Regional Sales Representative Jobs for OPT Students
Regional Sales Representative jobs are open to F-1 OPT students, provided the role aligns with your degree field, typically business, marketing, communications, or a related discipline. Most positions offer full-time hours, which satisfies OPT's 20-hour weekly work requirement, and STEM OPT extensions may apply for quantitative business degrees.
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Aiphone Corporation is looking for a Regional Sales Representative to cover the Long Island, Queens and Brooklyn areas. We offer a competitive base salary and benefits. This position is eligible for commission and quarterly bonuses.
About the Position
Responsible for assisting in the sales of the company’s products throughout a defined geographical region, industry, or product line.
Essential Duties and Responsibilities include the following. Other duties, responsibilities, and activities may change or be assigned at any time with or without notice. To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily.
- Achieves quarterly and annual goals assigned by Director of Sales, including but not limited to, regional sales quotas, new product sales, customer training, and strategic account management.
- Assists in managing the company’s relationships with all local, regional, and national accounts.
- Assists distributors and dealers with the development of new business opportunities.
- Helps develop short- and long-range sales objectives, plans strategies for attainment, and develops sales performance standards for measuring progress.
Additional Responsibilities include the following.
- Reports progress towards assigned goals to Director of Sales.
- Conducts training classes, both technical and sales, for various accounts.
- Compiles and analyzes sales data.
- Uses company resources and self-training techniques to learn company sales and marketing goals and strategies; product information including technical and application; effective use of account management and presentation tools.
- Maintains and updates customer database.
Inter-relationship Relationship of position with internal, lateral, and external groups.
Interacts with co-workers as a team member. Works closely with marketing team, other field sales managers, department managers, and senior/executive management. Works closely with sales representatives. May work closely with existing and prospective customer accounts.
Physical Demands:
The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job.
While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to lift and/or move up to 20 pounds. The employee is regularly required to sit for long periods of time; walk; use hands to finger, handle, or feel; balance; bend and reach with hands and arms; and talk or hear. Occasionally required to climb ladders, stand, stoop, kneel, squat, crouch, or crawl. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, peripheral vision, depth perception, and ability to adjust focus.
Work Environment:
The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those an employee encounters while performing the essential functions of this job. For the most part, ambient room temperatures, lighting and traditional office equipment as found in a typical office environment. Position requires working out of a home office and includes travel up to 50% to various company, industry, and customer related events on an international, national, regional, or local basis.
GENEROUS BENEFITS:
- Base salary with guaranteed bonus and performance bonus potential
- Health benefits
- Generous 401K match
- Additional benefits
Position requirements
The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill, and/or ability required. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.
Education and Related Experience:
- Must reside in the NYC area, and know how to travel throughout the Manhattan and Brooklyn areas.
- Typically requires an associate degree or equivalent and knowledge of, and/or experience in the sales of product within the industry, or product segment.
- Requires a minimum 2 years of sales management experience.
- Experience in business-to-business, channel and consumer marketing preferred.
REQUIRED COMPETENCIES: To perform this job successfully, an individual should have knowledge of:
- Must reside in the NYC area or northern NJ area, and know how to travel throughout the two areas.
- Excellent written, oral communication and presentation skills required. Must have strong problem-solving skills and communicate persuasively.
- Proficient in Microsoft 365 (Excel, Word, PowerPoint, and SharePoint) with knowledge of standard CRM Database package and other software programs used within the company.
- Steady paced, able to work consistently with many distractions. Must be able to work within a team and independently. Must be able to maintain an organized schedule with competing priorities, executing plans within scheduled deadlines.
- Good analytical ability with a high degree of accuracy.
- Acts in ethical and professional manner at all times with colleagues, customers, and vendors, representing the highest standards of Aiphone behavior.
- Fosters an inclusive workplace where diversity and individual differences are valued and leveraged to achieve the vision and mission of the organization.
- Is open to change and new information; adapts behavior or work methods in response to new information, changing conditions, or unexpected obstacles; effectively deals with ambiguity.

Aiphone Corporation is looking for a Regional Sales Representative to cover the Long Island, Queens and Brooklyn areas. We offer a competitive base salary and benefits. This position is eligible for commission and quarterly bonuses.
About the Position
Responsible for assisting in the sales of the company’s products throughout a defined geographical region, industry, or product line.
Essential Duties and Responsibilities include the following. Other duties, responsibilities, and activities may change or be assigned at any time with or without notice. To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily.
- Achieves quarterly and annual goals assigned by Director of Sales, including but not limited to, regional sales quotas, new product sales, customer training, and strategic account management.
- Assists in managing the company’s relationships with all local, regional, and national accounts.
- Assists distributors and dealers with the development of new business opportunities.
- Helps develop short- and long-range sales objectives, plans strategies for attainment, and develops sales performance standards for measuring progress.
Additional Responsibilities include the following.
- Reports progress towards assigned goals to Director of Sales.
- Conducts training classes, both technical and sales, for various accounts.
- Compiles and analyzes sales data.
- Uses company resources and self-training techniques to learn company sales and marketing goals and strategies; product information including technical and application; effective use of account management and presentation tools.
- Maintains and updates customer database.
Inter-relationship Relationship of position with internal, lateral, and external groups.
Interacts with co-workers as a team member. Works closely with marketing team, other field sales managers, department managers, and senior/executive management. Works closely with sales representatives. May work closely with existing and prospective customer accounts.
