Sales Leader Jobs
Sales Leader jobs are open across technology, financial services, healthcare, manufacturing, and retail, at every level from frontline sales manager to VP of Sales and Chief Revenue Officer, with specializations in enterprise sales, SaaS revenue leadership, and channel partnerships. Find a role that fits from the openings below and apply directly.
Find Sales Leader JobsLooking for remote work? View remote sales leader jobs →Overview
Showing 5 of 1,333+ Sales Leader jobs









COMPENSATION
- The starting pay range for this position per hour is $22.00 - $24.00.
- The full pay range for this position per hour is $22.00 - $37.40.
- Pay is based on several factors which vary based on position. These include labor markets and in some instances may include education, work experience and certifications.
In addition to your pay, Target cares about and invests in you as a team member, so that you can take care of yourself and your family. Target offers eligible team members and their dependents comprehensive health benefits and programs, which may include medical, vision, dental, life insurance and more, to help you and your family take care of your whole selves. Other benefits for eligible team members include 401(k), employee discount, short term disability, long term disability, paid sick leave, paid national holidays, and paid vacation. Find competitive benefits from financial and education to well-being and beyond at https://corporate.target.com/careers/benefits.
ALL ABOUT TARGET
Working at Target means helping all families discover the joy of everyday life. We bring that vision to life through our values and culture. Learn more about Target here.
ALL ABOUT SPECIALTY SALES
A team of specialized consultants who understand what it means to meet our guests where they are at and deliver for them through strong operations, incredible guest experience and compelling visual merchandising presentations that inspire guests and build the basket.
Teams in Apparel and Accessories (A&A), Home, Baby, Core Beauty and Electronics prioritize guest experience while blending completion of tasks that ensure product is available and easy to shop – pulling, filling, pricing, setting, staging and maintaining the sales floor and the backroom.
As a Specialty Sales Team Leader, no two days are ever the same, but a typical day will most likely include the following responsibilities:
- Consistently deliver guest experience commitments to create an Easy, Inspiring and Friendly guest experience.
- Ensures every team member understands, is trained, and consistently delivers on Target’s guest experience commitments and consistent operations.
- Actively observes and provides feedback, holding team members accountable while recognizing great guest experience moments.
- Reviews area guest, financial, and team outcome metrics to identify opportunities, takes action to improve, and aligns team on the right behaviors and execution, celebrates wins, drives results that deliver outcomes and elevates the guest experience.
- Demonstrate a service culture that prioritizes the guest service experience. Model, train and coach team member expectations to deliver on our GUEST service model culture.
- Demonstrate inclusivity by valuing diverse voices and approaches, being authentic and respectful, and creating equitable experiences.
- Plan daily/weekly workload at the direction of your direct leader and execute the same to deliver on department and store sales goals and guest engagement, including planning merchandising sets, make changes and updates to merchandise sets (planograms), sales plans, events and promotions.
- Lead and demonstrate a culture of executing all best practices as outlined with team onboarding and learning; help close skill gaps through development, coaching and team interactions.
- With direct leader guidance, develop, coach, and lead a team of consultants who are knowledgeable and passionate.
- Assign daily tasks to TMs based on planned workload and guest traffic patterns, ensuring alignment with weekly and monthly business priorities set by your direct leader.
- Encourage team to use tools available in their department (i.e. the fitting room, testers, displays) as an opportunity to welcome, inspire and influence guests by providing personalized recommendations to complete their purchase.
- With direct leader guidance, partner with third party vendors to ensure brand standards and merchandising are being met and areas are full and maintained.
- Support team execution of changes and updates to merchandise sets, and visual presentations for defined categories.
- Create inspiring visual moments by ensuring product is organized, signed correctly and merchandised to support seasonal trends.
- Support your direct leader in leading assigned department area backroom processes, organization, layout and replenishment of the sales floor to ensure product is available for guests.
- Participate in team hiring and onboarding processes.
- Lead your team in prioritizing the guest experience by ensuring the fitting rooms are welcoming, clean and safe if applicable to your assigned areas of responsibility.
- Support your direct leader in establishing clear goals and expectations and hold team members accountable to expectations.
