Top Sales Jobs in Chicago, IL

Executive leader responsible for Microsoft practice sales strategy, revenue growth, go-to-market execution, Microsoft partnerships, and customer expansion. Leads geographically distributed sales, business development, and pre-sales teams; drives software, Azure, AI, security, modern work, professional services, and managed services growth. Owns forecasting, pipeline management, sales productivity, executive relationships, partner incentives, and organizational development while building a high-performing sales organization.

Drives growth for F5 partner solutions by collaborating with sales teams, customers, and partner stakeholders. Builds pipeline, identifies target accounts, supports large transaction sales cycles, delivers presentations and training, forecasts sales, develops go-to-market plans, and coordinates legal and financial agreements. Serves as a subject matter expert while influencing executives, technical teams, procurement, and internal leadership to expand business and exceed sales targets.

Provides advanced networking expertise to support sales teams, engage customers, recommend technical solutions, qualify opportunities, and drive networking solution growth. Presents networking concepts, advises on competitive solutions, identifies related technology opportunities, supports sales enablement, collaborates with solution teams and partners, and maintains relevant certifications and technical knowledge.

Manages a Fortinet partner-funded business development team and leads strategic relationships between Fortinet and CDW. Develops engagement plans, drives revenue and profit growth, coordinates sales and services teams, facilitates pipeline reviews, educates stakeholders, manages accountability processes, and executes joint marketing initiatives. The role also oversees partner communications, business tracking, quarterly meetings, and scalable strategic planning processes. Travel averages 4–5 days per month.

Sell hybrid infrastructure services and products through the full enterprise sales lifecycle. Develop account strategies, identify and qualify opportunities, build client and partner relationships, coordinate internal technical resources, manage pipelines and forecasts, meet revenue and profit targets, and provide consultative sales support. The role also includes mentoring entry-level Solutions Executives, participating in industry events, and maintaining expertise across multiple infrastructure solution areas.

Develop and execute territory sales strategies to identify and expand enterprise business opportunities. Manage opportunity pipelines, forecasts, proposals, RFP/RFI presentations, contract licensing, and customer relationships. Partner with sales and solutions teams, mentor sales personnel, differentiate software offerings, support pricing and configuration, and conduct training to increase bookings. The role requires technology sales experience, market knowledge, strong negotiation and communication skills, and travel up to 25%.

Leads pre-sales strategy and enterprise AI adoption for higher education customers. Delivers executive presentations, technical demonstrations, workshops, and consultations on Gemini, Google AI Pro, cloud infrastructure, AI governance, security, and institutional integration. Builds relationships with CIOs, CTOs, and IT leaders; develops use cases and value propositions; supports strategic sales opportunities; tracks adoption metrics; coordinates executive briefings; and speaks at industry conferences. Requires extensive higher education IT, enterprise infrastructure, AI strategy, and executive communication experience, with travel up to 50%.

Drives revenue growth by selling hybrid infrastructure services and solutions to public-sector, aerospace, and defense customers. Manages the full sales lifecycle, develops account strategies, builds customer and partner relationships, designs technical solutions, prepares BOMs and SOWs, and forecasts pipeline activity in Salesforce. Provides data-center expertise across VMware, HPE, Dell, and Cisco, mentors junior executives, supports industry events, and coordinates internal teams to achieve sales and profitability targets.