Sales Manager, Velocity (Canada)
CA-Toronto · Canada Locations · 5+ years experience · Remote · Posted Sep 23, 2026
At a glance
- Experience
- 5+ years experience
- Workplace
- Remote
- Location
- CA-Toronto · Canada Locations
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 role
- The Sales Manager for the Velocity team in Canada will lead a team of 6 Account Executives focused on portfolio expansion for the Enterprise segment.
- This role serves as a strategic builder responsible for shaping the team and expanding Stripe's Canadian presence to drive regional growth.
Responsibilities
- Recruit, develop, and lead a high-performing team of Existing Business Account Executives focused on the Enterprise segment.
- Define and execute the long-term vision and strategy for the team, ensuring alignment to revenue growth, renewal, and multi-product adoption goals.
- Manage day-to-day operations and performance, including forecasting, pipeline management, and attainment against key metrics.
- Coach and enable the team to lead consultative, solution-oriented conversations.
- Partner cross-functionally with Customer Success, Product, and Partnerships to surface customer insights.
- Build and maintain strong executive relationships with key customers.
- Inspire, develop, and mentor team members through regular coaching, feedback, and structured career development plans.
- Represent Stripe at industry events and customer forums to drive brand advocacy and market awareness.
Requirements
- 10+ years of sales experience including 5+ years of people management experience.
- Demonstrated experience leading an Enterprise sales team in a high-growth technology environment.
- Ability to hire, train and coach a high-performance sales team.
- Ability to build strategic executive relationships with customers and industry thought leaders.
- Demonstrated passion for helping to scale new technology businesses.
- Ability to understand and articulate technical concepts, and translate them into industry- or business-relevant terms.
Preferred qualifications
- Prior experience at a growth stage technology company.
- Prior experience in the payments industry
Workplace
- Role is based in Toronto, Canada.
