Head of Grocery Sales

AI overview

Lead grocery and convenience store sales expansion by owning the full enterprise sales cycle and shaping go-to-market strategy in a high-growth environment.

Head of Grocery Sales

Location: Remote (US) with travel to customers and industry events
OTE: $300,000 ($150,000 base + commission)

About Panoptyc

Panoptyc is the AI Loss Prevention partner for retailers. Our computer vision + human-in-the-loop platform is deployed in 25,000+ stores and has helped customers catch 300,000+ theft incidents in the last year. We work with Fortune 500 retailers and fast-growing grocery and convenience chains to reduce shrink, protect revenue, and drive measurable ROI.

We are expanding aggressively into grocery and convenience retail and are looking for a senior seller who already knows this market and can accelerate growth immediately.

Role Overview

We are hiring a Head of Grocery Sales to lead our grocery and convenience store sales expansion. This role is designed for a hunter who thrives in early-stage, high-growth environments and already has relationships across grocery retail leadership.

You will own the full enterprise sales cycle and help shape our go-to-market strategy in one of our highest-priority segments.

What You’ll Do

Enterprise Sales

  • Own the full sales cycle from prospecting to close for grocery and convenience retail customers

  • Sell into Loss Prevention, Asset Protection, Operations, Security, and Finance leaders

  • Close mid-market and enterprise deals ranging from pilots to multi-million ARR rollouts

  • Build pipeline through outbound, events, referrals, and industry relationships

Strategic Market Development

  • Help define and execute the grocery GTM strategy

  • Provide feedback to product and leadership based on customer needs

  • Represent Panoptyc at trade shows, conferences, and customer meetings

Revenue Ownership

  • Hit and exceed aggressive revenue targets

  • Build repeatable pipeline and forecasting processes

  • Help build the foundation of a future grocery sales team

  • Voice of the Customer - listen to customers pain points and jobs to be done, translate those into outcomes for the product and development teams

Must-Have Experience

  • 7+ years selling to grocers

  • Nice to have is selling to convenience or other types of retail

  • Experience selling to:

    • Operations

    • Finance or Executive leadership

  • Experience selling security or loss prevention product

  • Track record of closing $500K–$3M+ ARR deals

  • Existing relationships within grocery retail and/or loss prevention leadership

Preferred Background

  • Experience selling one or more of the following:

    • Retail technology

    • Loss prevention / security solutions

    • Computer vision or AI

    • Video, POS, or analytics platforms

  • Experience working in a startup or high-growth company

Personality Traits

  • Hungry, fast-moving, and highly competitive

  • Obsessive about winning and beating quota

  • High ownership and accountability

  • Comfortable operating with ambiguity and speed

Compensation

  • Base: $150,000

  • OTE: $300,000+ (uncapped commission)

  • Equity opportunity for the right candidate

  • Travel and expense budget for conferences and customer meetings

Why Join Panoptyc

  • Massive market: $100B+ annual retail shrink problem

  • Proven traction with thousands of deployed locations

  • High-ROI product customers urgently need

  • Opportunity to own and build a major revenue segment

  • Clear path to leadership for top performers

If you’re excited to build the grocery sales motion at a fast-growing AI company and close large enterprise deals, we’d love to talk: https://jobs.ashbyhq.com/Panoptyc/ed3408c7-f5f2-4cc0-a2e6-7a93b40c7ed8

Salary
$150,000 – $300,000 per year
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