Account Executive, Startups (Grower)
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Stripe’s Startups, Existing Business team grows and retains large and fast-growing startup customers. The Account Executive identifies opportunities to help clients get more value from Stripe, closes upsells and renewals, and drives product adoption. The role owns sales cycles for startups and small and medium businesses, develops client relationships, and coordinates with internal teams to address customer needs and support success.
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Full job description
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 Startups, Existing Business team is a consultative sales team that is responsible for the growth and retention of the largest and fastest-growing Startup customers at Stripe. As an Account Executive, you'll identify new opportunities for our clients to get the most out of Stripe by understanding our clients' needs, execute scaled sales strategies to close upsells and renewals with existing Stripe customers, and drive end-to-end campaigns to increase adoption of Stripe products. What you'll do Responsibilities
- Own contract renewals and lead commercial negotiations to increase and retain existing customer revenue and Stripe market share
- Develop and implement full sales cycle strategies for driving product adoption, net new product sales, and client retention at scale among existing Stripe customers
- Solve complex client needs and work across product, sales, risk, and operations teams to improve our product
- Own the full sales cycle from lead to close for startups and small and medium businesses
- Generate your own leads through cold calling, blitzing, research, networking, and driving your territory
- Make every potential Stripe user happy with every interaction, regardless of deal size
- Identify and understand users' pain points to propose Stripe solutions
- Make sure that internal teams are set up for users' success by coordinating with other Stripe teams
Who you are We'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 requirements
- 5+ years of experience in a client-facing sales role
- Ability to understand complex technical ecosystems and build great relationships with technical customers
- Ability to drive and close upsell opportunities for additional Stripe products in long-term, consultative engagements
- Problem-solving ability to manage complex pricing and cost considerations
- Experience managing projects with input from cross-functional teams
- A knack for working well with a wide range of stakeholders, both internally and externally
- Ability and motivation to operate in an ambiguous and fast-paced environment
- Superior verbal and written communication skills
Preferred qualifications
- Prior experience in a sales and customer-facing role at a high-growth technology company
- Experience with Excel and SQL, or a willingness to learn
How this job compares
Set against the 12,285 open Account Executive jobs on Olive Jobs, counted November 4, 2026.
- Pay
- This postingNot listed
- Illinois median$113–160K/yr377 salary ranges
- US median$32–51/hr553 hourly ranges
- Openings
- Olive Jobs lists 466 open Account Executive jobs in Illinois and 12,285 across the US. 15% of them nationwide are listed as remote or flexible.
- Experience
- This posting asks for at least 5 years of experience; Account Executive postings that state a minimum ask for 5 years at the median (9,381 postings).
- Education
- 1,773 of the 12,285 open Account Executive jobs (14%) ask for a bachelor's degree or higher.
Counted across the open, public US postings on Olive Jobs on November 4, 2026. Pay medians are the middle values of the low ends and of the high ends of postings that list both ends of a range in the same cadence (a yearly salary or an hourly rate); a range's midpoint is halfway between its ends. Pay and experience figures resting on fewer than 20 postings are left out.
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