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AT&T

Runs US wireless and fiber internet networks

Business Sales Representative - Territory Accounts

Full-TimeUpdated on 10/23/2026Deadline 10/31/26
$38.8k - $58.2k+ $5,500 joining bonus + Commission + $45,000 commission
Junior, Mid
Louisville, KY, USA
In PersonField-based customer visits and collaboration from the assigned Louisville office when not in the field.
Sales & Account ManagementField Sales
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About the job

Requirements
  • Two to five years of quota-carrying outside acquisition sales experience is ideal.
  • Demonstrated success acquiring new business through prospecting, cold calling, referrals, appointment setting, and disciplined customer follow-up and Salesforce use.
  • Comfort spending significant time in the field visiting businesses, initiating conversations, and building relationships with owners, operators, and decision-makers.
  • Business acumen to uncover customer needs and connect them to AT&T's product and solution portfolio.
  • Ability to handle objections, negotiate, ask for the sale, and advance opportunities toward close.
  • Ability to manage daily activity, Salesforce updates, pipeline health, and quota expectations independently.
  • Ability to collaborate with the team from the assigned office location, when available, when not acquiring new business or conducting customer visits in the field.
  • Valid driver's license, satisfactory driving record, current auto insurance, and reliable transportation to support field-based selling.
Responsibilities
  • Acquire new business and conduct customer meetings, most often at customer locations; collaborate with the team from the assigned office when not in the field.
  • Identify and pursue new business using provided customer prospect lists, cold calls, door knocking, email, in-person customer meetings, referrals, networking, and local market research.
  • Conduct customer outreach, qualify prospects, schedule customer meetings, and advance opportunities through the sales process.
  • Manage a defined geographic territory, prioritize target accounts, understand local business needs, and execute a market plan that supports consistent quota attainment.
  • Position AT&T solutions across wireless, fiber, internet, voice, software-defined networking, and cybersecurity.
  • Engage small and mid-sized businesses across retail, professional services, healthcare, construction, logistics, hospitality, and local multi-site operator segments.
  • Manage the sales cycle from prospecting and discovery through proposal, negotiation, close, implementation handoff, and follow-up.
  • Accurately and consistently record calls, visits, appointments, opportunities, next steps, and forecast updates in the customer relationship management system.
Desired Qualifications
  • Two to five years of quota-carrying outside acquisition sales experience is described as ideal.

About the company

AT&T sells mobile phone plans and home internet to households and businesses across the US, and runs a wireless business in Mexico. Its business rests on two networks: a nationwide 5G wireless network and a fiber internet network that is replacing its old copper phone lines. Companies and government agencies also buy private networks, security and connectivity services from its business unit. Most revenue comes from monthly service plans plus device installment payments, and the company pushes customers to combine phone and home internet. AT&T Inc. began in 1983 as Southwestern Bell, took the AT&T name after buying its former parent in 2005, and is based in Dallas, Texas.

Company Size

10,001+

Company Stage

IPO

Headquarters

Dallas, Texas

Founded

1983

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What believers are saying

  • Fiber is AT&T's main growth bet: it targets over 40 million fiber locations by December 2026.
  • Fiber growth includes acquisitions: AT&T's February 2026 purchase of Lumen's consumer fiber unit added over 1 million customers.
  • AT&T is investing in offices: a $1.35 billion Plano campus, announced January 2026, will house nearly 6,000 staff.

What critics are saying

  • Debt stays high for years: AT&T expects about three years after its EchoStar purchase to restore its 2.5x debt target.
  • The workforce is shrinking: AT&T's headcount fell from about 141,000 to 133,000 in the year to December 2025.
  • FirstNet depends on Washington: a federal authority oversees AT&T's first-responder contract and needs renewal from Congress.

What makes AT&T unique

  • AT&T runs the national first-responder network: its FirstNet federal contract lasts until 2042.
  • AT&T bought more airwaves in July 2026: its $23 billion EchoStar deal added spectrum across about 400 markets.
  • AT&T sells phone and home internet together: 42.5% of its advanced internet homes also used AT&T wireless.

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Benefits

  • Health Insurance
  • Dental Insurance
  • Vision Insurance
  • 401(k) Retirement Plan
  • 401(k) Company Match
  • Paid Vacation
  • Paid Sick Leave
  • Paid Holidays
  • Paid Parental Leave
  • Adoption Assistance
  • Disability Insurance
  • Life Insurance

Growth & Insights and Company News

6 month growth

-7%

1 year growth

-7%

2 year growth

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