Head of Sales

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 world is having a monetization moment – every ambitious company is replatforming their billing solution in response to AI. Stripes Billing is a team of deep functional and technical specialists who both lead and advise on deals for one of the most strategically important products in Stripe’s portfolio. Billing Sales is tasked with attacking a $100B market opportunity for automating the entire order to cash process and helping companies not get left behind in the AI era.

What you’ll do

As the Head of Sales Stripe Billings, APAC you will use your leadership and management skills to manage and grow a team of Account Executives to help drive growth of Stripe Billing for sellers across the entire APAC region. You will build and lead a team of Singapore, AUNZ, SE Asia, and Japan sellers, while collaborating with the core sales leadership, marketing, product marketing, and product teams to develop deep product and industry knowledge and drive strategic deals. You will own the coaching, development, and performance of your team, driving the forecast of the region. You will be instrumental in leading in-depth product discussions with existing and prospective customers and building and executing against our go-to-market strategy.

Responsibilities

• Recruit, develop and lead a team of product sales executives focused on the SaaS business within the APAC region.
• Create go-to-market plans and solutions to meet our customer needs, in collaboration with Product, Sales, Finance and Marketing stakeholders.
• Manage day-to-day operations, with a focus on performance against key sales metrics.
• Be accountable for driving revenue, increasing attach rates, and new client acquisition at high rates of growth.
• Coach and guide the team in developing consultative and solution-based sales skills through all facets of the sales cycle.
• Get hands on engaged in the largest, most strategic opportunities, leading executive relationships and helping the team win new customers.
• Inspire, motivate, and enable individual development to promote career growth of direct reports.
• Lead with clarity and context with a compelling plan in line with Stripe’s direction.
• Create structure and focus for GTM ideas and product sales campaigns that the product team is exploring. Drive execution and measurement. Analyse results and make recommendations for action in a timely manner.
• Constantly innovate and improve programs and program management mechanisms, suggesting new ideas, sharing best practices, and improving the business and customer engagement model.

Who you are

You are a seasoned technology sales leader with 15+ years in tech sales (including 5+ years managing teams) and strong domain expertise in payments, billing, tax, or related SaaS. You excel in high-growth, enterprise-facing environments hiring and coaching Account Executives, driving ambitious revenue and attach-rate targets, and leading strategic, product-led deals. You move fluidly between hands-on deal execution and building repeatable GTM plays, collaborating across Product, Marketing, Finance, and Sales to align strategy and measure impact.

Minimum requirements

• 15+ years of technology sales experience with 5+ years of people leadership experience.
• 5+ years of experience in payments, billing, tax, or relevant SaaS industry.
• Experience leading sales, new business and operations in an early stage, high-growth technology environment
• Ability to hire, train and coach a high-performance sales team
• Ability to build relationships with strategic client and industry thought leaders
• Demonstrated passion for Stripe’s mission

Preferred qualifications

• Prior experience in Billing, Finance, Tax, or other relevant SaaS product field
• Prior experience at a growth stage Internet/software company
• Prior experience in enterprise sales, partnerships and/or business development