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# Enterprise Business Development Manager / Director - Food & Drink at Groupon

- **Company:** Groupon
- **Location:** Chicago, IL / Dallas, TX / United States
- **Work type:** remote
- **Posted:** 2026-10-04
- **Last confirmed live:** 2026-10-15
- **Apply:** https://job-boards.eu.greenhouse.io/groupon/jobs/4981247101

## Job description

Groupon connects 42 million customers with local experiences - restaurants, events, wellness and travel - and the million-plus merchants who deliver them. Our mission is to get people offline and into the real world at prices that make it possible. We're an AI-native company in the middle of a platform transformation, moving from a deals marketplace to an experience discovery platform that works for customers and merchants at the same time.

Enterprise Business Development Director, Food & Drink

Chicago (35 W. Wacker Dr.); Dallas, Texas, United States; Remote, United States

## About Groupon

Groupon connects 42 million customers with local experiences, including restaurants, events, wellness and travel, and with the more than one million merchants who provide them. Our mission is to get people offline and into the real world at prices that make it possible.

We're an AI-native company in the middle of a platform transformation. We're moving from a deals marketplace to an experience discovery platform that works for customers and merchants alike. We operate at global scale, but our culture lets individuals make an immediate impact. If you do well with autonomy, ownership and real results, Groupon is a place to grow your career.

## About the Role

As Enterprise Business Development Director for Food & Drink, you'll find and close new Enterprise partners. These include national and multi-market restaurant brands, multi-unit franchise groups, hospitality groups, and food and beverage destinations. You'll position Groupon as a marketing and customer acquisition channel that fills seats, drives trial and builds repeat traffic. You'll also negotiate strategic, high-impact deals that deliver results for merchants and subscribers.

You'll work within our enterprise sales process, and you'll decide how best to build your pipeline, engage target accounts and structure profitable partnerships. You'll work closely with the broader Enterprise Sales and Merchant Development teams so every deal launches successfully.

This role is for you if you're a consultative seller who can open doors with restaurant executives and franchise operators, work through complex organizations, and build commercial offers that make sense for the brand.

## What You'll Accomplish

Enterprise acquisition and deal closing

- Find and close new national and multi-market Food & Drink opportunities across QSR, fast casual, casual and upscale dining, bars and breweries, entertainment dining, and food and beverage experiences. You'll use your network, outbound outreach, research and inbound pipeline.
- Re-engage Enterprise restaurant brands that have lapsed or haven't featured on Groupon recently.
- Prospect into targeted, high-value accounts with a consultative, solution-led approach.
- Own the full sales cycle: identification, outreach, pitch, negotiation and close.

Consultative selling and deal structuring

- Learn each brand's operating model, guest profile, daypart and traffic patterns, competitive landscape and unit economics.
- Build data-backed offers that fill off-peak capacity, drive new-guest trial and support new-location launches, while meeting Groupon's objectives.
- Negotiate complex commercial terms within guidelines, including margin, caps, pricing, unit economics, redemption rules and franchise or location participation.

Cross-functional collaboration

- Work closely with Merchant Development for a smooth handoff after close and alignment on long-term brand strategy.
- Partner with internal teams so offers can be executed across locations and are set up to perform.

Operational excellence

- Keep pipeline activity accurate and follow sales processes and CRM expectations.
- Manage several deals at once with strong prioritization and organization.
- Communicate clearly with internal and external audiences, including preparing pitch materials and presenting one-on-one or to small groups such as brand marketing teams, franchise owners and C-suite operators.

## What We're Looking For

Required

- Bachelor's degree in Business, Sales, Marketing or a related field.
- 5+ years of Enterprise-level sales experience. Experience selling to restaurant, hospitality, or food and beverage brands is strongly preferred.
- A track record of exceeding revenue and gross profit targets in new business roles.
- Strong consultative selling skills and comfort leading complex commercial conversations.
- Proven ability to negotiate sophisticated deal structures.
- Experience in fast-paced, high-velocity sales environments.
- Familiarity with digital marketing or online guest acquisition strategies.

## Preferred

- Experience selling to national chains, multi-unit franchisees or franchisors, or restaurant groups. This includes navigating the line between corporate and franchise decision-makers.
- Background in restaurant technology, delivery, reservations, loyalty or local marketing platforms.
- Understanding of subscription, voucher, performance-based or marketplace business models.
- A strong record of high close rates, particularly on Tiered Merchant Contracts (TMC).

## Why You'll Love It Here

- Total compensation: Up to $300,000 (base plus performance incentives)
- Base salary: $130,000–$150,000
- Hybrid work model: 3 days a week in the Chicago office
- Remote is possible for the right fit
- Full benefits: Medical, Dental, Vision, EAP, 401(k) match, ESPP, Life and Disability Insurance, FSAs and more
- Real impact: Food & Drink is one of Groupon's most visible categories
- Autonomy and ownership: A chance to shape how major national restaurant brands show up on Groupon

#LI-Hybrid

[Groupon](https://www.groupon.com) is an AI-First Company We’re committed to building smarter, faster, and more innovative ways of working and AI plays a key role in how we get there. We encourage candidates to leverage AI tools during the hiring process where it adds value, and we’re always keen to hear how technology improves the way you work. If you’re passionate about AI or curious to explore how it can elevate your role you’ll be right at home here.

