Growth Account Executive, Startups

About Anthropic Anthropic’s mission is to create reliable, interpretable, and steerable AI systems. We want AI to be safe and beneficial for our users and for society as a whole. Our team is a quickly growing group of committed researchers, engineers, policy experts, and business leaders working together to build beneficial AI systems. About the role As one of the founding Startup Account Executives in EMEA, you’ll pioneer the adoption of safe, frontier AI across the region by securing strategic deals with some of the fastest growing technology companies in the world. You’ll leverage your consultative sales expertise to propel revenue growth while becoming a trusted partner to customers, helping them embed and deploy AI while uncovering its full range of capabilities. In collaboration with GTM, product, and marketing teams, you’ll build Anthropic's presence across EMEA's dynamic startup ecosystem, continuously refining our value proposition, sales methodology, and market positioning to ensure differentiated value across the landscape. The ideal candidate will have a passion for developing new market segments, pinpointing high-potential opportunities, and executing strategies to capture them. As an early member of our EMEA sales team, you'll help establish Anthropic's commercial foundation in the region while advancing the ethical development of AI technology. Responsibilities: Win new business and drive revenue for Anthropic. Find your way to the right people at prospective customers, educate them about LLMs, and help them succeed with Anthropic. You’ll own the full sales cycle, from first outbound to launch Design and execute innovative sales strategies to meet and exceed revenue quotas. Analyze market landscapes, trends, and dynamics to translate high-level plans into targeted sales activities, partnerships, and campaigns Spearhead market expansion by pinpointing new customer segments and use cases, collaborating cross-functionally to different

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 an extraordinary 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 Stripe's Platform Sales team works with B2B software platforms to help them facilitate payments for their customers using Stripe Connect. Our users are software businesses who serve other businesses — platforms like Shopify, Treatwell, Sage, and DesignMyNight already rely on Stripe to power their payments infrastructure. As a key member of the Platforms team, you will manage and deepen relationships with a named account list while identifying new growth opportunities and finding ways Stripe can exceed expectations. What you'll do As an Account Executive (Grower), you will build partnerships between Stripe and the most innovative and fastest-growing software platforms in the world, helping them understand how Stripe's financial infrastructure can make payments a true competitive advantage for their businesses. Responsibilities Directly manage and develop a named account list, building account plans to win and expand business with upper middle market and enterprise SaaS platform companies Build and maintain key relationships with C-level executives, orchestrating the right executive touchpoints throughout the sales cycle Own the full sales cycle from lead to close for upper middle market and enterprise accounts Work with stakeholders across Engineering, Product, and Finance to lead complex product workshops and financial analyses Craft and lead complex, bespoke commercial and contractual negotiations Contribute to shaping our platfor

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 Startup and SMB Account Executive team is a highly consultative sales team that is responsible for the acquisition and growth of Stripe’s largest and most promising Startup and SMB customers. As an Account Executive, you’ll identify new opportunities for prospects to get the most out of Stripe by quickly understanding our clients’ needs, execute scaled sales strategies to acquire new customers and drive product adoption. What you’ll do Responsibilities Identify high-potential prospective users from inbound leads and outbound prospecting Own the full sales cycle from lead to close for SMBs Develop and implement full sales cycle strategies for driving new logo and product adoption Solve complex client needs and work across product, sales, risk, and operations teams to improve our platform 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 Set up users for success by coordinating internally with other Stripe teams Who you are We’re looking for a well-rounded strategic seller who can build strong relationships with Stripe’s clients and manage high-velocity deal cycles. If you’re smart, persistent, and a great teammate, we want to hear from you! Minimum requirements 2+ years of closing sales experience with a track record of top perfo

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 Velocity team is a highly consultative sales team that is responsible for the growth of Stripe’s SMB customers within the region. We work with the most ambitious and fastest growing companies - Stripe’s payments and financial infrastructure unlocks new revenue streams and growth opportunities for their businesses. What you’ll do As an Account Executive, you’ll own the full sales cycle, from prospecting and closing to managing existing relationships and identifying new opportunities to expand Stripe’s footprint within existing accounts. Specifically, we’re looking for someone who can execute on sales strategies, engage with internal and external stakeholders, align on technical and business requirements with product teams, build value in competitive situations, lead commercial negotiations, and close deals. Responsibilities Work with existing SMB Stripe customers to develop and execute long-term sales strategies to expand Stripe’s revenue Own the full sales cycle, from business case development, deal structuring and negotiating, to close and activation Own a named account list and develop account plans for winning and expanding business with high growth technology companies Develop outbound strategies to create and nurture opportunities Drive deal strategy and commercial negotiations for large, complex renewals Develop relationships with executive stakeholders within your book of business Be responsible for account mapping

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 SMB team is a highly consultative sales team that is responsible for the growth of Stripe’s startup and SMB customers within the region. We work with the most ambitious and fastest growing companies - Stripe’s payments and financial infrastructure unlocks new revenue streams and growth opportunities for their businesses. What you’ll do As an Account Executive, you’ll own the full sales cycle, from prospecting and closing to managing existing relationships and identifying new opportunities to expand Stripe’s footprint within existing accounts. Specifically, we’re looking for someone who can execute on sales strategies, engage with internal and external stakeholders, align on technical and business requirements with product teams, build value in competitive situations, lead commercial negotiations, and close deals. Responsibilities Work with existing SMB Stripe customers to develop and execute long-term sales strategies to expand Stripe’s revenue Own the full sales cycle, from business case development, deal structuring and negotiating, to close and activation Own a named account list and develop account plans for winning and expanding business with high growth technology companies Develop outbound strategies to create and nurture opportunities Drive deal strategy and commercial negotiations for large, complex renewals Develop relationships with executive stakeholders within your book of business Be responsible for account mapping and coor

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 SMB team is a highly consultative sales team that is responsible for the growth of Stripe’s startup and SMB customers within the region. We work with the most ambitious and fastest growing companies - Stripe’s payments and financial infrastructure unlocks new revenue streams and growth opportunities for their businesses. What you’ll do As an Account Executive, you’ll own the full sales cycle, from prospecting and closing to managing existing relationships and identifying new opportunities to expand Stripe’s footprint within existing accounts. Specifically, we’re looking for someone who can execute on sales strategies, engage with internal and external stakeholders, align on technical and business requirements with product teams, build value in competitive situations, lead commercial negotiations, and close deals. Responsibilities Work with existing SMB Stripe customers to develop and execute long-term sales strategies to expand Stripe’s revenue Own the full sales cycle, from business case development, deal structuring and negotiating, to close and activation Own a named account list and develop account plans for winning and expanding business with high growth technology companies Develop outbound strategies to create and nurture opportunities Drive deal strategy and commercial negotiations for large, complex renewals Develop relationships with executive stakeholders within your book of business Be responsible for account mapping and coor