Agentic Acquisition Specialist - Retail

Remote, United States

Eightfold was founded with a vision to solve for employment in our society. For decades, the connection between individuals and opportunities has been based on who the individuals are and the strength of their network, not their potential. Eightfold leverages artificial intelligence to transform how to think about skills and capabilities for individuals as well as how jobs and career decisions are made. Eightfold offers the industry's first AI-powered Talent Intelligence Platform to transform how organizations plan, hire, develop and retain a diverse workforce, enabling individuals to transform their career.

To date, Eightfold AI has received more than $410M in funding (valuation of $2.1B) from leading investors to further our mission of finding the right career for everyone in the world. If you are passionate about solving one of the most fundamental challenges of our society - employment, working on hard business problems and being part of an amazing growth story - Eightfold is the place to be!

This is a unique opportunity to drive revenue while helping shape one of Eightfold's most strategic global partnerships. As one of our first industry-focused Agentic Acquisition Specialists dedicated to the Retail vertical, you will work closely with our Partner team and strategic partner account teams to accelerate customer acquisition, refine repeatable co-sell motions, and help establish the playbooks that will scale this business globally.

•      Sell genuinely new technology - Eightfold's agentic AI solutions and a growing suite of agentic products are redefining how enterprise hiring works

•      Own your vertical - build deep expertise in Retail rather than spreading thin across industries

•      AI-native company - we built our entire platform on AI from day one; you will sell from a position of authentic technical leadership

•      Partner ecosystem advantage - work in tandem with a major enterprise software partner's field teams to open doors and accelerate deals

•      Ground floor opportunity - help build the playbook for growing Eightfold's agentic AI business within the Retail industry

•      Learn from AI experts - work alongside data scientists, ML engineers, and AI researchers pushing the boundaries of what's possible

Retail organizations manage some of the largest and most complex hiring volumes in any industry. High volume seasonal hiring, reducing time to fill across hundreds of locations, managing attrition in hourly and store-level roles, and building talent pipelines for both corporate and field positions are defining challenges for enterprise retail and consumer goods companies today. Eightfold's agentic AI solutions are purpose-built to help Retail organizations screen at scale, reduce bias, and find the right candidates faster across a distributed workforce.

As an Agentic Acquisition Specialist, you will own the Retail vertical and hunt net new enterprise accounts while co-selling alongside a major enterprise software partner's account teams. You will bring Eightfold's agentic AI solutions into accounts already investing in enterprise technology transformation, positioning our products as the AI-native layer that makes their existing investments smarter.

•      Own the Retail vertical, becoming the trusted expert on customer priorities, buying trends, and the competitive landscape

•      Develop pipeline across our strategic partner's customer ecosystem by identifying enterprise opportunities where Eightfold's agentic AI platform and partner marketplace create a differentiated path to customer value

•      Build and execute joint go-to-market strategies with partner account teams, aligning on priority accounts, account plans, and customer engagement strategies

•      Drive a structured co-sell motion by partnering with partner sellers throughout the customer lifecycle, from initial qualification through close and expansion

•      Position Eightfold as a strategic extension of customers' existing technology investment by leveraging our partner HCM platform integration to deliver differentiated business value

•      Navigate complex enterprise accounts by orchestrating customer executives, partner stakeholders, and internal Eightfold teams to advance strategic opportunities

•      Lead executive discovery and product demonstrations, articulating how Eightfold's agentic AI solutions complement customers' broader technology investments and digital transformation initiatives