Top Entry Level Sales Jobs in Richmond, VA

Research and identify prospective SME clients, conduct outreach through email, phone, and social media, understand prospect needs, present Airwallex solutions, qualify opportunities, and schedule appointments for Account Executives. The role emphasizes creative prospecting, partnership-oriented conversations, analytical organization, and growth in a fast-paced fintech environment.

Generates qualified meetings and sales pipeline through inbound lead management, account research, discovery conversations, and multichannel outreach. Collaborates with marketing and sales teams to develop target lists, messaging, and call strategies. Tracks activities in Salesforce and Outreach.io, reports results, documents processes, and mentors new SDRs. The role is fully remote and includes onboarding and training in GitLab and DevOps.

Partners with SMB sales and account management leadership to improve sales performance and operational effectiveness. Owns reporting cadences, forecasting, pipeline analysis, capacity planning, and business reviews. Develops strategic initiatives, improves sales processes, and leads cross-functional projects with Sales, Systems, Business Intelligence, Finance, and Marketing. Uses data analysis and AI tools to identify opportunities, inform leadership decisions, and drive measurable outcomes.

Conduct high-volume outbound calls to identify, engage, and qualify education-sector prospects. Research decision-makers, map accounts, overcome objections, and generate qualified opportunities for Account Executives. Maintain accurate CRM records, track activity metrics, learn the company’s products and market, and collaborate in training and sales initiatives.

Build and manage customer relationships, drive sales opportunities, and represent Zscaler’s Zero Trust Exchange and cloud security platform. This posting is for consideration for future Sales Account Executive opportunities in the East region. The role operates within a collaborative, customer-focused, inclusive organization and may follow Zscaler’s hybrid work model.

Leads technical sales engagements for Zscaler’s federal public-sector customers. Presents and demonstrates the Zero Trust platform, oversees technical sales processes, runs Proof of Value engagements, collaborates with internal teams, and advises customers on Zero Trust transformation. Requires security operations, firewall or proxy operations, networking, and rapid technical learning. Preferred qualifications include AI advisory experience, coding or AI-enabled projects, enterprise security expertise, and industry certifications.

Initiates relationships with prospective partners, identifies qualified executive leads, conducts outreach through calls, email, and social media, and schedules meetings for sales executives. Responsibilities include developing outreach plans, following up on inbound leads, maintaining Salesforce records, researching prospects, meeting activity goals, attending training, and learning company products. The role requires strong communication, organization, resilience, and the ability to manage competing priorities.

Drives revenue and profit growth across assigned institutional accounts through consultative technical sales. Builds customer relationships, executes sales plans, recommends continuous improvement solutions, provides technical support, analyzes systems and data, resolves operational challenges, and promotes water treatment technologies. Supports the Richmond/Charlottesville, Virginia territory with less than 25% overnight travel.

Conduct in-home sales presentations for sunrooms and windows using provided, pre-qualified leads. Build customer trust, identify needs, educate homeowners, negotiate terms, and close sales. Attend daily sales meetings, paid training, coaching sessions, and ongoing professional development. The role requires strong communication, persuasion, self-motivation, basic computer and math skills, a valid driver’s license with a clean record, and the ability to lift up to 40 pounds.

Provides administrative and customer support to the Sales Department by preparing quotes and agreements, coordinating account setup and services, tracking follow-ups, maintaining records, communicating with customers, assisting with reporting and prospect research, and coordinating with Operations and Customer Service to resolve requests.

Conduct in-home sales presentations for sunrooms and windows using provided leads. Build customer trust, identify needs, educate customers, deliver sales presentations, negotiate, and close sales. Attend daily sales meetings, paid training, and coaching sessions while maintaining strong customer focus and accountability.

Provides administrative and sales support for hotel group, event, corporate, and transient business. Responsibilities include preparing proposals and contracts, responding to inquiries, maintaining client records, coordinating rooming lists and reservations, organizing event details, supporting client communication, maintaining sales files, and assisting marketing initiatives. The role is part-time with occasional attendance at client events, hotel functions, and site tours.

