Role details
- Toast creates technology to help restaurants and local businesses succeed in a digital world, helping business owners operate, increase sales, engage customers, and keep employees happy.
- As the Vice President of Enterprise Sales , you will lead the strategy and execution of Toast's most complex go-to-market (GTM) engine across Enterprise and Mid-Market divisions—spanning hotels, sports & entertainment, and global restaurant brands.
- A critical focus of this role is accelerating our expansion into the Quick-Service Restaurant (QSR) and drive-through segments.
- Reporting directly to the Chief Operating Officer of Enterprise, you will leverage AI-driven insights and rigorous sales methodologies to transform our motion into a world-class, process-driven organization.
- You will bridge the gap between brand promise and operational delivery at massive scale, navigating multi-year C-suite negotiations with iconic global brands.
A day in the life
(Responsibilities)
- C-Suite Engagement: Build trusted, collaborative relationships with global enterprise executives, backed by a disciplined, repeatable sales process.
- GTM Strategy & Innovation: Direct the go-to-market strategy for Toast's newest hardware and software solutions, positioning our platform as the partner of choice for high-volume, multi-unit brands.
- Sales Motion Modernization: Audit and optimize current sales cycles to increase velocity, driving measurable operational efficiency and consistency across all enterprise segments.
- AI-Powered Operations: Introduce and scale predictive, machine-learning-powered forecasting tools to replace manual projections with data-validated insights.
- Product & Engineering Partnership: Collaborate with Product and Engineering leadership to translate complex, enterprise-level partner
requirements
into a scalable, repeatable product roadmap.
- Industry Representation: Represent Toast across the enterprise sector, engaging at key industry forums and cultivating strategic partnerships to solidify our market leadership.
What you'll need to thrive (Requirements)
- Executive Leadership: Demonstrated track record leading high-performing enterprise GTM organizations capable of closing complex, large-scale annual contract value ($100M+ ACV) agreements with household-name brands.
- GTM Evolution: Proven ability to mature an organization's go-to-market approach—shifting from transactional, relationship-led efforts to structured, enterprise-level execution without losing operational momentum.
- Sales Tech & AI Vision: Deep expertise in modern sales tech stacks, with a clear vision for leveraging machine learning and data analytics in revenue operations and pipeline forecasting.
- Methodology Mastery: Expert-level proficiency in enterprise sales methodologies and a history of implementing them to reduce friction in complex sales cycles.
- Cross-Functional Influence: Exceptional ability to partner with Product and R&D teams to synthesize custom technical demands into platform features that win deals sustainably.
- Strategic Agility: Ability to thrive in a fast-paced environment, balancing long-term strategic vision with the agile execution required to capture a rapidly evolving market.
AI at Toast
- At Toast, one of our company values is that we're hungry to build and learn.
- We believe learning new AI tools empowers us to build for our customers faster, more independently, and with higher quality.
- We provide these tools across all disciplines, from Engineering and Product to Sales and Support, and are inspired by how our Toasters are already driving real value with them.
- The people who thrive here are those who embrace changes that let us build more for our customers; it's a core part of our culture.
Our Total Rewards Philosophy
- We strive to provide competitive compensation and benefits programs that help to attract, retain, and motivate the best and brightest people in our industry.
- Our total rewards package goes beyond great earnings potential and provides the means to a healthy lifestyle with the flexibility to meet Toasters' changing needs.
- Learn more about our benefits at https://careers.toasttab.com/toast-benefits .
- The base salary range for this role is listed below.
- The starting salary will be determined based on skills, experience, and geographic location.
- In addition to base salary, our total rewards components include cash compensation (overtime, bonus/commissions if eligible), equity, and benefits.
- You can learn more about how we align pay with local labor markets in our Geographic Pay Zone Philosophy .
Zone A
$252,000 — $403,000 USD
Zone B
$219,000 — $350,000 USD
Zone C
$198,000 — $317,000 USD
- How Toast Uses AI in its Hiring Process
- Throughout the hiring process, our goal is to get to know you.
- We use AI tools to support our recruiters and interviewers with tasks like note-taking, summarization, and documentation of interviews to ensure they can be fully focused on your conversation.
- All hiring decisions are made by people.
- We ask that you complete interviews and assessments on your own, without real-time AI tools, recording, or transcription bots, unless we tell you otherwise in advance.
Our Approach to Hybrid Working
- We embrace a hybrid work model that fosters in-person collaboration while valuing individual needs.
- Our goal is to build a strong culture of connection as we work together to empower the hospitality community, regardless of location.
- Please visit the Locations page on our career site to learn more about our in-office expectations by region: https://careers.toasttab.com/locations-toast
- People Are the Secret Ingredient in Our Recipe for Success
- At Toast, our employees are our secret ingredient—when they thrive, we thrive.
- The restaurant industry brings together people with a wide range of backgrounds, experiences, and perspectives, and we value that same breadth at Toast.
- We strive to build a culture grounded in authenticity, respect, and humility, where every Toaster has a real opportunity to grow, contribute, and do their best work—raising the bar in delivering exceptional experiences for our customers and each other.
Apply today!
- Toast is committed to creating an accessible and inclusive hiring process.
- As part of this commitment, we strive to provide reasonable accommodations for persons with disabilities to enable them to access the hiring process.
- If you need an accommodation to access the job application or interview process, please contact [email protected] .
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