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Director of Sales jobs: 2,580 open roles, pay, industries and skills

2,580 open Director of Sales jobs, taken from employers’ own career sites and checked to still be open. Also listed as Sales Director, Director, Sales, Senior Director of Sales, Global Director of Sales, Regional Director of Sales. Listings that state pay show a median of $175,000 a year.

The market for Director of Sales work

Every figure is counted from verified open listings. Pay is what the employer advertises for the job.

Verified open Director of Sales jobs
2,580

Source: NextChapter, checked against employer career sites, last 7 days.

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Median pay in listings that state it
$175,000

Source: NextChapter verified openings.

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State with the most openings
California (354)

Source: NextChapter verified openings.

Industry hiring the most
Technology & Software (35%)

Source: NextChapter verified openings.

Listings that are remote
63%

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Listings that ask for an AI skill
14%

Source: NextChapter verified openings, read in full.

What a Director of Sales does

Director role in Sales.

A director of sales leads a team inside the function and answers for the sales team, the quota and the forecast.

Usually reports to a vice president or a C-suite leader, and manages managers and individual contributors. Senior and global director titles are counted here.

Other ways this role is written

  • Director of Sales
  • Sales Director
  • Director, Sales
  • Senior Director of Sales
  • Global Director of Sales
  • Regional Director of Sales
  • Director of Revenue
  • Director of Business Development

Listings under any of these titles are counted on this page. Assistant, associate, manager and staff titles are not.

Open Director of Sales jobs

Verified against the employer’s own career site within the last week.

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Director of Sales salary

From 709 open listings that state pay. Annual, in US dollars, base pay only.

Lower quarter
$137,500
Median
$175,000
Upper quarter
$222,000

Leadership pay often includes bonus and equity that a listing does not state. Treat these figures as the floor of the conversation, not the whole package.

Best industries for Director of Sales jobs

Employers hiring the most, as a share of listings whose employer has a known industry. Median pay shown where at least 8 listings state it.

Where Director of Sales jobs are

States with the most open listings; median pay where at least 8 listings state it.

Skills Director of Sales jobs ask for

Named in the listings themselves, as a share of 1,348 Director of Sales listings that name skills. Leadership listings name fewer skills than individual-contributor ones, so this is a signal, not a checklist.

Most named in Director of Sales listings

  1. 1. forecasting36%
  2. 2. crm34%
  3. 3. quota21%
  4. 4. salesforce21%
  5. 5. go-to-market19%
  6. 6. pipeline management15%
  7. 7. enterprise sales15%
  8. 8. onboarding14%
  9. 9. excel13%
  10. 10. procurement11%

Across all Sales openings

  1. 1. crm5%
  2. 2. salesforce4%
  3. 3. excel4%
  4. 4. quota3%
  5. 5. forecasting2%
  6. 6. go-to-market2%
  7. 7. onboarding2%
  8. 8. procurement2%
  9. 9. logistics2%
  10. 10. powerpoint2%

AI skills for Director of Sales jobs

Specific AI skills named in the full posting text, such as prompt engineering, AI governance or an AI tool. A general mention of AI does not count.

14% of 1,436 open Director of Sales listings ask for a specific AI skill, against 3% of all Sales openings.

AI skills named most often

  1. 1. AI tools in daily work9%
  2. 2. AI workflow automation3%
  3. 3. AI adoption and change management2%
  4. 4. AI strategy and use cases2%
  5. 5. AI-enabled analytics1%
  6. 6. LLM application engineering1%

Do AI skills change director of sales pay?

For Sales roles in general, as of November 2, 2026. This is the function’s figure, not one for director of sales alone: one title rarely has enough listings on both sides.

Among Sales listings, those that ask for an AI skill advertise +16.5% (about $25.5k) compared with similar listings that do not, matched on level and industry.

Listings that ask for an AI skill
$175,000
median, from 1,433 paid listings
Listings that never mention AI
$137,500
median, from 2,341 paid listings

Advertised pay only: the midpoint of the range an employer posted, on live U.S. postings read from the full text. “Asks for an AI skill” means the posting names a specific AI skill; “no AI” means it never mentions AI. A difference in what is advertised is not a promise of what you would be paid, and it does not show that learning a skill causes a raise.

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Job titles under Director of Sales

The exact titles employers use, with their own job and salary pages.

Employers hiring for Director of Sales roles

  • Planet Green Search 79
  • Costar Group 23
  • Mineralys Therapeutics 23
  • Top Echelon Network (recruiter member boards) 16
  • Rocket Lab 12
  • Microsoft 12
  • Tempus 12
  • Fortinet 12
  • Cornerstone Caregiving 11
  • Flowers Foods 10
  • Davita 10
  • Food Management Search 10

Director of Sales questions

What does a Director of Sales do?
A director of sales leads a team inside the function and answers for the sales team, the quota and the forecast. Usually reports to a vice president or a C-suite leader, and manages managers and individual contributors. Senior and global director titles are counted here.
What else is a Director of Sales called?
The same job is also written Sales Director, Director, Sales, Senior Director of Sales, Global Director of Sales, Regional Director of Sales, Director of Revenue, Director of Business Development.
How many Director of Sales jobs are open?
2,580 verified open Director of Sales jobs, each checked against the employer’s own career site within the last week.
How much does a Director of Sales make?
Among 709 open Director of Sales listings that state pay, the median is $175,000 a year, and half of listings fall between $137,500 and $222,000. This is pay the employer advertises for the job, not total compensation such as bonus or equity.
Where are Director of Sales jobs?
California (354), New York (266), Texas (214), Illinois (125) have the most open Director of Sales listings. About 63% of listings that state a work arrangement are remote.
Which state pays a Director of Sales the most?
Of the states with enough listings that state pay, California has the highest median at $202,500.
Which industries hire for Director of Sales roles?
Technology & Software (35%), Healthcare & Hospital Systems (14%), Manufacturing & Industrial (9%), Pharmaceuticals & Biotech (8%), as a share of listings whose employer has a known industry.
What skills do Director of Sales jobs ask for?
The skills named most often in open Director of Sales listings are forecasting, crm, quota, salesforce, go-to-market.
Do Director of Sales jobs ask for AI skills?
14% of 1,436 open Director of Sales listings read in full name a specific AI skill. The most common is AI tools in daily work.

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