Account Executive, Commercial (Grower)
Stripe · Chicago · 1651 Velocity - Account Executives (NA) · listed August 11, 2026
The shape of it
Seniority
Senior
Experience asked
5+ years
Where
Not stated
Requirements listed
7
Length
423 words
In the posting’s own words
The Commercial Sales team is responsible for the acquisition, growth, retention, and expansion of mid-market customers. As a Grower Account Executive, you’ll set strategy for your territory, identify opportunities for existing customers to get the most out of Stripe, execute scaled sales strategies to grow revenue and drive end-to-end campaigns to nurture relationships and increase adoption of Stripe products.
What it asks for · 7
- Minimum of 5+ years full sales cycle/closing experience with existing business accounts
- Ability to understand technical requirements and craft solutions across multiple technology products
- Ability to perform quantitative analysis and independently manage pricing negotiations
- Strong operational acumen and ability to manage and prioritize a book of 100 accounts
- Ability and motivation to operate in a highly ambiguous and fast-paced environment
- Superior verbal and written communication skills
- You will be required to work from the Chicago office three (3) days per week
Also a plus
- Prior experience in a sales and/or customer-facing role at a high growth payments company
What the job covers
- Generate upsell opportunities to drive revenue growth in your territory
- Develop and implement sales strategies to grow revenue per user, adopt new products and ensure retention
- Identify and understand users’ pain points to propose Stripe solutions and own the full sales cycle, from business case development to close
- Own contract renewals and lead commercial negotiations to increase and retain existing customer revenue and increase Stripe share of wallet
- Work cross-functionally to solve user pain points and improve Stripe’s product
- You will be required to work from the Chicago office three (3) days per week
Tools and skills named
Go to market
- Go-to-market
Words the posting leans on
- sales6×
- requirements5×
- revenue5×
- account4×
- customers4×
- existing4×
- growth4×
- products4×
- commercial3×
- increase3×
- user3×
- account executive2×
- business2×
- chicago office2×
- drive2×
- experience2×
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