaning that the range includes both the sales commissions/sales bonuses target and annual base salary for the role. This salary range may be inclusive of several career levels at Stripe and will be narrowed during the interview process based on a number of factors, including the candidate’s experience, qualifications, and specific location. Applicants interested in this role and who are not located in the primary location may request the annual salary range for their location during the interview process.

Specific benefits and details about what compensation is included in the salary range listed above will vary depending on the applicant’s location and can be discussed in more detail during the interview process. Benefits/additional compensation for this role may include: equity, company bonus or sales commissions/bonuses; retirement plans; health benefits; and wellness stipends.

We look forward to hearing from you.

At Stripe, we're looking for people with passion, grit, and integrity. You're encouraged to apply even if your experience doesn't precisely match the job description. Your skills and passion will stand out—and set you apart—especially if your career has taken some extraordinary twists and turns. At Stripe, we welcome diverse perspectives and people who think rigorously and aren't afraid to challenge assumptions. Join us.

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