Groupon’s purpose is to build strong communities through thriving small businesses. To learn more about the world’s largest local e-commerce marketplace, click [here](https://www.groupon.com/articles/about). You can also find out more about us in the latest [Groupon new](https://www.groupon.com/articles/press)s as well as learning about our [DEI approach](https://www.groupon.com/articles/dei). If all of this sounds like something that’s a great fit for you, then click apply and join us on a mission to become the ultimate destination for local experiences and services.

Beware of Recruitment Fraud: Groupon follows a merit-based recruitment process without charging job seekers any fees. We've noticed an increase in recruitment fraud, including fake job postings and fraudulent interviews and job offers aimed at stealing personal information or money. Be cautious of individuals falsely representing Groupon's Talent Acquisition team with fake job offers. If you encounter any suspicious job offers or interview calls demanding money, recognize these as scams. Groupon is not responsible for losses from such dealings. For legitimate job openings (and a sneak peek into life at Groupon), always check our official career website at [Groupon Careers](https://www.grouponcareers.com/)

## About Groupon

## Company Overview
- **One-liner**: Groupon operates a global marketplace that connects consumers with local experiences, services, and goods, using AI-driven technology to match supply and demand.
- **Entity Type**: Public (Ticker: GRPN on Nasdaq)
- **Headquarters**: Chicago, Illinois, USA
- **Founded**: 2008
- **Founders**: Andrew Mason, Brad Keywell, Eric Lefkofsky

## Core Business
- Primary industry/industries: Local commerce marketplace / e-commerce / digital advertising
- Target customers: B2C (consumers seeking local experiences, travel, and goods) and B2B/SMB (local merchants seeking customers and growth).
- Mission or purpose statement: "We get people offline through quality local experiences at great value."

## Products & Services
- **Groupon Marketplace (Core Platform)**: A web and mobile platform offering daily deals, vouchers, and bookable experiences for restaurants, travel, activities, beauty, and goods. This is a two-sided marketplace.
- **Groupon Merchant Platform (B2B)**: Tools for local businesses to list offers, manage inventory, schedule appointments, and process payments, designed to help them attract new customers and manage operations.
- **Groupon+**: A feature that allows users to earn cashback directly on credit cards for purchases at partner merchants, streamlining the deal redemption process.

## Market Standing
- **Valuation/Market Cap**: As of early 2025, Groupon's market capitalization is roughly $400–800 million USD, reflecting a significant decline from its peak but steadying during a turnaround.
- **Key Metric (Revenue/User Base)**: Annual revenue for 2024 was approximately $485 million USD. The company serves tens of millions of active customers globally.
- **Notable Investors/Partners**: Given its public status, major institutional shareholders include hedge funds and asset managers. Key partners include thousands of local merchants in over a dozen countries (USA, Canada, Europe, Middle East).
- **Growth Signals**: Currently in a "transformation" phase, shifting from a deal-a-day model to a more curated, AI-driven marketplace. Growing AI-generated codebase (over 50% of code is AI-generated) and adopting agentic-first development.

## Competitive Advantages
- **Scale and Local Supply**: A massive, pre-existing network of millions of local merchants across multiple geographies, providing a supply moat that is difficult to replicate.
- **AI-Native Operating Model**: Groupon is aggressively transforming into an "AI-native company," using AI for supply demand matching, coding (agentic development), and internal operations, aiming to out-execute competitors through automation and efficiency.
- **Proven Brand Recognition**: Despite past struggles, Groupon remains a globally recognized brand for "deals" and local discovery, providing a level of consumer trust that new entrants lack.

## Strategic Focus
- **AI-Native Transformation**: The entire company is restructuring around AI. Engineering teams use agentic-first development, and all employees are expected to leverage AI tools to remove low-value work.
- **Product-Led Growth**: Shifting focus from a sales-driven model to a product-led one, where better matching and curation through AI drives natural user acquisition and conversion.
- **Lean & Disciplined Operating Model**: A deliberate "do more with less" philosophy. The company is simplifying its tech stack, reducing complexity in its operations, and focusing only on projects that move core metrics.
- **Global Local Focus**: Prioritizing the massive, complex, and underserved local commerce market.

## Why Work Here
- **Culture & Values**: "Extreme Ownership," "Speed Over Comfort," "Impact Obsessed," "Simplify to Scale," and "Disciplined." The pace is described as fast, real, and high-standard.
- **Work Environment**: A hybrid model with defined in-office days for collaboration and decision-making, with a subset of roles approved for fully remote work. Modern offices in central locations.
- **Career Growth & Impact**: A company in active transformation means employees can have immediate, visible impact on the business. Promotion is based on performance, not politics.
- **Notable Perks & Benefits**: Competitive compensation, purpose-driven work (helping local businesses), opportunity to work with cutting-edge AI tech, internal recognition programs, and anniversary milestone rewards. Benefits vary by location.
- **Engineering Culture**: Engineers build, orchestrate AI agents, and work on genuinely hard problems in local commerce. Over 50% of code is AI-generated, and the engineering culture is focused on building and shipping quickly.

## Sources
1. [Groupon Company Information](https://www.grouponcareers.com/why-groupon)
2. [Groupon Careers / Our Teams](https://www.grouponcareers.com/our-teams)
3. [Groupon Candidate FAQs & Work Policy](https://www.grouponcareers.com/candidate-faqs)
4. [Groupon LinkedIn](https://in.linkedin.com/company/groupon)
5. [Groupon Job Listings](http://job-boards.eu.greenhouse.io/groupon)

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