Head of Solutions Architecture, UK

Who we are

About Stripe

Stripe is a financial infrastructure platform for businesses. Millions of companies from the worlds 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 everyones reach while doing the most important work of your career.

About the team

The mission of Solution Architects is to be trusted partners to Stripe customers partners and product/eng teams. We understand our customers and what is required to help them achieve their business goals. We develop a shared vision establish joint accountability and prioritize their long term success above all else. We think and act as one team along the customers multi year journey. We recognize that every customers success increases the GDP of the internet and accelerates Stripes growth.

At Stripe managers grow teams and inspire them to do outstanding work. We are looking for a motivated thought leader to help build and lead our UK Solution Architects team. This leader must be a driver who loves building teams and businesses. This role requires great interpersonal skills to work cross functionally as a trusted advisor to both our sales partner and professional services teams as well as with our product development and marketing teams. Your influence can have a far ranging impact. This is not the kind of opportunity that presents itself very often. Individuals applying for this role must be entrepreneurial and selfdriven with a passion for breaking into markets and creating something new they can be proud of.

What youll do

As a thought leader of our UK Solution Architects team you will have a major impact on our future success. You will be responsible for strategic leadership and management oversight of the largest region in EMEA.

Responsibilities

• Define and execute Stripes technical sales strategy in conjunction with sales leaders marketing professional services GTM partner team and product engineering.
• Build repeatable playbooks and defining execution best practices
• Recruit mentor develop and inspire SAs to do the best work of their careers.
• Influence the mindset of CXOs developers architects and other technical decision makers helping to shape their longterm architectural direction and scope roadmap for them to get to their target endstates.
• Champion the voice of our users and influence product direction and priorities.
• Partner with Sales professional services support services and product engineering to manage the customer journey from business and technical discovery to technical win to successful adoption value realization and expansion
• Drive thought leadership through presenting at EBCs industry events developing whitepapers and reference architectures.

Who you are

Were looking for someone who meets the minimum requirements to be considered for the role. If you meet these requirements you are encouraged to apply.

Minimum requirements

• 15 years of experience in a technical sales role (e.g. Solutions Architect/Consultant) including 10 years in a technical PreSales leadership position.
• Proven experience as a firstline leader managing individual contributors and recruiting/developing highperformance teams selling technology solutions to global companies.
• Previous technical sales experience with SaaS APIs distributed systems databases developer tools or the FinTech industry preferred.
• Demonstrated track record of building and leading worldclass solution architecture teams ideally in SaaS or consumptionbased businesses.
• Strong understanding of developing humancentric CX experiences enterprise systems and architecture
• Strong drive for results and ability to collaborate and influence in a Win as a team environment.
• Passionate about coaching and developing others to their highest potential with strong people management skills.
• Success recruiting and developing high performance teams selling technology solutions to global companies
• Excellent communication (written and verbal) and presentation skills.
• Exceptional interpersonal skills for communicating and collaborating with both business and technical stakeholders at all levels within an organization.
• Selfstarter who is adaptable and flexible able to work and thrive in a highly dynamic environment.
• Willingness to travel 30% of the time.
• Strong executive presence and ability to foster deep relationships with users.

Required Experience:

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