Stripe3 days ago

Solutions Architect, Platforms, UK & Ireland

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Responsibilities

  • 01Be a key member of the Platform account team with deep involvement in defining the customer strategy
  • 02Identify and close new complex opportunities, and accelerate solution adoption
  • 03Drive thought leadership and be a trusted advisor for key business and technical stakeholders
  • 04Work to deeply understand the customer’s business objectives, and then design and apply Stripe’s solutions to their challenges
  • 05Develop and articulate the end to end customer transformation journey and create future roadmaps and architectures with deep 3rd party integrations in play
  • 06Conduct business analysis and background research on customers, industries, and competitors
  • 07Lead strategy engagements with users to align to business priorities, design solutions and secure the technical win by performing in-depth customer discovery, evangelizing the proposed solutions through executive briefings, readouts, presentations and solution demos
  • 08Expand Stripe’s footprint within existing accounts to new global markets and business units by introducing new capabilities and local payment methods
  • 09Act as the “Voice of the Customer” to bring insights, trends and opportunities to the leadership, product and engineering teams from the forefront and prioritized for delivery
  • 10Participate in sales forecasting, Quarterly Business Reviews and account/territory planning to strategically and tactically align for success
  • 11Act as a crucial part of the sales team, providing technical insight and solutions to prospective and existing platform users
  • 12Guide and provide technical expertise on Stripe and its benefits for both platforms and their customers
  • 13Showcase the capability of Stripe's platform in solving business problems, highlighting features, benefits, and potential customizations
  • 14Manage pre-sales projects, coordinating proof of concept development, and feasibility checks
  • 15Ensure all solutions proposed are viable, beneficial to our potential clients, and also accommodating to their customers

Requirements

  • 0110+ years of experience in a similar customer-facing engineering role such as solution consultant, solutions architect, or sales engineer, for a global software enterprise
  • 02Executive engagement skills and presence, with an ability to establish strong relationships with key decision makers and build credibility at all levels
  • 03Effective group-facilitation skills and confidence in proposing and leading customer meetings to gain strategic footing and pursue opportunities
  • 04Thorough understanding of the software development lifecycle and API architecture
  • 05Outstanding spoken and written communication skills, presentation skills, and confidence in explaining complex concepts to both technical and non-technical audiences
  • 06Develop a comprehensive understanding of Connect, Stripe's solution for enabling platform payments, exploring its various features, and integration methodologies
  • 07Gather an in-depth understanding of Stripe's Payments and Billing systems and their applicability across diverse business models to beneficially cater to individual clients' and their customers' needs
  • 08Ability to understand how a wide variety of applications such as ERP, CRM, Billing, Tax and legacy systems interact with each other in a platform technology stack/ecosystem
  • 09Strong organizational and time management skills and the ability to juggle competing priorities while working with multiple strategic opportunities and customers