Sales Manager, SMB Account Executives (Grower) (Chicago)

Who we are About 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 teamAs a Sales Manager, SMB Account Executives (Grower) at Stripe, you will play an instrumental role in fueling Stripe’s growth and retention of our SMB customers. In this role, you will build and lead a team of high-performing Account Executives, helping them to develop their skills and deliver on their ambitious targets, as well as roll your sleeves up to work directly with customers. We are looking for a proactive leader who has demonstrated success dealing with ambiguity, operating in a high-growth environment, managing high-performing teams and solving complicated problems with limited oversight. Ideal candidates will have management and leadership experience scaling a technology sales team and possess first-class analytical, communication and relationship-building skills.What you’ll doResponsibilities Recruit, develop and lead a team of Account Executives who focus on small and medium, high-growth, tech-forward businesses Work with senior leadership to develop the long-term vision and strategy for the team, and manage day-to-day operations with a focus on performance against key sales and growth metricsBe accountable for increasing revenue at high rates of growthCoach and guide the team in developing consultative and solution-based sales skillsInspire, motivate and enable development of team members to promote career growth and impact for Stripe Work collaboratively and cross-functionally across the organization to help shape Stripe’s products and solutions to meet customer needsPlay a personal and direct role in building and maintaining enduring customer relationships, up to C-levelImplement programs to improve pipeline generation efforts and drive overall efficiency for the teamWho you areWe’re looking for someone who meets the minimum requirements to be considered for the role. If you meet these requirements, you are encouraged to apply. The preferred qualifications are a bonus, not a requirement.Minimum requirements8+ years of relevant experience, with 2+ years of people management experience preferred Experience leading sales in an early stage, high-growth technology environmentAbility to hire, train and coach a high-performance sales teamAbility to build relationships with strategic clients and industry thought leadersDemonstrated passion for SMB technology businessesAbility to understand and articulate technical concepts, and translate them into industry- or business-relevant termsPreferred qualificationsPrior experience at a growth stage internet/software companyPrior experience forecasting and managing a high growth commercial businessPrior experience running complex sales cycles, ideally with SMB size companiesPrior experience leading a team in an office outside of the company headquartersPrior experience in the payments industry and/or fintech