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Sales Director jobs: 199 open roles

Open sales director jobs taken from employers’ own career sites and checked to still be open. Listings that state pay show a median of $160,000 a year.

The market for sales director work

Every figure names its source. Skills and AI-skill shares describe the whole Sales function this title sits in. Outlook, pay and AI-use figures are for the government category “Sales managers”, the closest occupation to this title.

Verified open sales director jobs
199

Source: NextChapter, checked against employer career sites, last 7 days.

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Median pay in listings that state it
$160,000

Source: NextChapter verified openings.

Employment outlook
Projected to grow 5% from 2025 to 2035 (faster than average).

Source: BLS Employment Projections, 2025–2035.

National median pay, all levels
$148,270

Source: BLS OEWS, 2025.

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Openings a year nationally, growth plus replacement
47,300

Source: BLS Employment Projections.

AI use at work
AI use among sales managers is little observed so far.

Source: Anthropic Economic Index.

Sales openings that ask for AI skills
6%

Source: NextChapter verified openings.

Sales openings that are remote
7%

Source: NextChapter verified openings.

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Skills most often named in openings

  1. 1. salesforce6%
  2. 2. crm5%
  3. 3. quota5%
  4. 4. forecasting3%
  5. 5. onboarding3%
  6. 6. procurement3%
  7. 7. go-to-market3%
  8. 8. enterprise sales2%

AI skills worth building for this work

  1. 1. AI tools in daily work
  2. 2. Gen-AI assistants (ChatGPT, Copilot, Claude)
  3. 3. Prompt design
  4. 4. AI coding assistants
  5. 5. AI workflow automation
  6. 6. Automation platforms (Zapier, n8n, Power Automate)

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Where sales director experience can go next

Career moves the skills carry over to, closest fit first. Time is how long a move usually takes.

  • Customer success

    Close fit · Quick switch (weeks)

    Customer success keeps the relationship side of sales with steadier pay and less rejection.

    Carries over: Customer relationships, Discovery, CRM discipline

  • Partnerships

    Close fit · A few months

    Partnerships sells through other companies: the same skills on longer, bigger deals.

    Carries over: Negotiation, Pipeline management, Executive relationships

  • Sales enablement

    Adjacent · A few months

    Enablement teams hire former sellers to train the next ones; credibility with reps is the job.

    Carries over: Real selling experience, Objection handling, Coaching reps

  • Search-firm or agency recruiting consultant

    Adjacent · A few months

    Search firms need people who can win clients; selling skills matter more there than HR background.

    Carries over: Business development, Closing, Resilience

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Open sales director jobs

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Sales Director salary

The middle half of sales director listings that state pay run from $125,500 to $226,000. See the full sales director salary breakdown.

Sales jobs in the rankings

Rankings about sales jobs

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Where sales director jobs are

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Sales Director jobs by city and state

Employers hiring sales directors

  • Iron Mountain 12
  • OfferFit 8
  • Super Micro Computer 5
  • Spectrum Retirement Communities 5
  • Teads Holding 4
  • Quest Diagnostics 4
  • Lendbuzz 4
  • Applied Industrial Technologies 4
  • Aperia Technologies 3
  • Fireblocks 3

Related job titles

Sales Director is one of the ways director of sales is written. The Director of Sales role page counts every spelling together: pay, best industries and states, skills and AI skills.

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