Conduct high-volume outbound prospecting across the US and Canada, research prospects, personalize outreach, qualify opportunities, and schedule meetings for the Sales team. Maintain accurate CRM records, support pipeline reporting, collaborate on sales and marketing optimization, provide market feedback, and attend industry events as needed.

Leads and coaches a Sales Development team while personally conducting outbound prospecting, researching prospects, qualifying opportunities, scheduling sales meetings, and managing CRM records. Owns KPI reporting, forecasting, performance development, recruiting support, and sales pipeline quality. Collaborates with Sales and Marketing to improve messaging, share market insights, and optimize lead-generation processes. This is a remote player-coach role covering the US and Canada.

Drive sales across open U.S. territories by demonstrating educational products, implementing sales strategies, moving and closing business, tracking opportunities in Salesforce or other CRM systems, and collaborating on district and customer projects.

Manage inbound phone leads from prospective life insurance customers, explain coverage and industry terminology, and guide customers through the application process using a consultative sales approach. Collaborate with teammates to resolve complex customer needs, meet performance metrics, and improve sales results through coaching and ongoing development. The role is remote, customer-facing, and may include evening and weekend work.

Manages the commercial sales pipeline for gate orders, gathers customer and contractor information, prepares estimates, generates leads, and coordinates installations with technicians and internal teams. Provides required documentation, communicates project details, serves as a customer-contractor liaison, and conducts jobsite checks throughout the assigned territory. The role requires sales experience, reliable transportation, strong communication and organizational skills, and proficiency with Microsoft Office.

Develops sales and marketing opportunities for electrical services across an assigned territory. Responsibilities include managing existing and new accounts, conducting customer visits and technical presentations, preparing accurate proposals and pricing, supporting marketing plans, attending trade shows, and promoting training services. The role requires construction-site walkthroughs, work around electrical equipment, flexible hours, a valid driver’s license, and travel up to 75% within the territory.

Generate new business through inbound and outbound outreach, qualify leads, book demos, support early onboarding, manage pipeline in CRM, collaborate with sales leadership to refine messaging, and help prospects understand pricing and use cases to drive adoption.

Drive sales by developing and executing strategies to meet targets; build and maintain customer relationships; communicate product value; prepare account and sales activity reports; collaborate with team members and travel as needed to support international operations.

Supports laboratory instrument sales across the Central Region by demonstrating products, prospecting, following up on leads, preparing quotations, managing customer relationships, and coordinating key accounts. Uses Salesforce for opportunity management and reporting, develops territory sales plans, presents to professional organizations, and learns scientific principles related to metallurgical, spectroscopy, thermal, and elemental analysis equipment.

Sell separation science laboratory instruments, accessories, and consumables across the Western United States. Responsibilities include territory travel, customer presentations, sample demonstrations, trade shows, quotations, CRM updates, sales activity reporting, and collaboration with service, applications, technical communications, and R&D teams. The role requires technical product knowledge, customer relationship skills, domestic travel, and residence within the assigned territory.

Own and grow the U.S. corporate sales pipeline for AI-driven software development training. Responsibilities include engaging decision-makers, identifying business needs, tailoring training solutions, selling multi-day programs and ongoing enablement, developing long-term client relationships, and contributing to pricing, packaging, and go-to-market strategy. This is a remote, commission-based, consultative B2B sales role with potential for a future base salary.

Identifies and approaches potential advertisers for Brythos Africa magazine, presents advertising opportunities, negotiates and closes sales, books advertising space, follows up on content, documentation, and payments, maintains accurate sales records, develops client relationships, and meets revenue targets. This is a flexible, field-based and remote commission opportunity with no fixed salary.

Provide technical pre-sales expertise for Jumio’s identity verification, KYC, AML, authentication, and risk management solutions. Responsibilities include consulting with prospects, leading technical presentations, responding to RFPs and RFIs, managing proofs of concept, onboarding customers through go-live, delivering customized web and mobile demos, and supporting sales, account management, product, engineering, and marketing teams.