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# Senior Sales Manager – Team Lead Track – California at Chowbus

- **Company:** Chowbus
- **Location:** California
- **Posted:** 2026-11-02
- **Last confirmed live:** 2026-11-09
- **Apply:** https://job-boards.greenhouse.io/chowbus/jobs/8164492003

## Job description

Chowbus is a leading Asian restaurant technology SaaS platform, with deep roots in the North American market for years. Currently, we stand as a pioneering enterprise in the North American Asian Restaurant SaaS sector. Driven by precise market positioning and efficient product services, our business has achieved doubled growth annually, covering over 30 core states and 100 key cities across the U.S., and partnering with more than 10,000 Asian restaurants. We build tech ecosystems that help restaurants grow, serve with heart, and uplift their communities. Our vision is to create a world where culturally rooted food entrepreneurs thrive everywhere.

This role is for a top seller who is ready to lead. You'll start by doing what you do best, winning restaurants across the full sales cycle, and grow into leading the city's sales team: hiring the right people, coaching them to win, and building a team that sets the pace for the market. You keep your own quota the whole way, so you earn on both your deals and your team's success.

## What You'll Focus On

- Sell full-cycle in your own territory, starting with cold calls and walk-ins
- Run demos, close deals and hand signed restaurants to our technicians for installation
- Own your accounts after launch and grow them through add-ons and referrals
- Map the city and build relationships with local partners and associations
- After your first 6 months, help hire, onboard and coach new Sales Managers, and lead the team's daily activity and pipeline

## What You Bring

- 3+ years of quota-carrying, full-cycle B2B or outside sales, with restaurant POS or payments experience (Toast, Square, Clover, SpotOn, ISO/merchant services) strongly preferred
- Experience leading, mentoring or onboarding salespeople: a team lead, sales manager or senior rep who trained others
- Consistent quota attainment you can show with numbers
- Comfortable building a market from zero: cold calling, walking into restaurants, setting up partnerships, figuring things out without a playbook handed to you
- Strong spoken and written English; fluency in Vietnamese, Korean, Japanese, Thai or an Indian language (such as Hindi, Punjabi, Gujarati or Tamil) is strongly preferred, and any other second language is a plus
- Lives in or near California; valid driver’s license and reliable transportation

## What We Offer

- A fair compensation package
- Medical, dental, and vision insurance
- 401(k)
- 100% employer-paid Short-Term Disability (STD)
- 100% employer-paid Life Insurance and option for additional employee-paid Life Insurance
- 100% employer-paid Accidental Death and Dismemberment (AD&D) Insurance and option for additional employee-paid AD&D Insurance
- Company holidays
- Birthday off
- Paid Parental Leave
- Flexible Paid Time Off (PTO)
- Employee Assistance Program (EAP)
- Fuel reimbursement

Target first-year earnings (OTE) for this role are $130,000 – $180,000, made up of a base salary of $70000- $80000, plus uncapped commission and team incentives. Base salary depends on experience; commission depends on results, and top performers earn above the target range.

## About Chowbus

## Company Overview
- **One-liner**: Chowbus is a full-stack technology platform providing AI-powered POS, SaaS, and business services for culturally rooted independent restaurants across North America.
- **Entity Type**: Private (Series E, raised $81M in March 2026)
- **Headquarters**: Chicago, Illinois, United States
- **Founded**: 2016
- **Founders**: Linxin Wen, Suyu Zhang

## Core Business
- **Primary industries**: Restaurant technology, Point of Sale (POS), SaaS, AI-driven restaurant services
- **Target customers**: Independent, culturally rooted restaurants (Asian cuisine, fast-casual, full-service) – B2B, primarily SMB to mid-market
- **Mission/purpose**: “Empowering restaurants with the tools to thrive — whether you’re serving sushi, Korean BBQ, dim sum, boba tea, or pho. We’re more than a POS provider. We’re a partner in growth, innovation, and cultural pride.” [chowbus.com/about-us](https://www.chowbus.com/about-us)

