Chef Robotics
Key Account Executive
TLDR
Own the full sales cycle as a foundational member of the enterprise team, shaping how enterprise sales are built at Chef Robotics while tackling critical labor challenges with AI and robotics.
Chef Robotics is accelerating the deployment of intelligent machines in the physical world, starting with food production — the sector facing the largest labor shortage in the U.S., with 1.14M unfilled jobs today and 3.1M projected by 2030. These roles can't be offshored, making robotics essential to keeping production onshore and strengthening America's manufacturing base.
Our AI-powered robots automate food prep and assembly in commercial kitchens and food manufacturing, and have already produced over 110 million meals in production — generating the world's largest proprietary dataset for deformable food manipulation. Backed by investors including Kleiner Perkins, Construct, Bloomberg Beta, and Promus Ventures, and built by a team from Cruise, Zoox, Google, Tesla, and Amazon Robotics, Chef is rapidly scaling with multiple multi-year contracts and a mission to put an intelligent robot in every commercial kitchen.
About the Role
As a Key Account Executive, you will own the full sales cycle, from outbound discovery and demos to complex negotiations and closing. You will be a foundational member of our enterprise team, shaping how enterprise sales are built at Chef Robotics.
In this role, you will:
Manage multi-stakeholder buying processes within large-scale food manufacturing and contract manufacturing firms.
Drive enterprise-grade deals with an average contract value (ACV) ranging from $100K to $1M.
Own the end-to-end sales process, including discovery, demos, and proposals, with the support of a strong SDR and technical team.
As an early member of the enterprise team, you will help define the Ideal Customer Profile (ICP) and the future of our sales motion.
What you bring:
You have a proven track record of navigating complex organizations and closing deals that move the needle for the business.
You thrive in high-stakes environments and are motivated by closing six-figure enterprise deals.
You are excited by the prospect of deploying AI and robotics to solve critical labor challenges in the food industry.
You enjoy the "inflection point" stage of a startup—where the product is proven, but there is still significant room to shape the direction of the company.
Why Join Us Now?
We are in a sector that has been slow to adopt automation but is now moving fast.
Join a team heading into a Series B with a pipeline that is already outgrowing our current capacity.
This is a window where career-defining deals are made, and you will have a direct hand in scaling a leader in AI robotics.
Equal Opportunity Employer We are an equal opportunity employer and value diversity at our company. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, sex, gender identity and expression, sexual orientation, national origin, ancestry, citizen status, uniform service member and veteran status, marital status, age, pregnancy status, protected medical condition, genetic information, disability, or any other protected status. Multiple studies have found that a higher percentage of women and BIPOC candidates won't apply if they don't meet every listed qualification. Chef values candidates of all backgrounds. If you find yourself excited by our mission but you don't check every box in the description, we encourage you to apply anyway!
Equal Opportunity Employer
We are an equal opportunity employer and value diversity at our company. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, sex, gender identity and expression, sexual orientation, national origin, ancestry, citizen status, uniform service member and veteran status, marital status, age, pregnancy status, protected medical condition, genetic information, disability, or any other protected status.
Multiple studies have found that a higher percentage of women and BIPOC candidates won't apply if they don't meet every listed qualification. Chef values candidates of all backgrounds. If you find yourself excited by our mission but you don't check every box in the description, we encourage you to apply anyway!
Chef Robotics is solving one of the hardest problems in AI and robotics — and we ship. Our robots are in production today, generating real data that trains the next generation of food AI. Backed by Kleiner Perkins, Construct, Bloomberg Beta, and Promus Ventures, and built by a team from Cruise, Zoox, Google, Tesla, and Amazon Robotics, we're scaling fast with multiple multi-year enterprise contracts. If you want to build physical AI with real-world deployments and real impact, Chef is the place.
Chef Robotics develops intelligent robots designed to automate tasks in commercial kitchens, targeting the food industry. By focusing on food automation, we aim to revolutionize how kitchens operate, making them more efficient and scalable.
Key Account Executive