Job Description Overview
Inside Sales Account Manager - SLED (Remote)
Build a Career in Technology Sales
- At Connection, we believe exceptional salespeople aren't born with technology expertise. They're driven, coachable, competitive, and committed to continuous growth.
- We're looking for ambitious individuals who want to build a long-term career in sales while helping state and local governments, higher education institutions, and K-12 schools solve technology challenges.
- Whether you're a recent graduate, former athlete, military veteran, customer-facing professional, or someone who thrives on goals and achievement, we'll provide the training, coaching, and support to help you succeed.
Why Join Connection?
- At Connection, you'll gain exposure to more than 460,000 technology products and services from over 1,600 industry-leading partners while developing consultative sales skills that can support long-term career growth.
What You'll Gain:
- Structured onboarding and training.
- Dedicated sales coaching and mentorship.
- Three years of commission guarantees.
- Exposure to leading technology manufacturers and solution providers.
- Opportunity to build a long-term sales career in a growing market.
- Remote work environment with ongoing support and development opportunities.
Responsibilities:
What You'll Do:
- Prospect and develop new customer relationships within state and local government, higher education, and K-12 organizations.
- Engage decision-makers to understand organizational goals and technology needs.
- Build and maintain a pipeline of opportunities through outbound outreach and relationship development.
- Collaborate with internal experts and vendor partners to deliver customer solutions.
- Develop long-term customer relationships through consultative selling and exceptional service.
- Manage daily activity, follow-up, and account planning in a structured sales environment.
Who Thrives Here?
The most successful Account Managers are:
- Competitive and goal-oriented.
- Coachable and eager to learn.
- Self-motivated and accountable.
- Persistent when facing challenges and setbacks.
- Strong communicators who build relationships naturally.
- Curious problem-solvers.
- Comfortable working independently in a remote environment.
- Committed to building a long-term career rather than seeking immediate success.
You Might Be a Great Fit If You Have Experience In:
- Collegiate athletics.
- Military service.
- Retail or wireless sales.
- Banking or financial services.
- Hospitality leadership.
- Recruiting or staffing.
- Business development.
- Customer service leadership.
- Sales internship programs.
- Other customer-facing roles where you were measured on goals, performance, or outcomes.
- Technology sales experience is helpful, but not required. We're more interested in your work ethic, coachability, and commitment to growth.
Compensation:
- $19.25/hour base pay.
- Uncapped commission.
- Typical first-year earnings of $50,000-$60,000.
- Commission guarantees during your first three years.
Before You Apply
- Success requires resiliency, persistence, self-discipline, and the willingness to learn through challenges.
- Building a book of business takes effort and consistency, but for candidates who embrace growth, the opportunity to develop a long-term career is significant.
- If you're looking for an opportunity to learn, grow, compete, and build something meaningful over time, we'd love to hear from you.
Qualifications
What We're Looking For
Required:
- Strong work ethic and personal accountability.
- Excellent communication and interpersonal skills.
- Ability to stay organized and self-directed in a remote environment.
- Willingness to learn and accept coaching.
- Demonstrated perseverance through challenges.
- Interest in building a career in consultative sales.
Preferred:
- Experience in customer-facing roles.
- Sales internship, sales training, or business development experience.
- Exposure to technology, business, education, government, or customer service environments.
- Bachelor's degree or equivalent professional experience.
- Applicants must be authorized to work for any employer in the U.S.
- We are unable to sponsor or take over sponsorship of an employment visa at this time.
- Because of the possibility for fraudulent job postings on many popular job boards, please be advised that Connection will never offer a position of employment without a complete interview process and communication with a “live person".