Account Executive, Commercial, France

Stripe

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 French SMB Hunter team is responsible for winning net-new business across the SMB segment in France. We focus on bringing Stripe products to high-potential businesses that are not yet Stripe customers. We move with urgency, operate with focus, and pride ourselves on delivering strong commercial results through disciplined outbound execution and high-quality customer engagement. WHAT YOU'LL DO As an Account Executive on the French SMB Hunter team, you will own a portfolio of prospective SMB accounts and be responsible for winning new business for Stripe. This is a true hunting role, with a strong emphasis on outbound prospecting, pipeline generation, and closing new logos. You will partner closely with an SDR to execute targeted outbound strategies, while also building your own pipeline through proactive prospecting and account-based selling. You will run high-velocity, consultative sales cycles, help prospective users understand the value of the Stripe platform, and guide them from discovery through close and activation. RESPONSIBILITIES * Own the full sales cycle for net-new SMB prospects, from prospecting and discovery through solutioning, negotiation, close, and activation * Build and execute outbound strategies across a named account set to create, progress, and close new business opportunities * Partner closely with SDRs to identify target accounts, refine messaging, and generate qualified pipeline, while also self-sourcing opportunities * Lead consultative sales conversations with founders, operators, and functional stakeholders across payments, finance, product, and engineering * Understand customer pain points and business objectives, and position Stripe products and solutions to meet their needs, while building trusted relationships with key decision-makers and stakeholders throughout the sales process * Drive deal strategy and commercial negotiations to deliver strong outcomes for both Stripe and prospective users * Maintain a high bar for pipeline quality, forecast accuracy, and operational rigor 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. MINIMUM REQUIREMENTS * Proven success in a closing sales role with a strong focus on net-new business acquisition, or in a customer-facing role such as solution engineering, implementation consulting, or strategy consulting with demonstrated experience influencing commercial outcomes and executive decision-making * Experience managing outbound sales motions and building pipeline through a combination of SDR partnership and self-generated prospecting, or experience partnering closely with sales teams on account-based strategies that generate and progress new business opportunities * Ability to run high-velocity sales cycles while maintaining strong qualification, deal control, and forecasting discipline * Strong consultative selling skills and the ability to uncover customer needs, build business cases, and align solutions to buyer priorities * Ability to understand technical concepts and communicate the value of multi-product solutions to both business and technical stakeholders, with strong written and verbal communication skills in English and French PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS * Experience selling payments, fintech, SaaS, or other technology solutions * Experience in a high-growth sales environment with strong outbound expectations * Experience working with founders and SMB decision-makers * Familiarity with account-based prospecting and territory planning

