WorkWhile

WorkWhile

Enterprise Account Executive - Hospitality

Remote - San Francisco

Sponsorship not specifiedDetected 33 days ago
SalesforceCRMSalesAccount ManagementLogisticsProcurementRecruiting

About the role

  • 83 million Americans work hourly jobs: the true backbone of the hospitality, catering, and event industries.
  • We have the audacious goal to align incentives and solve inefficiencies in the labor market, disrupting the $650 billion staffing and recruiting market.

Responsibilities

  • Drive the Full Sales Cycle: Prospect, discover, position solutions, negotiate, and close enterprise hospitality and event targets. This is a hunter role designed for someone who loves opening doors with major national operators.
  • Target High-Volume Accounts: Develop strategic account plans to penetrate and expand within corporate food service operators, national catering networks, and large sports/entertainment venues.
  • Navigate Complex Buy-ins: Drive consensus and alignment across multiple departments, such as Corporate Operations, VP of Talent Acquisition, Procurement, and regional Event/Culinary Directors.
  • Position Labor Strategy: Articulate WorkWhile's value proposition in solving distinct hospitality pain points, including hyper-seasonal staffing volatility, last-minute event cancellations, variable labor costs, while maintaining strict service standards for our Partners.
  • Manage a Robust Pipeline: Build and maintain an active pipeline of enterprise food service and event opportunities with highly accurate sales forecasting.
  • Collaborate Internally: Work closely with WorkWhile's operations, finance, and product teams to deliver tailored workforce proposals and proofs of concept (POCs) for major multi-city rollouts or high-profile events.
  • Drive the Full Sales Cycle: Prospect, discover, position solutions, negotiate, and close enterprise hospitality and event targets.
  • This is a hunter role designed for someone who loves opening doors with major national operators.
  • You will leverage your expertise in the events and food service sectors, consultative selling, and executive relationship-building to transform how major hospitality brands staff their operations, helping you exceed quota and meaningfully contribute to WorkWhile's growth.
  • Develop strategic account plans to penetrate and expand within corporate food service operators, national catering networks, and large sports/entertainment venues.

Requirements

  • Navigational Excellence: Demonstrated ability to navigate complex corporate structures, multi-unit concessionaires, and multiple executive stakeholders.
  • Consultative Selling Mastery: Strong executive presence, financial acumen, and the ability to turn abstract labor data into a compelling ROI story for a CFO or Chief Operating Officer.
  • Proven Performance: A history of exceeding quota, closing six-figure+ deals, and driving long-term customer lifetime value.
  • Modern Sales Tech Stack: Experience with CRM tools (Salesforce) and enterprise sales methodologies (e.g., MEDDPICC, Challenger, or Strategic Selling).
  • Demonstrated ability to navigate complex corporate structures, multi-unit concessionaires, and multiple executive stakeholders.
  • Strong executive presence, financial acumen, and the ability to turn abstract labor data into a compelling ROI story for a CFO or Chief Operating Officer.
  • 5-10+ years of B2B enterprise sales experience, with a proven track record of hitting targets and closing large, strategic deals within the contract food service, event management, university, catering, or venue operations sectors.
  • Deep Hospitality & Event IQ: A profound understanding of the logistics behind large-scale catering, stadium operations, and corporate dining, and how workforce reliability directly impacts guest experience and margin.
  • Compensation & Benefits
  • WorkWhile has a diverse, mission-driven, and supportive culture-we look for people who want to take ownership, are energized by ambiguity, and strive to make a lasting impact. If this resonates with you, we'd love to chat!

Skills

  • Competitive base salary + equity in a high-growth, venture-backed company
  • In-person company off-sites
  • Medical, dental & vision coverage
  • Unlimited PTO
  • 401(k) with employer match
  • WFH stipend to support your home office setup
  • WorkWhile identifies the best, most reliable hourly workers and matches them with shifts that fit their skills, location, and life.

Compensation

  • Competitive base salary + equity in a high-growth, venture-backed company
  • In-person company off-sites
  • 401(k) with employer match
  • WorkWhile has a diverse, mission-driven, and supportive culture-we look for people who want to take ownership, are energized by ambiguity, and strive to make a lasting impact.
  • If this resonates with you, we'd love to chat!

Benefits

  • These workers often face highly volatile schedules, sudden booking surges, and limited benefits.
  • For workers, we provide stable income and unmatched benefits, including next-day pay, free telehealth services, upskilling, and financial wellness tools.
  • This role focuses on selling flexible labor solutions to enterprise-scale organizations with multi-stakeholder environments, extended sales cycles, and significant volume requirements.

Company info

  • We are looking for a high-performing Enterprise Account Executive - Hospitality to drive new business and strategic expansion within catering conglomerates, national contract food service providers, sports and entertainment venue operators, and premier event management groups.

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