- Demonstrate a culture of ethical conduct, safety and compliance; lead and hold the team accountable to work in the same way.
- Lead and demonstrate a safety culture through modeling and recognizing safe behaviors, identifying and correcting hazards, holding team accountable to following safety expectations, assisting with incident response, and reporting/investigating injuries timely and accurately.
- Model the execution of physical security processes in order to enhance the instore security culture.
- Support merchandise protection strategies across the total store, including ordering, storage and application as directed by best practices.
- If applicable, as a key carrier, follow all safe and secure training and processes.
- Occasionally assume store-level leadership on duty (LOD) responsibilities to enable the guest experience for the store during assigned shifts based on store needs.
- Address all store emergency and compliance needs.
- Support guest services such as back-up cashier, order pick up (OPU) and Drive-up (DU) and maintain a compliance culture while executing those duties, such as compliance with federal, state, and local adult beverage laws.
- All other duties based on business needs.
WHAT WE ARE LOOKING FOR
This may be the right job for you if:
- You enjoy interacting and helping others - including guests that shop our store and fellow team members you work with.
- You thrive in a fast-moving, highly active and physically demanding role, where teamwork, flexibility, and creative problem solving are key to success.
- You are open to working a variable work schedule with varying hours, days or shifts (including nights, weekends, holidays, closing shifts and other peak shopping times).
The good news is that we have some amazing training that will help teach you everything you need to know to be a Specialty Sales Team Leader. But, there are a few skills you should have from the get-go:
- High school diploma or equivalent.
- Must be at least 18 years of age or older.
- Previous retail experience preferred, but not required.
- Lead and hold others accountable.
- Ability to communicate on multiple frequency devices and operate handheld scanners, and other technology equipment as directed.
- Work independently and as part of a team.
- Manage workload and prioritize tasks independently.
- Welcoming and helpful attitude toward all guests and other team members.
- Effective communication skills.
- Capability to remain focused and composed in a fast-paced environment and accomplish multiple tasks within established timeframes.
We are an awesome place to work and care about our teams, so we want to make sure we are clear on a few more basics that we expect:
- Access all areas of the building to respond to guest or team member issues.
- Interpret instructions, reports and information.
- Accurately handle cash register operations as needed.
- Climb up and down ladders as needed.
- Scan, handle and move merchandise efficiently and safely, including frequently lifting or moving merchandise up to 15 pounds and occasionally lifting or moving merchandise up to 44 pounds without additional assistance from others.
- Flexible work schedule (e.g., nights, weekends and holidays) and reliable and prompt attendance necessary.
- Although the role is full-time, it does not come with a guarantee of 40 hours each week. Hours will depend on the needs of the business and may fluctuate as required.
- Capable of working in and exposure to varying temperatures, humidity, and other elements while performing certain job duties including but not limited to Drive-Up, carryout, etc. as needed.
- Ability to remain mobile for the duration of a scheduled shift (shift length may vary).
Certain local ordinances require employees in food-handling roles to provide proof of Hepatitis A vaccination or immunity as a condition of employment. In compliance with applicable law, applicants offered a food-handling position with Target at a covered location may be required to provide such documentation. Limited exemptions may be available, including for qualifying medical conditions or sincerely held religious beliefs, and will be evaluated on a case-by-case basis consistent with applicable law.
Benefits Eligibility
Please paste this url into your preferred browser to learn about benefits eligibility for this role: https://tgt.biz/BenefitsForYou_C | Pegue esta URL en su navegador preferido para obtener información sobre la elegibilidad de este puesto para recibir beneficios: https://tgt.biz/BenefitsForYou_C
Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA)
In compliance with state and federal laws, Target will make reasonable accommodations for applicants with disabilities. If a reasonable accommodation is needed to participate in the job application or interview process, please reach out to candidate.accommodations@HRHelp.Target.com. Non-accommodation-related requests, such as application follow-ups or technical issues, will not be addressed through this channel.
Sales Leader Jobs by Experience Level
Top Cities Hiring Sales Leaders
Explore sales leader openings in the cities hiring most right now.
See All 1,333+ Sales Leader Jobs
Find roles that match your experience and apply in just a few clicks.
Find Sales Leader JobsSales Leader Job Market
Who's Hiring
- Kirkland's275

