Account Executive, Velocity SMB Hunter

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Account Executive, Velocity SMB Hunter

Stripe

Dublin

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About the Company

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 UK SMB Hunter team is responsible for winning net-new business across the SMB segment in the UK. We focus on bringing Stripe products to high-potential businesses that are not yet Stripe customers. We move with urgency, operate with focus, and pride ourselves on delivering strong commercial results through disciplined outbound execution and high-quality customer engagement.

Key Responsibilities

As an Account Executive on the UK SMB Hunter team, you will own a portfolio of prospective SMB accounts and be responsible for winning new business for Stripe. This is a true hunting role, with a strong emphasis on outbound prospecting, pipeline generation, and closing new logos. You will partner closely with an SDR to execute targeted outbound strategies, while also building your own pipeline through proactive prospecting and account-based selling.

You will run high-velocity, consultative sales cycles, help prospective users understand the value of the Stripe platform, and guide them from discovery through close and activation.

Own the full sales cycle for net-new SMB prospects, from prospecting and discovery through solutioning, negotiation, close, and activation

Build and execute outbound strategies across a named account set to create, progress, and close new business opportunities

Partner closely with SDRs to identify target accounts, refine messaging, and generate qualified pipeline, while also self-sourcing opportunities

Lead consultative sales conversations with founders, operators, and functional stakeholders across payments, finance, product, and engineering

Understand customer pain points and business objectives, and position Stripe products and solutions to meet their needs, while building trusted relationships with key decision-makers and stakeholders throughout the sales process

Drive deal strategy and commercial negotiations to deliver strong outcomes for both Stripe and prospective users

Maintain a high bar for pipeline quality, forecast accuracy, and operational rigor

Candidate Profile & Mindset

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

Proven success in a closing sales role with a strong focus on net-new business acquisition, or in a customer-facing role such as solution engineering, implementation consulting, or strategy consulting with demonstrated experience influencing commercial outcomes and executive decision-making

Experience managing outbound sales motions and building pipeline through a combination of SDR partnership and self-generated prospecting, or experience partnering closely with sales teams on account-based strategies that generate and progress new business opportunities

Ability to run high-velocity sales cycles while maintaining strong qualification, deal control, and forecasting discipline

Strong consultative selling skills and the ability to uncover customer needs, build business cases, and align solutions to buyer priorities

Ability to understand technical concepts and communicate the value of multi-product solutions to both business and technical stakeholders, with strong written and verbal communication skills in English

Preferred / Nice-to-Have Qualifications

Experience selling payments, fintech, SaaS, or other technology solutions

Experience in a high-growth sales environment with strong outbound expectations

Experience working with founders and SMB decision-makers

Familiarity with account-based prospecting and territory planning

About Stripe

Stripe, founded in 2010 by Patrick and John Collison in South San Francisco and Dublin, builds financial infrastructure for the internet. Its APIs let millions of businesses accept payments, manage subscriptions, prevent fraud with Radar, and move money with Connect and Treasury. Valued at $65B+ after its 2024 rounds and processing over $1T annually, Stripe is the default for marketplaces, SaaS and AI startups. In Web3, Stripe's crypto on-ramps and USDC payouts bridge traditional checkout with on-chain treasury. Teams emphasize written clarity, rigorous productcraft and owning money movement that must work every time. In addition to global payments infrastructure, Stripe invests heavily in crypto developer tools, USDC stablecoin settlement rails, and automated merchant payouts.

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