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Account Executive, Product - Link: Bank Payments & Open Banking

Stripe · Remote · US

Base
Not disclosed
OTE
Not disclosed
Quota attainment
Not disclosed
Posted
6d ago

Why it matters: OTE tells you what you could earn. Attainment tells you how realistic it is.

Ask: “What percentage of fully ramped reps hit quota last year?”

Still open · checked 56 min agoon Stripe's careers page

The Braun Read

Ask hard questions

Too much is left unsaid. Make them answer before you invest.

Pay
No pay listed at all.
Transparency
Says nothing about quota, attainment, deal size, territory or sales cycle.
Pipeline
Mostly self-sourced. Great if you like outbound, rough if you don't.
Time on market
Open 5 days.
Company hiring
80 sales roles open, hiring at a steady pace. Ask how many reps they hired last year and how many are still there.

Red flags

None spotted.

Worth asking about

  • Same role posted many times. The company has 8 or more open postings with this exact title. Could be a big build-out, could be a revolving door. Ask how many reps they hired last year and how many are still there.

Green flags

None spotted.

Based only on what the posting says. Flags are a starting point for your first call, not a final judgment.

Questions to ask on the first call

Built from what this posting leaves out. How they answer tells you as much as what they say.

  1. 1.

    How many reps are you hiring for this, and how many from last year's class are still here?

    Hiring a lot can mean growth, or people leaving.

  2. 2.

    What percentage of fully ramped reps hit quota last year?

    OTE is what you could earn. This is how likely you are to earn it.

  3. 3.

    What percentage of reps on the team have been here more than 18 months?

    Tenure shows whether people stay long enough to get paid.

  4. 4.

    Has the comp plan changed in the last 12 to 18 months? What changed?

    A plan that changes every year means the goalposts keep moving.

  5. 5.

    Who sits with reps and reviews calls each week?

    Coaching is often what's behind a good or bad attainment number.

  6. 6.

    Why is this role open? Did someone leave, or is it new?

    New headcount is growth. A replacement means someone left. Ask why.

When the offer comes

Save these for later. They land better once they've said yes to you.

  1. 1.

    Can I see the full comp plan in writing, including clawbacks and accelerators?

    What's in writing is what gets paid. Read it before you sign.

  2. 2.

    Can I see the actual comp distribution for the team last year, not just the OTE?

    The spread shows what most reps really take home. OTE is just the target.

  3. 3.

    I'd be walking away from earned commission to join. Is there room for a sign-on bonus to help cover that?

    Leaving money behind is a fair reason to ask. The worst answer is no.

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The role

Sell Stripe's bank payments and Link open banking products to enterprise and platform customers. Build your own territory plan and outbound pipeline, and lead complex deals with executive stakeholders.

Enterprise · Mixed · Outbound

Selling motion

Mixed

Who you're selling to

Buyer:
Enterprise and platform businessesIn their words: “Drive revenue, adoption, and new customer acquisition for Stripe’s bank-payments portfolio across enterprise and platform customers”
Company size:
Enterprise

Pipeline expectations

Mostly self-sourced. Expect a lot of outbound.

Compensation

The posting doesn't list pay.

What is not disclosed

This posting doesn't tell you:

  • Base salary
  • OTE
  • Quota size
  • Quota attainment
  • Average deal size
  • Territory
  • Sales cycle length

The questions above cover the big ones.

Full posting
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 Product Sales is a team of deep functional and technical specialists who both lead and advise on deals for the most strategically important products in Stripe’s portfolio. Stripe is expanding its Link Product Sales team, and this role is focused exclusively on bank payments. As an Account Executive, you will help businesses give their customers a fast, trusted way to pay from a bank account using Stripe’s full stack of payments solutions while accelerating the growth of the Link network. Few roles offer such a direct opportunity to shape and grow one of Stripe’s top company priorities. What you’ll do As a founding Account Executive for Bank Payments, you will play a central role in shaping and executing Stripe’s go-to-market strategy for this growing product area. You will partner closely with Product, Engineering, Marketing, and other GTM teams to build deep product and industry expertise, lead complex deals, and guide in-depth conversations with existing and prospective customers. You will bring customer and market insights back to Stripe, helping influence both the product roadmap and how we take bank payments to market. Bank payments and account connectivity are also an important part of Link’s broader vision for the future of commerce. Where the opportunity intersects with adjacent Link priorities—such as agentic commerce—you will help explore emerging customer use cases and shape how Stripe brings new experiences to market. This gives you the opportunity to build a focused bank payments business while contributing to some of Stripe’s most forward-looking initiatives. You are an adept sales professional who can lead business and technical conversations at every level of an organization. You know how to establish value in competitive situations and are energized by products that require deep industry expertise and technical fluency. You are equally comfortable working with customers and internal partners, eager to develop and share expertise, and motivated by the opportunity to build in a fast-moving environment. You are an entrepreneurial self-starter, an exceptional communicator, and an analytical thinker with a record of top performance and making the teams around you better. Responsibilities - Drive revenue, adoption, and new customer acquisition for Stripe’s bank-payments portfolio across enterprise and platform customers - Create a strategic territory plan, lead outreach efforts, and partner with core account teams to develop a robust, qualified bank payments pipeline - Develop relationships with executive stakeholders and lead business and technical discussions with existing and prospective customers - Advise customers on bank payment use cases and tradeoffs, including conversion, account verification, returns, fraud risk, settlement experience, and costs - Deeply understand Stripe’s bank payments products and competitors, serving as an internal and customer-facing expert on the portfolio and market - Identify early-adopter customers and turn successful engagements into repeatable discovery, positioning, and deal-execution playbooks - Engage with Product and Engineering teams to synthesize customer, win/loss, and competitive feedback that informs Stripe’s product roadmap - Contribute to go-to-market playbooks alongside Product, Marketing, Sales, and Technical Services stakeholders - Work collaboratively across Stripe to shape bank-payment products and solutions that meet customer needs 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. Requirements - 10+ years of customer facing experience at a leading technology or payments company and a track record of top performance - Experience building trusted advisor relationships with senior business leaders - Proven ability to build strong collaborative working relationships with cross-functional business partners - Self-starter capable of operating independently to drive meaningful business results - Enthusiastic “roll up your sleeves” mentality - Excellent verbal and written communication skills - Ability to understand complex technical requirements and craft solutions across multiple stakeholders - Proven experience to lead complex negotiations involving bespoke commercial agreements - Thrives in a fast-paced environment and changing requirements - True team player - always - Humor is very welcomed Preferred Qualifications - 5+ years of experience selling enterprise payments or technology solutions, ideally in bank payments, open banking, account verification, payment risk, or money movement - Strong understanding of ACH, Pay by Bank, and open banking payment flows, including how conversion, verification, returns, fraud risk, payment guarantees, settlement, and customer experience intersect - Experience launching or scaling a new payments product or category, with a track record of translating early customer wins and market feedback into repeatable go-to-market programs
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