## Products & Services
- **POS Stand**: Full-featured countertop POS running on iOS Apple devices with offline mode and real-time cloud sync.
- **Handheld POS**: Mobile ordering and payment device for tableside service.
- **Tablet Ordering**: Self-service ordering via tablets for dine-in customers.
- **Kiosk Ordering**: Self-service kiosks for quick-service and fast-casual settings.
- **Kitchen Display System (KDS)**: Digital screen for kitchen order management.
- **Delivery Integration**: Unified management of third-party delivery orders (DoorDash, Uber Eats, etc.) alongside in-house delivery.
- **AI Digital Ads**: AI-driven marketing platform for targeted ad campaigns.
- **Automated Accounting & Supply Chain Optimization**: Tools to reduce overhead and manage inventory (part of upcoming service expansion).
- **Insurance & Services**: Planned expansion into business services beyond software.

## Market Standing
- **Valuation**: Not disclosed
- **Key Metrics**: 
  - $120+ million Annual Recurring Revenue (ARR) as of September 2025 (9x growth over four years) [en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chowbus](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chowbus)
  - ~$4 billion annualized processed transaction volume across all 50 U.S. states and Canada
  - Total funding raised: $209M (including $81M Series E in March 2026) [cbinsights.com/company/chowbus](https://www.cbinsights.com/company/chowbus) – note: some sources list $203.32M (conflicting reports)
- **Notable Investors**: Prysm Capital (lead), Left Lane Capital (lead), Dutchess, Fika, Avid Bank; 22 total investors per PitchBook
- **Growth Signals**: 
  - Expanded from delivery-only to full SaaS/POS platform in 2022; sold delivery business to Fantuan in January 2024 to focus on tech.
  - Hosted 2026 Summer Launch Event and Summit Forum (“Welcome to the AI Digital Worker Era”) in May 2026 at the NRA Show.
  - Plans international expansion into Canada and deeper AI service offerings.

## Competitive Advantages
- **Vertical focus**: Deep specialization in culturally rooted restaurants (especially Asian cuisine), a $240B market segment that is often underserved by generic POS systems.
- **Full-stack integration**: POS, online ordering, delivery aggregation, marketing, and accounting on a single platform – eliminates need for multiple vendors.
- **AI-first approach**: AI Digital Ads and upcoming AI tools for supply chain, accounting, and marketing give independent restaurants capabilities previously available only to large chains.
- **Reliability**: iOS-powered Apple hardware with offline mode ensures uptime even during internet outages.
- **Real-time cloud sync**: All data syncs instantly across devices, enabling remote management from anywhere.

## Strategic Focus
- **Expand AI-driven tools**: Build next-generation AI platform for marketing, automated accounting, supply chain optimization.
- **Move beyond SaaS into services**: Offer comprehensive business services (marketing, accounting, supply ordering, insurance) where restaurant operators spend significantly more than on software alone.
- **International growth**: Enter Canada while deepening support in the U.S.
- **Continue serving independent restaurants**: Maintain focus on culturally rooted operators, a core market representing ~16% of the U.S. restaurant industry.

## Why Work Here
- **Culture**: Mission-driven company that values cultural pride, innovation, and community. Founded by international students who experienced the pain points they now solve.
- **Growth trajectory**: Rapidly scaling from $120M ARR with 9x growth in four years; employees have opportunity to shape AI products in a high-impact market.
- **Team size**: ~190 employees (per PitchBook) – still at a stage where individual contributions can have outsized impact.
- **Work environment**: Headquarters in Chicago (224 S. Michigan Ave). Remote/hybrid policy is not publicly specified; check the careers page on Greenhouse for specific role details.
- **Notable perks**: Involvement in industry events (NRA Show, Summer Launch), exposure to cutting-edge AI development in a real-world vertical.

## Sources
1. [chowbus.com](https://www.chowbus.com/) – Product overview, press release details
2. [chowbus.com/about-us](https://www.chowbus.com/about-us) – Mission, founding story, why restaurants choose Chowbus
3. [cbinsights.com/company/chowbus](https://www.cbinsights.com/company/chowbus) – Funding history, total raised, investors, competitors
4. [en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chowbus](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chowbus) – Company history, ARR, transaction volume, acquisition of delivery business
5. [pitchbook.com/profiles/company/182630-89](https://pitchbook.com/profiles/company/182630-89) – Employee count, valuation status, primary industry, office address

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