Sales Development Operations Associate

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.

Stripe was built with simplicity in mind. We strive to deliver frictionless experiences for all of our users, whether they are an Independent Business, Startup, SMB, or Enterprise and our mission is to provide all Stripe Users with the best support experience possible. Today, Stripe handles over a million support cases per year and processes millions of internal transactions.  We’re going to achieve excellence by thinking of support in a novel, solution-oriented way, and viewing operations as an integral enabler of all of Stripe’s growth.

Stripe has unique operational problems resulting from both our type of scale and the type of businesses we partner with as a result of “growing the GDP of the Internet.”  Stripes leverage understanding of our products, the financial industry and money movement, and our processes to support both internal and external users. Doing so requires us to invest significant resources into building this experience ourselves.

As a Sales Development Associate (SDA) at our Stripe Delivery Centers, you will drive Stripe’s future growth engine by working with our Sales Development Representatives and the Account Executive team to identify high quality leads and collaboratively build Stripe’s sales pipeline. You will conduct highly targeted research to identify high quality leads and manage early activities in the sales funnel. You will lead research efforts to identify decision makers, curate lead lists, craft outreach messages, and confirm supportability with Stripe’s policies. If you’re hungry, smart, persistent, and a great teammate, we want to hear from you!

• Research high potential companies and identify key decision makers and contacts for account executives to contact. 
• Draft sales plays, (custom sales messaging and approach strategies tailored for individual leads) for sales representatives and account executives. 
• Curate and improve lead lists.  Research specific criteria for each contact (name, title, phone number, personalized email address, potential interest areas, potential pain points)
• Check potential leads for compliance and fit with Stripe’s supportability policies 
• Set up sales campaigns and leads within SalesForce to facilitate tracking and efficient outreach by sales reps. SFDC and Salesloft campaign set-up
• Craft suggested personalized outreach message including, outreach emails, cold call speaking points, and introductory meeting talking points.
• Analyze our processes and instigate changes to help scale our operations and improve sales team effectiveness
• Work closely with other Stripe teams to improve our sales messaging around new products and features 

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.

• 1+ - 3 years of experience in the sales operations/research/support function 
• You have some experience with sales tools (e.g. Zoominfo, Linkedin Sales Navigator, Salesforce, Salesloft etc.)
• You have a user first mindset and are energized by the challenge of solving difficult problems
• You have excellent communication skills, both written and verbally
• You excel in analytical thinking, open ended research, and problem solving
• You enjoy learning about technical products and processes, you are an organized, self-starter with passion for finding solutions
• You have a process-oriented mindset and ability to get things done
• You enjoy working in an in-office environment with strong cross team collaboration and support
• You are able to prioritize and enjoy working in a quick-moving environment
• You are humble and have a proven track record for working well across teams and with external partners

• Prior experience collaborating with SDRs and AEs