Account Director, Retail at OpenAI

San Francisco, California, United States

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$350,000 – $350,000Compensation
Senior (5 to 8 years), Expert & Leadership (9+ years)Experience Level
Full TimeJob Type
UnknownVisa
Retail, E-commerce, Consumer Goods, TechnologyIndustries

Requirements

  • 14+ years selling complex enterprise software or platform-as-a-service solutions
  • 4+ years selling to retail or consumer goods customers
  • Experience managing C-suite relationships across merchandising, IT, marketing, and commercial teams
  • Strong understanding of retail and consumer goods workflows (e.g., inventory management, customer analytics, e-commerce operations, marketing campaigns)
  • Familiarity with data privacy, compliance (PCI DSS, GDPR), and security considerations in retail
  • Demonstrated ability to design and execute complex deal and partnership strategies
  • Customer-centric and can translate complex market and business needs into transformative AI solutions
  • Passionate about advancing consumer experiences through the safe and ethical use of AI
  • A builder who enjoys designing scalable systems and repeatable sales motions from the ground up
  • A strategist who anticipates industry shifts and guides enterprise customers through them
  • Energized by ambiguity and motivated to create structure and clarity across complex, cross-functional engagements

Responsibilities

  • Manage a focused portfolio of retail accounts, developing and executing on long-term strategic account plans
  • Lead complex, multi-stakeholder sales cycles spanning merchandising, operations, marketing, and commercial functions
  • Partner with solutions and research engineering to design pilots that demonstrate measurable business and customer impact
  • Collaborate with compliance, privacy, and security teams to ensure responsible deployment of AI in regulated environments
  • Own a revenue and consumption target; manage forecasts and pipeline reporting
  • Monitor industry and regulatory trends (e.g., FTC, consumer protection, etc.) to guide customer and product strategy
  • Represent OpenAI at industry conferences and thought-leadership events (e.g., NRF, Shoptalk)
  • Partner cross-functionally with marketing, partnerships, and communications to build the Retail go-to-market motion

Skills

Enterprise Sales
Account Management
Retail Industry
Executive Relationships
Supply Chain Optimization
Merchandising Strategies
Customer Experience
AI Deployment
Compliance
Privacy
Security

OpenAI

Develops safe and beneficial AI technologies

About OpenAI

OpenAI develops and deploys artificial intelligence technologies aimed at benefiting humanity. The company creates advanced AI models capable of performing various tasks, such as automating processes and enhancing creativity. OpenAI's products, like Sora, allow users to generate videos from text descriptions, showcasing the versatility of its AI applications. Unlike many competitors, OpenAI operates under a capped profit model, which limits the profits it can make and ensures that excess earnings are redistributed to maximize the social benefits of AI. This commitment to safety and ethical considerations is central to its mission of ensuring that artificial general intelligence (AGI) serves all of humanity.

San Francisco, CaliforniaHeadquarters
2015Year Founded
$18,433.2MTotal Funding
LATE_VCCompany Stage
AI & Machine LearningIndustries
1,001-5,000Employees

Benefits

Health insurance
Dental and vision insurance
Flexible spending account for healthcare and dependent care
Mental healthcare service
Fertility treatment coverage
401(k) with generous matching
20-week paid parental leave
Life insurance (complimentary)
AD&D insurance (complimentary)
Short-term/long-term disability insurance (complimentary)
Optional buy-up life insurance
Flexible work hours and unlimited paid time off (we encourage 4+ weeks per year)
Annual learning & development stipend
Regular team happy hours and outings
Daily catered lunch and dinner
Travel to domestic conferences

Risks

Elon Musk's legal battle may pose financial and reputational challenges for OpenAI.
Customizable ChatGPT personas could lead to privacy and ethical concerns.
Competitors like Anthropic raising capital may intensify market competition.

Differentiation

OpenAI's capped profit model prioritizes ethical AI development over unlimited profit.
OpenAI's AI models, like Sora, offer unique video creation from text descriptions.
OpenAI's focus on AGI aims to create AI systems smarter than humans.

Upsides

OpenAI's $6.6 billion funding boosts its AI research and computational capacity.
Customizable ChatGPT personas enhance user engagement and satisfaction.
OpenAI's 'Operator' AI agent could revolutionize workforce automation by 2025.

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