Technical Staffing Sales Manager – Agency

Enterprise Peak; Chicago (IL); On-site; USD 90,000 - 150,000; Full time

Job summary

Enterprise Peak is seeking a highly driven Sales Lead/Manager to own the full staffing lifecycle, from prospecting new accounts to uncovering requirements and delivering placements across engineering, IT, and aerospace sectors. You will lead outreach, build relationships with hiring managers, negotiate terms, and drive revenue growth while shaping a high-performing team.

The role rewards a proven track record in the agency staffing space, with base salary plus uncapped commissions and rapid

Qualifications

• 5+ years of full-desk sales and recruiting experience within a staffing or recruiting agency.

Responsibilities

• Manage and lead full-desk staffing lifecycle from prospecting through generating job orders, recruiting candidates, making placements, and growing accounts.
• Drive new business through cold calling, and client outreach while building relationships with hiring managers, engineering leaders, procurement teams, and executive stakeholders.
• Personally source, recruit, qualify, and present candidates, managing the process from requirement intake through interviews, offer negotiation, and placement.
• Negotiate bill rates, pay rates, margins, and client agreements while maintaining a strong pipeline and achieving revenue and gross margin targets.

Skills

Cold calling

Prospecting

Sourcing

Negotiation

Recruiting

Full-desk sales

Job description

We partner with some of the world’s most innovative aerospace and defense organizations, focusing on high-growth industries where emerging technologies, AI, and automation are driving the future. Our clients rely on us to deliver impactful solutions across these complex programs, and our work focuses on giving our team the opportunity to contribute to the innovation and success of these projects.

Our clients require assistance across a wide scope of programs, from engineering services and software development to systems integration and strategic consulting. By combining expertise in science, engineering, and technology, we help organizations accelerate innovation while giving our team the opportunity to work alongside some of the most cutting-edge companies in the industry.

Who You Are

You are a highly competitive and driven Sales Lead/Manager with a strong background in the AGENCY / STAFFING industry. You thrive in a performance-based environment where your ability to develop new clients, generate job orders, make placements, and grow accounts directly impacts your success.

You enjoy owning the full staffing sales lifecycle from prospecting and opening new accounts to uncovering requirements, and driving placements. You are energized by building a book of business and know how to run a full-desk tea, which is critical for this role.

Key Responsibilities

• Manage and lead full-desk staffing lifecycle from prospecting through generating job orders, recruiting candidates, making placements, and growing accounts.
• Drive new business through cold calling, and client outreach while building relationships with hiring managers, engineering leaders, procurement teams, and executive stakeholders.
• Personally source, recruit, qualify, and present candidates, managing the process from requirement intake through interviews, offer negotiation, and placement.
• Negotiate bill rates, pay rates, margins, and client agreements while maintaining a strong pipeline and achieving revenue and gross margin targets.

Job Requirements

• 5+ years of full-desk sales and recruiting experience within a staffing or recruiting agency.
• Proven track record of opening new client accounts, generating job orders, recruiting candidates, making placements, and growing a book of business.
• Strong cold-calling, prospecting, sourcing, recruiting, and negotiation experience.
• Experience selling and recruiting engineering, technical, IT, or aerospace and defense talent is strongly preferred.

Compensation & Growth

This position offers a highly competitive compensation package consisting of base salary plus uncapped commission. Top performers have the opportunity to significantly increase their earnings through business development success and account growth.

We believe in promoting from within and provide clear pathways into senior sales leadership and executive-level business development positions.

Additional Requirements

Due to the nature of our clients' work environments, we can only consider U.S. Citizens or Green Card Holders at this time.

We are actively interviewing qualified candidates and looking to hire immediately.