12h ago

Deal Desk Director

Cincinnati, OH | Chicago, IL | New York, NY

$132k-$240k / year

full-timeleadretail

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πŸ’Ό About This Role

You'll own the end-to-end deal desk process for a retail data science company, partnering with Sales, Finance, and Legal to accelerate deal cycles and protect margin. You'll drive commercial governance and quoting standardization across the organization. This role offers a chance to shape a newly built team with future people leadership responsibilities.

🎯 What You'll Do

  • Own end-to-end deal desk process: intake, triage, structuring, and approval routing.
  • Establish pricing/discount guardrails and exception policies to protect margin.
  • Partner with Sales to structure competitive quotes aligned to company policy.
  • Coordinate cross-functional deal reviews with Finance, Legal, RevOps, and leadership.
  • Drive contract and quote standardization using templates and playbooks.

πŸ“‹ Requirements

  • 8+ years of similar experience in Retail or CPG industry
  • Strong commercial and financial acumen (pricing, discounting, margin, ARR/ACV)
  • Experience building scalable processes and governance (approval frameworks, SLAs, playbooks)
  • Proficiency with CRM/CPQ tools (e.g., Salesforce+CPQ) and data integrity

✨ Nice to Have

  • Future people leadership experience
  • Experience with holistic investment evaluation (COGs)
  • Excellent communication and negotiation skills

🎁 Benefits & Perks

  • πŸ–οΈ Paid time off: 5 weeks vacation, 7 health/wellness days, 3 floating holidays, 6 company holidays
  • πŸ₯ Medical, dental, vision with competitive plan designs
  • πŸ’° 401(k) with Roth option and matching contribution
  • 🏦 Health Savings Account with matching contribution
  • πŸ‘Ά Paid leave for maternity, paternity, and family care

πŸ“¨ Hiring Process

Estimated timeline: 2-4 weeks Β· AI estimate

  1. 1Recruiter phone screenΒ· 30 min
  2. 2Hiring manager interviewΒ· 45 min
  3. 3Cross-functional panelΒ· 60 min
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