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    Account Executive, Existing Business (Central Eastern Europe)

    Stripe

    🇮🇹 Poland, Romania
    Remote
    ["Full-Time"]
    SaaS
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    Posted Aug 27, 2026
    Job Type

    ["Full-Time"]

    Work Type

    Remote

    Vertical

    SaaS

    Source

    jobicy

    Language

    🇮🇹 Italian

    About this role

    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 CEE team is a highly consultative sales team that is responsible for the growth of Stripe’s largest customers within the region.

    We work with some of the most ambitious and fastest-growing companies in the world, including Booksy, Maczfit, and ElevenLabs - Stripe’s payments and financial infrastructure unlocks new revenue streams and growth opportunities for their businesses.

    What you’ll do As an Account Executive (Existing Business), you will create partnerships between Stripe and the most innovative and fastest-growing companies in the world by helping them to understand how Stripe’s online commerce infrastructure can make payments a competitive advantage for their businesses.

    Specifically, we’re looking for someone who can execute on long-term 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 Enterprise 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 negoti

    Selling Motion

    Sales Cycle

    Enterprise

    6–18 month cycles, complex multi-stakeholder deals

    Prospecting

    Channel / Partner

    Sell through partners, resellers, or alliances

    Territory

    Named Accounts

    Pre-assigned list of target companies

    Requirements at a Glance

    Bachelor's Degree·Required
    Negotiation·Required skill

    Typical Day — Account Executive

    Stakeholder meetings3–5/week
    Executive presentations2–3/week
    Business cases & RFPs1–2/week
    Forecast & pipeline2×/week
    Champion coachingDaily

    Estimates based on role type and selling motion — actual may vary by company.

    SaaS — Interview Intel

    Typical Sales Cycle

    30–90 days (SMB) · 3–9 months (Mid-Market) · 6–18 months (Enterprise)

    Common Buyer Objections

    • "We're locked into a contract with [competitor]"
    • "We built something in-house already"
    • "We don't have budget until next quarter"
    • "Our team won't adopt another tool"

    Key Industry Metrics

    ARR / MRRNet Revenue Retention (NRR)CAC Payback PeriodLogo Churn vs Revenue ChurnACV (Avg Contract Value)Magic Number

    Hot Topics to Reference

    • • AI-native product disruption
    • • PLG vs sales-led motion debate
    • • Vertical SaaS consolidation
    • • Usage-based pricing models

    Use these insights to speak the buyer's language in interviews.

    Tags

    partnerships
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    Walk me through your discovery process.

    Template question
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    How do you handle a prospect who goes silent mid-deal?

    Template question
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    Tell me about your largest closed deal and the sales cycle.

    Template question
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    How do you build business cases for stakeholders?

    Template question
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    Describe a deal you lost and what you learned.

    Template question
    Research Stripe's product, recent news, and key competitors
    Prepare metrics: quota attainment %, average deal size, win rate
    Practice a 2-minute product demo pitch for a mock discovery call
    Prepare to discuss your home office setup and self-management discipline
    Review the job description and map your experience to each requirement
    Role Insights

    This Account Executive position at Stripe involves managing the full sales cycle from prospecting through close.

    SaaS sales roles typically involve consultative selling with longer deal cycles.

    This remote-friendly role based in IT provides geographic flexibility while maintaining access to a SaaS market.

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