Physical Demands:
The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job.
While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to lift and/or move up to 20 pounds. The employee is regularly required to sit for long periods of time; walk; use hands to finger, handle, or feel; balance; bend and reach with hands and arms; and talk or hear. Occasionally required to climb ladders, stand, stoop, kneel, squat, crouch, or crawl. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, peripheral vision, depth perception, and ability to adjust focus.
Work Environment:
The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those an employee encounters while performing the essential functions of this job. For the most part, ambient room temperatures, lighting and traditional office equipment as found in a typical office environment. Position requires working out of a home office and includes travel up to 50% to various company, industry, and customer related events on an international, national, regional, or local basis.
GENEROUS BENEFITS:
- Base salary with guaranteed bonus and performance bonus potential
- Health benefits
- Generous 401K match
- Additional benefits
Position requirements
The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill, and/or ability required. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.
Education and Related Experience:
- Must reside in the NYC area, and know how to travel throughout the Manhattan and Brooklyn areas.
- Typically requires an associate degree or equivalent and knowledge of, and/or experience in the sales of product within the industry, or product segment.
- Requires a minimum 2 years of sales management experience.
- Experience in business-to-business, channel and consumer marketing preferred.
REQUIRED COMPETENCIES: To perform this job successfully, an individual should have knowledge of:
- Must reside in the NYC area or northern NJ area, and know how to travel throughout the two areas.
- Excellent written, oral communication and presentation skills required. Must have strong problem-solving skills and communicate persuasively.
- Proficient in Microsoft 365 (Excel, Word, PowerPoint, and SharePoint) with knowledge of standard CRM Database package and other software programs used within the company.
- Steady paced, able to work consistently with many distractions. Must be able to work within a team and independently. Must be able to maintain an organized schedule with competing priorities, executing plans within scheduled deadlines.
- Good analytical ability with a high degree of accuracy.
- Acts in ethical and professional manner at all times with colleagues, customers, and vendors, representing the highest standards of Aiphone behavior.
- Fosters an inclusive workplace where diversity and individual differences are valued and leveraged to achieve the vision and mission of the organization.
- Is open to change and new information; adapts behavior or work methods in response to new information, changing conditions, or unexpected obstacles; effectively deals with ambiguity.
How to Get Visa Sponsorship in Regional Sales Representative
Align your degree field to the role
DSOs require your OPT job to relate directly to your degree. Frame your application around how your business, marketing, or communications degree prepared you for territory management, client acquisition, and revenue growth in a sales context.
Target employers with a history of visa sponsorship
Companies that have sponsored H-1B workers in the past are far more likely to support OPT students. Search OFLC disclosure data for employers filing LCAs for sales roles, this signals sponsorship familiarity and future transition potential after OPT ends.
Clarify OPT authorization early in the process
Bring up your OPT work authorization during the first recruiter screen, not after an offer. Explaining that you already have authorization to work and that no employer petition is required removes the most common objection sales hiring managers raise.
Emphasize your legal right to work immediately
Many sales managers assume hiring international students requires paperwork on their end. Correct this directly: your EAD card means you can start without any employer filing, petition, or cost, a key distinction that often changes the outcome of these conversations.
Quantify your sales impact with specific metrics
Regional sales roles are performance-driven. Highlight specific results from internships, campus jobs, or prior roles, pipeline generated, accounts closed, or revenue contributed. Concrete numbers shift the conversation from visa status to candidate value, which is where you want it.
Plan your OPT end date into your job search timeline
OPT authorization expires on a fixed date. Start your search at least three months before that deadline, and be transparent with employers about your timeline. Recruiters at larger companies can often accelerate H-1B or other sponsorship decisions when given advance notice.
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Can I work as a Regional Sales Representative on OPT?
Yes, as long as the role is directly related to your degree field. A Regional Sales Representative position typically qualifies for students with degrees in business administration, marketing, communications, or related disciplines. Your DSO must authorize the employment, and the work must be at least 20 hours per week to satisfy OPT requirements.
Do Regional Sales Representative employers need to file any paperwork to hire me on OPT?
No. During your OPT period, your Employment Authorization Document gives you the legal right to work without any petition, filing, or cost from the employer. This is one of the biggest advantages of OPT over H-1B sponsorship. You handle your own authorization, the employer simply verifies your EAD through standard I-9 employment eligibility verification.
Does a Regional Sales Representative job qualify for a STEM OPT extension?
It depends on your degree, not the job title. If you hold a STEM-designated degree, such as a quantitative marketing, information systems, or data analytics degree, and the role involves analytical or technical work, you may qualify for a 24-month STEM OPT extension. Confirm your degree's CIP code with your DSO before assuming eligibility.
How do I find Regional Sales Representative jobs that are open to OPT students?
Migrate Mate is built specifically for F-1 OPT and visa-sponsored job seekers, so you can browse Regional Sales Representative openings from employers who are already familiar with or open to international candidates. Filtering by OPT eligibility saves time compared to applying broadly and discovering the employer won't hire international students late in the process.
What happens to my status if my Regional Sales Representative contract ends before my OPT expires?
You enter a 60-day unemployment grace period, during which you can continue searching for a new qualifying role without violating your F-1 status. OPT also allows cumulative unemployment of up to 90 days (150 days on STEM OPT), so a gap between sales contracts is manageable as long as you track your days carefully and inform your DSO.
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