Udemy

Coursera and Udemy are now one company, creating one of the world’s most comprehensive skills development platforms for the AI era. This strengthens our ability to accelerate AI-powered innovation and shape how the world discovers and builds skills at a pivotal moment of change. Read more about the combined company by visiting our blog. About Udemy Udemy is an AI-powered skills acceleration platform transforming how companies and individuals across the world build the capabilities needed to thrive in a rapidly evolving workplace. By combining on-demand, multi-language content with real-time innovation, Udemy delivers personalized experiences that empower organizations to scale workforce development and help individuals build the technical, business, and soft skills most relevant to their careers. Today, thousands of companies, including Samsung SDS America, On24, Tata Consultancy Services, The World Bank, and Volkswagen, rely on Udemy Business for its enterprise solutions to build agile, future-ready teams. Udemy is headquartered in San Francisco, with hubs across the United States, Australia, India, Ireland, Mexico, and Türkiye. Udemy recently combined with Coursera to create one of the world’s most comprehensive skills development platforms. Where we Work -Udemy is a global company headquartered in San Francisco, with additional U.S. offices in Denver and Austin, and international hubs in Australia, India, Ireland, Mexico, and Türkiye. This is a hybrid position. About your skills * Exceptional business judgement and a proven ability to balance legal risk with commercial objectives in fast-moving deal environments. * Executive-level communication skills: able to distill complex issues into clear, actionable guidance and influence stakeholders from SMB to large enterprise and C-suite. * A track record of using approved AI tools to increase legal productivity, and staying current on AI governance obligations. About this role * We are looking for an exceptional Senior Commercial & Privacy Counsel to join our growing Commercial Legal team. You will serve as a strategic legal partner to our go-to-market teams — driving complex deal negotiations, building scalable contracting frameworks, and fuelling our expansion with enterprise clients and organisations across all market segments. * This is a high-impact, highly autonomous role for a commercially sharp, privacy-fluent lawyer who thrives in fast-paced, technology-forward environments. You will guide sophisticated transactions across diverse industries and jurisdictions, providing strategic counsel on the commercial and regulatory dimensions of AI platform deployment.   What you’ll be doing   * Serve as a key strategic advisor to Sales leadership on complex commercial transactions, bringing sound judgement and a solutions-first approach to every deal. * Lead and close negotiations across the full range of commercial agreements — MSAs, SaaS subscriptions, PaaS, SOWs, professional services agreements, reseller and channel agreements, and government and public sector contracts. * Design and implement scalable contract frameworks, playbooks, and processes to support a high-velocity sales organisation. * Partner with Sales, Deal Desk, Partner & Alliances, Finance, Security, Product, and other business units to facilitate reviews, drive sales enablement, and contribute to continuous process improvement. * Serve as the internal lead on data privacy matters, embedding privacy expertise into commercial deals and raising data privacy awareness across the organisation. * Provide mentorship and support to other members of the legal team, supervising and coaching junior lawyers on commercial matters. * Foster trusted relationships with enterprise clients, external partners, advisors, and regulatory bodies across the region. * Anticipate emerging legal and regulatory developments affecting AI and technology and provide proactive strategic guidance to cross-functional leadership. * Develop training materials and deliver education to Sales, channel, and internal teams on contract terms, commercial risks, and legal process.   What you’ll have   * A law degree and qualification to practise in an EU jurisdiction. * At least 8 years of relevant legal experience supporting commercial transactions across diverse client segments and industries. * Significant experience structuring, drafting, and negotiating complex commercial agreements, with a strong intellectual property law and technology transactions background preferred. * Experience with cross-border transactions and multi-jurisdictional contracting spanning EU, UK, APAC, and North America. * Exceptional business judgement and a proven ability to balance legal risk with commercial objectives in fast-moving deal environments. * Executive-level communication skills: able to distill complex issues into clear, actionable guidance and influence stakeholders from SMB to large enterprise and C-suite. * Strong understanding of AI technology and governance trends; data privacy expertise spanning GDPR, UK GDPR, CPPA, and key international regimes; and working knowledge of ISO 27001,  SOC 2, or similar frameworks. * Experience leading and mentoring lawyers, with the ability to operate independently in fast-paced, evolving technology environments. * Fluency in English; additional European language skills are a plus. Preferred * In-house experience at a leading technology company with EMEA operations. * Experience negotiating privacy and AI-specific or machine learning-related commercial agreements. * Public sector and regulated industry contracting experience. * Multi-jurisdictional experience across European and international markets. * A track record of using approved AI tools to increase legal productivity, and staying current on AI governance obligations. .           Posting Date: June 25 2026 Application Window: 6 weeks We anticipate the application window will be open until 6 August 2026. Based on business needs, this opportunity may remain posted beyond or closed before the anticipated application window. #LI-ST5     WHY WORK HERE? You’ll grow here. Learning is part of the job. You’ll get full access to Udemy courses, a monthly UDay to invest in yourself, and a budget to spend on whatever helps you improve. Many people are diving into AI lately, but what you focus on is up to you. AI is real here. We use it in the way we learn and the way we work. You’ll have the space and tools to experiment, apply, and get better at using AI in practical ways. You’ll own your work. We trust people to lead, make decisions, and follow through. You don’t need to wait for permission or layers of approval to have an impact. You’ll build with others. We collaborate openly and shape ideas together. Everyone has a voice, and good thinking is welcomed from any direction. You’ll see your impact. What you build helps people grow their skills, change their careers, or find a path forward. You’ve got the experience, why not use it to help others gain theirs? Bring your curiosity. We’ll bring the platform and the support. Let’s LEARN together.  OUR BENEFITS START WITH U Our benefits start with you and were built to provide you and your family with the protection and care you need, making it easy to access the right coverage when you need it most. Benefits vary by region, and we encourage applicants to review our Australia Benefits, India Benefits, Ireland Benefits, Mexico Benefits, Turkiye Benefits & US Benefits, pages to get an understanding of some of the benefits we offer. For details on region-specific benefits, please refer to the information provided during the hiring process.  Benefits outlined are provided as a general overview and may vary depending on the location, role, and employment classification. All benefits are subject to change at the discretion of the organization and in accordance with applicable laws and policies.   At Udemy, we value diversity and inclusion and consider qualified applicants without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, ancestry, age, genetic information, sexual orientation, gender identity, marital or family status, veteran status, medical condition, or disability. We understand that not everyone will match each of the qualifications. However, we also realize that everyone has unique experiences that can add value to our company. Even if you think your background might not perfectly align, we'd love to hear from you!    To protect against recruitment fraud, Coursera + Udemy recruiters only communicate via official coursera.org/udemy.com email addresses and never through personal accounts. We do not accept resumes via email or social media; please submit all applications directly through our careers page. If you encounter suspicious recruitment activity, please report it via our Fraudulent Activity Submission Form. Information regarding data privacy is available within the Udemy Careers Privacy Notice.

