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Robot.com

Director of Business Development - Campuses

Robot.com, San Francisco, California, United States, 94199

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About The Role The Director, Business Development, Campus Business leads the long‑term growth strategy and national account sales execution required to scale Robot.com’s presence across college campuses in the U.S. This role is responsible for developing and executing a strategy to meet deployment and revenue targets both near‑term and long‑term. The focus is on national corporate account management, local campus activation, performance improvement, and revenue growth across the food‑service provider ecosystem including major Food Service Providers (Sodexo, Aramark, Compass) and meal delivery app companies such as Grubhub, Uber, and DoorDash. It also includes developing relationships with the colleges themselves, typically alongside the FSP.

Typical day activities include:

Create and execute a strategy to reach campus deployment and revenue targets.

Maintain relationships with senior leadership at partner organizations while supporting campus‑level contacts to drive approvals and successful launches.

Collaborate with Operations to secure deployments, optimize performance, and address barriers quickly.

Analyze campus performance data to identify trends, risks, and opportunities.

Create updated economic models, marketing plans, and operational improvements that stabilize existing deployments and accelerate new campus penetration.

Ensure continuous improvement across the deployment and activation funnel.

Build and maintain a comprehensive campus deployment plan including prioritization, sequencing, and resource allocation.

Work directly with campus leaders to move locations from interest to approval to deployment.

Track progress and ensure pipeline health against growth targets.

Expand campus access and deployment opportunities within multiple food‑service providers.

Build account plans that identify decision‑makers, influencers, processes, and market opportunities across these organizations.

Develop repeatable approaches for scaling campus deployments across regions and providers.

Operationalize campus‑level advertising opportunities enabled through new agreements, ensuring compliance with approval processes and local campus policies.

Obtain advertising approvals at various colleges in advance and provide the Sales team with current contact lists, requirements, and restrictions for each campus.

Enable advertising initiatives for other sales team members and manage select campaigns independently when appropriate.

Partner with Operations, Finance, Legal, and Marketing to ensure deployments are viable, compliant, and positioned for long‑term success.

Provide partner and campus insights that influence product improvements and marketing materials.

Maintain accurate forecasting, territory planning, and CRM updates for all campus growth and advertising opportunities.

Manage a small sales team of 1–3 people as the business grows.

Report progress, risks, and mitigations to the CBO consistently and proactively.

Who you are

A senior‑level sales operator who thrives in large, matrixed environments and can navigate from the executive suite to on‑the‑ground campus leaders.

Someone who combines relationship‑building with analytical rigor; you’re equally comfortable pitching, modeling, forecasting, and troubleshooting.

A senior strategist who can design a multi‑year plan but also can, and is willing to, execute the day‑to‑day grind and sweat the details required to unlock campus approvals and deployments.

A manager who can recruit and lead a small team eventually, but is comfortable starting as a single contributor, rolling up your sleeves and doing the work yourself.

A person who works well in fast‑moving, ambiguous environments and knows how to create order, predictability, and momentum.

A relationship‑driven leader with a reputation for trust, partnership, and follow‑through.

A person who sees long sales cycles not as a burden, but as a space to build durable, high‑value partnerships.

This job might be the right one for you if

8 to 10+ years of experience in sales, business development, or national account management within higher education, food‑service providers, hospitality, or similarly complex enterprise environments.

2–3 years management experience in Sales or Business Development (Partnerships).

Demonstrated success scaling multi‑location or multi‑region partnerships with large, matrixed organizations.

B2B Sales and/or Business Development (Partnerships) experience.

Ideally some experience in the college or business campus and/or the food services or hospitality industry.

High proficiency with CRM tools, especially HubSpot, including forecasting, pipeline management, and structured deal progression.

Strong financial and analytical skills with the ability to build economic models, evaluate campus viability, and create persuasive business cases.

Proven ability to navigate long sales cycles, influence cross‑functional stakeholders, and drive momentum in ambiguous environments.

Strong presentation, negotiation, and relationship‑building skills.

Ability to own strategy and execution simultaneously, balancing long‑term planning with hands‑on field activity.

Ability to travel frequently for partner meetings and campus visits.

A reputation for clarity, reliability, and building trust across internal teams and external partners.

Keep in mind

This role is primarily remote, with the ability to travel to university campuses and partner locations as needed.

Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform these essential functions.

The position may occasionally require lifting or moving lightweight robot components or related equipment, typically under 30 lbs, with or without reasonable accommodation.

Final candidates must successfully complete a background check in accordance with company policy and applicable laws, given the role’s access to campus environments and interactions with external partners.

Robot.com Culture & Values At Robot.com, we believe in creating a dynamic and inclusive work environment that fosters diversity, collaboration, and innovation, while embodying our core values of Being Agile, Acting Resourceful, Thinking Disruptive, Creating Happiness, and Loving through service. We approach challenges with resourcefulness, always considering what is important and urgent, and quickly making decisions to address new situations. We use our creativity and ingenuity to disrupt the status quo and make the ordinary extraordinary, fostering a dynamic and joyful work environment that encourages engagement and creativity. Our actions are guided by our commitment to serving everyone with care, kindness, and fairness, constantly seeking to improve the ways in which we operate.

What we offer you

Opportunity to join a fast‑growing startup and help shape and establish the company’s industry leadership in robotic last‑mile delivery.

Competitive compensation package.

Being part of one of the top Tech Start‑Ups in Latin America that is operating in the U.S. market.

Learn the best practices and methods that are useful in the startup world.

Seniority level Director

Employment type Full‑time

Job function Business Development and Sales

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