Account Executive, AI Sales (Grower) (San Francisco)

Who we areAbout StripeStripe 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 teamThe AI team is focused on one of Stripe’s most strategic growth areas: enabling the monetization and scaling of AI-native and AI-enabled businesses. We’re in a unique position – partnering with the world’s most ambitious AI companies (the likes of OpenAI, Anthropic, NVIDIA, etc) building on the frontier of artificial intelligence -- across infrastructure, foundation models, agents, and applications -- to help them grow and commercialize globally using Stripe’s full financial stack.As part of Stripe’s GTM / Sales organization, this team works closely with Product, Engineering, and Marketing to shape Stripe’s AI GTM strategy and ensure that the world’s leading AI companies -- from early-stage innovators to the largest public players -- choose Stripe as their monetization platform.What you’ll doWork with existing Stripe customers in the AI Industry to develop and execute long-term sales strategies to expand Stripe’s revenueOwn the full sales cycle, from business case development, to deal structuring and negotiating, to closeDevelop account plans and cross sell into your list of strategic AI customers, driving growth through expansion and new revenue streams Drive deal strategy and commercial negotiations for large, complex renewalsDevelop relationships with executive stakeholders within your book of business, deeply understanding problems they are solving and helping drive to solutionsBe responsible for account mapping and coordinating effective meetings with the appropriate external stakeholders expanding the customer relationshipLead and contribute to team projects to develop and refine our sales process and help shape the Stripe sales cultureMinimum requirements6+ years of sales experience, preferably selling a technical product, with a track record of top performance2+ years leading complex sales cycles with Enterprise organizations requiredAbility to understand technical requirements and craft solutions across multiple productsAbility to develop and execute account plans spanning multiple business units across complex organizationsA knack for working well with a wide range of people, both internally and externallyStrong presentation skills, particularly for in-person meetings with multiple stakeholdersProven ability to lead complex negotiations involving bespoke commercial agreementsSuperior verbal and written communication skillsAbility to operate in a highly ambiguous and fast-paced environmentStrong interest in technology and a deep understanding of the space