Growth‑Oriented AI Sales Consultant

Impact Networking; Lake Forest (IL); On-site; USD 65,000 - 95,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

PTO & Holidays

Parental Leave

Training reimbursement

Health & Disability

Job summary

Impact Networking seeks an Associate Consultant—a growth-oriented sales and consulting role to build expertise in AI and Applications solutions, turning qualified opportunities into revenue. You will partner with AEs and SDRs, learning to create additional access when needed.

With support from Solution Architects/SMEs and branch leadership, you become the technical and commercial expert, progressing from discovery to close while shaping pricing and proposals.

Qualifications

• Relevant sales, business development, customer-facing, or sales-consulting experience.
• Strong consulting potential with discovery, business case, and deal close.
• Partner with AEs/SDRs and share ownership of proposals and negotiations.
• Clear written and verbal communication with executive buyers.
• Analytical ability to build ROI and cost-justification for proposals.
• Organized with disciplined CRM and forecast habits.
• Willingness to travel locally within the assigned territory.

Responsibilities

• Partner with branch AEs and SDRs to convert opportunities into revenue and build pipeline.
• Lead business discovery and maturation in partnership with the AE.
• Develop cost justification and ROI in coordination with solution architects.
• Sell the full AI and Applications portfolio with support from SMEs.
• Grow into pricing, proposal, negotiation, and close ownership with the AE.
• Maintain CRM hygiene across the opportunity lifecycle.
• Retain expansion credit for six months post-signature on deals originated here.
• Assist branch staff in qualifying and positioning AI opportunities.

Skills

Sales experience

Business development

Customer-facing

Sales consulting

Job description

Impact Networking seeks an Associate Consultant—a growth-oriented sales and consulting role to build expertise in AI and Applications solutions, turning qualified opportunities into revenue. You will partner with AEs and SDRs, learning to create additional access when needed.

With support from Solution Architects/SMEs and branch leadership, you become the technical and commercial expert, progressing from discovery to close while shaping pricing and proposals.