- American Eagle Outfitters261

- Target149

- Express87

- Sephora80

Top Industries Hiring
- Retail68
- Manufacturing5
- Insurance3
- Medical Devices3
- Food & Beverage1
What Employers Look For
The qualifications that appear most often in sales leader jobs.
- Proven experience managing and developing quota-carrying sales teams
- Demonstrated ability to build and execute territory or revenue plans
- Proficiency with CRM platforms such as Salesforce or HubSpot
- Experience forecasting pipeline and reporting to executive leadership
- Bachelor's degree in business, marketing, or a related field
- Familiarity with sales methodologies such as MEDDIC, Challenger, or Sandler
Tips for Your Sales Leader Job Search
Quantify pipeline impact on your resume
Hiring managers for sales leader roles want revenue numbers, not activity metrics. Replace phrases like 'managed a team' with the quota your team carried, the percentage attained, and the year-over-year growth you drove. Specificity separates you from every other applicant.
Target openings by go-to-market motion
Sales leader roles in PLG companies, field sales organizations, and channel-heavy businesses demand different playbooks. Filter your search by the go-to-market model that matches your background so you're not competing against candidates whose experience is a better fit on paper.
Apply early to roles that fit
Migrate Mate lists sales leader openings from across the United States in one place, so you can find roles that match and apply directly to each listing.
Tailor your resume to stage and sector
A Series B startup hiring its first sales leader wants a builder who can create process from scratch. An enterprise company wants a manager of managers with forecasting discipline. Rewrite your summary and bullets to match the stage and sector of each role before you apply.
Prepare a 30-60-90 day plan for interviews
Sales leader interviews almost always include a presentation round. Build a reusable 30-60-90 day framework you can adapt to each company, covering ramp priorities, team assessment, pipeline review, and the first hires or process changes you'd make. Generic plans get passed over.
Negotiate total compensation, not just base
Sales leader offers typically include base, variable, equity, and accelerators. When negotiating, ask for the on-target earnings breakdown, the ramp commission structure, and the quota-setting process before accepting. These levers often matter more than the base salary figure.
Sales Leader Jobs: Frequently Asked Questions
Which companies are hiring the most sales leaders?
The companies hiring the most sales leaders right now include Kirkland's, American Eagle Outfitters, and Target, with the largest share of openings in California, Texas, and Florida, based on current listings on Migrate Mate as of September 2026. Demand is consistently strong in technology, financial services, and healthcare across both enterprise and mid-market segments.
How many sales leader jobs are remote?
About 43% of sales leader openings are fully remote or hybrid as of September 2026, though the share varies significantly by industry and company stage. Roles focused on inside sales leadership, SaaS revenue management, and demand generation tend to offer the most location flexibility, while field sales leadership positions typically require regional presence.
How do you become a sales leader?
Most sales leaders start as individual contributors, build a record of consistent quota attainment, then move into a team lead or player-coach role before taking on a full people-management position. Developing skills in forecasting, coaching, and pipeline management accelerates that path. Formal training in a recognized sales methodology and experience owning a number end-to-end strengthens your case for director-level and above roles.
Can you get hired as a sales leader without management experience?
Yes, particularly at early-stage companies that need a first sales hire who will eventually build a team. Demonstrating that you've informally mentored peers, led deal strategy on complex opportunities, or contributed to hiring and onboarding processes can substitute for direct management history. Targeting player-coach or lead roles at startups is a practical entry point into formal sales leadership.
What does the sales leader interview process look like?
Most sales leader interview processes include an initial recruiter screen, a hiring manager conversation focused on your revenue history and leadership philosophy, a panel round with cross-functional stakeholders such as marketing or finance, and a final presentation. The presentation round typically asks you to walk through how you'd ramp in the role, assess the existing team, and build toward a revenue target. Reference checks are standard before an offer is extended.
Where can I find and apply to sales leader jobs?
You can find and apply to sales leader jobs on Migrate Mate, which lists current openings from companies across the United States. Search the listings to find roles that match your experience and seniority level, then apply directly to each one that fits.
See All 1,333+ Sales Leader Jobs
Find roles that match your experience and apply in just a few clicks.
Find Sales Leader Jobs