Notion

WHO WE ARE Notion is the collaborative AI workspace where teams and agents think together. We're building one place where your knowledge, projects, meetings, and AI tools live side by side, so work is faster, clearer, and less fragmented. Millions of individuals, small teams, and large companies run their work on Notion. Notinos (our employees) are customer zero in bringing this future of work to life. We care about craft, building things that last, and the belief that great work is still fundamentally human. Our goal isn’t to ship the next feature. Each and every team of Notinos is working to set the standard for how humans work together in the AI era. From building a business’s system of record to making and managing AI agents to automating away the busy work, we care deeply about giving our customers more time for their life’s work. ABOUT THE ROLE We’re hiring an Account Executive in Dublin to drive new customer acquisition and expansion across our Commercial (SMB) segment. This role is for a full-cycle seller who can run structured discovery calls, deliver compelling demos, navigate technical and business stakeholders, and progress complex opportunities to close—while operating with a strong outbound mindset and high urgency. You’ll work with buyers such as CIO, CTO, VP Product and VP Engineering, and you’ll be expected to develop strong product fluency in technical use cases (APIs, data, developer tooling, infrastructure, and AI/agentic workflows).   WHAT YOU’LL ACHIEVE * An outbound-first mentality: proactively build net new pipeline and move quickly to create momentum within accounts. * Own the full sales cycle, including prospecting, discovery, solution alignment, demoing, stakeholder management, negotiation, and close. * Run high-quality discovery calls to uncover business outcomes and technical requirements, translating them into a clear value narrative. * Deliver live demos and tailored storytelling to guide customers through evaluation, including light solution design as needed (workspace architecture, permissions, rollout approach, integrations) to unblock adoption. * Navigate complex commercial-stage requirements (security, legal, procurement) with support from cross-functional partners. * Forecast accurately and operate with consistent, high-velocity execution to meet or exceed quota. * Partner with Solutions, Product, and Marketing to bring customer insights back to the business.   SKILLS YOU’LL NEED TO BRING: * 1–3 years of closing experience in a full-cycle quota-carrying role (or adjacent role with clear closing exposure), with consistent attainment. * Fluency in English and German * Experience selling into or working closely with technical buyer personas (e.g., CIO/CTO/VP Eng/VP Product), translating product capabilities into workflow and ROI narratives. * Outbound discipline, pipeline creativity and full-cycle sales capability, including discovery, demo and closing motions. * Demonstrated ability to run multi-threaded deals and influence across complex customer org structures * Curiosity and learning velocity—can pick up technical concepts quickly and explain them clearly. * Hands-on orientation with AI: uses AI to improve personal workflow and can speak to modern AI-enabled work patterns. * Comfortable with ambiguity; you’ll help refine our commercial motion, build repeatable processes, and bring sharp customer feedback into how we scale.   NICE TO HAVES * Experience with usage-based / consumption pricing models. * Prior exposure to developer tooling, APIs, data, infrastructure, or AI products. * You've been an early sales hire at a fast growing start up before Notion is committed to providing highly competitive cash compensation, equity, and benefits. The compensation offered for this role will be based on multiple factors such as location, the role's scope and complexity, and the candidate's experience and expertise, and may vary from the range provided below. The estimated range for total on target earnings (including base salary and on target incentive pay) for this role is €130,000 per year. By clicking “Submit Application”, I understand and agree that Notion and its affiliates and subsidiaries will collect and process my information in accordance with Notion’s Global Recruiting Privacy Policy.   #LI-Onsite A NOTE ON AI You don’t need deep AI expertise for every role, but we do expect every Notino to be intellectually curious, drawn to tinkering and discovery, and excited to use AI as a real collaborator in their work. For some roles, AI fluency is a core requirement — when that’s the case, we'll say so explicitly in the qualifications. People who thrive here don’t treat AI as a novelty. They use it to think better, and make their work easier for others to build on. EQUAL OPPORTUNITY & ACCOMMODATIONS We hire talented people from a wide range of backgrounds. If you’re excited about this role but don’t meet every bullet, we still encourage you to apply. Notion is an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate on the basis of any legally protected characteristic. Consistent with applicable law, we will consider for employment qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records. Notion provides reasonable accommodations during the application process; if you need one, please let your recruiter know. Notion is proud to be an equal opportunity employer. We do not discriminate in hiring or any employment decision based on race, color, religion, national origin, age, sex (including pregnancy, childbirth, or related medical conditions), marital status, ancestry, physical or mental disability, genetic information, veteran status, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, or other applicable legally protected characteristic. Notion considers qualified applicants with criminal histories, consistent with applicable federal, state and local law. Notion is also committed to providing reasonable accommodations for qualified individuals with disabilities and disabled veterans in our job application procedures. If you need assistance or an accommodation due to a disability, please let your recruiter know.