Full-Time

Account Manager

SMB Business Sales

Updated on 8/23/2026

Deadline 9/20/26
Verizon Communications

Verizon Communications

10,001+ employees

Nationwide wireless, broadband, TV services

Compensation Overview

$37k - $64k/yr

+ Commission + Sign-on bonus

Olympia, WA, USA

Hybrid

Travel within the assigned sales territory may be up to approximately 50% of the time; occasional visits to a Verizon location are required.

Bachelor's, Associate's

Category
Sales & Account Management (1)
Required Skills
Sales
Lead Generation
Cold Calling
CRM
Social Media
Salesforce

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Requirements
  • Bachelor's degree or three or more years of work experience.
  • Three or more years of relevant work experience.
  • Willingness to work in a mobile working model with travel within the assigned geographic sales territory, potentially up to approximately 50% of the time.
  • Valid driver's license.
  • A degree or related certifications/college courses is preferred.
  • Two or more years of business-to-business or outside sales experience, including business acquisition and prospecting or cold calling, is preferred.
  • Technology sales and educational experience, including software-as-a-service sales, customer relationship management, Salesforce, other client management tools, and social media, is preferred.
  • Strong presentation skills in face-to-face and virtual environments are preferred.
  • Experience building and maintaining strong business relationships with all levels of client organizations is preferred.
  • Ability to work in a fast-paced, self-directed, entrepreneurial environment is preferred.
  • Ability to manage time and prioritize tasks to accomplish goals is preferred.
  • Ability to implement feedback and tailor an approach for success is preferred.
Responsibilities
  • Develop and qualify leads within the assigned territory through cold calling, partner selling, lead-generation campaigns, and modern social selling techniques.
  • Gain new business and incremental revenue to meet sales targets.
  • Retain, manage, and grow the existing customer base.
  • Educate and engage customers while leveraging innovative business solutions.
  • Build relationships with key decision makers.
  • Present and create multi-product solution opportunities.
  • Understand and sell integrated software solutions including cloud, security, internet service provider, voice over internet protocol, and Google platforms.
  • Track and report progress through sales force automation tools.
  • Drive sales, increase service revenue, and manage relationships for accounts in the 1–19 employee segment.
  • Consult with customers to identify business challenges and recommend tailored technology solutions that improve their business and return on investment.
Verizon Communications

Verizon Communications

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Verizon Communications provides wireless, broadband, and digital TV services to individuals and businesses in the United States. Its core products are mobile phone plans, home internet, and TV packages offered on subscription-based models, often bundled with devices such as smartphones and wearables. Customers choose plans that fit their needs, and Verizon sells devices and financing options to support service adoption. The company’s network runs on 5G technology to deliver faster speeds and better connectivity, with emphasis on reliable coverage. What sets Verizon apart is its focus on keeping a large, dependable network and offering personalized plans and bundles (e.g., myPlan) to fit different budgets and usage patterns, alongside ongoing innovation in services. Verizon’s goal is to provide essential, secure communication services at scale while expanding its technology offerings to attract and retain customers and stay competitive in a busy telecom market.

Company Size

10,001+

Company Stage

IPO

Headquarters

New York City, New York

Founded

1983

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Simplify's Take

What believers are saying

  • Q2 2026 mobility and broadband service revenue rose 2.8%, and guidance rose again.
  • Verizon lifted 2026 free-cash-flow guidance to 9%-10% after $10.2 billion first-half free cash flow.
  • Verizon Business ran FIFA World Cup 2026 private 5G across 16 stadiums.

What critics are saying

  • July 2026 layoffs cut 3,000 jobs, signaling cost pressure under Dan Schulman’s restructuring.
  • The Supreme Court killed Verizon’s $47 million FCC refund bid over customer-location data sales.
  • August 11, 2026 fiber vandalism in Southern California exposed physical-network fragility and outage risk.

What makes Verizon Communications unique

  • Verizon’s 300-million-POP mid-band 5G footprint creates nationwide coverage rivals still chase in 2026.
  • Its fiber plus wireless bundle lowers churn, especially after Frontier integration in 2026.
  • Google’s $1 billion dark-fiber contract validates Verizon’s network as AI infrastructure, not commodity bandwidth.

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Benefits

Hybrid Work Options

401(k) Company Match

Paid Vacation

Parental Leave

Adoption Assistance

Tuition Reimbursement

Company News

Yahoo Finance
Aug 20th, 2026
AT&T may recover $57M fine as Verizon's Supreme Court challenge fails

The US Supreme Court denied Verizon's petition to recover $47 million paid to the Federal Communications Commission for selling customer location data, ending the carrier's legal challenge. AT&T remains in a stronger position to recover its $57 million fine due to different procedural routing through the Fifth Circuit. Between 2014 and 2019, both carriers sold real-time GPS location data for over 140 million subscribers to aggregators, who resold access with minimal oversight. The FCC fined four carriers $196 million total in April 2024. Verizon exhausted its legal options after the Supreme Court ruled 8-1 that carriers weren't denied jury trials because they could have refused payment. AT&T's case was sent back to the Fifth Circuit, where its attorneys argue the company was misled into paying and that the location data wasn't covered by FCC authority.

Ars Technica
Aug 17th, 2026
Supreme Court rejects Verizon bid for $47M refund of FCC fine over location data sales

The Supreme Court rejected Verizon's petition for a $47 million refund of a Federal Communications Commission fine, issued without explanation. The fine was part of $196 million in penalties levied against Verizon, AT&T, and T-Mobile in 2024 for selling customers' real-time location data without consent to data aggregators. Verizon claims it was misled into paying and now seeks another chance to challenge the fine's legal basis. The company argues it alone has no path to appeal, while AT&T and T-Mobile continue challenging similar fines. The carriers sold device-location information that was resold to other firms, including Securus Technologies, which allowed unauthorised law enforcement access. Despite discontinuing these programmes, carriers maintain the fines were illegal, arguing the privacy law covers only call-location data, not device-location data.

Yahoo Finance
Aug 16th, 2026
Verizon and Lockheed Martin pilot AI and 5G airspace monitoring for drones

Verizon Communications and Lockheed Martin are collaborating on NetSense Airspace Awareness-as-a-Service, combining AI and 5G technology for unmanned aircraft systems detection and critical infrastructure protection. The partners are working with additional technology providers to connect sensor data over Verizon's 5G network for real-time monitoring of drone activity. The initiative includes planned pilot deployments and potential future commercialisation targeting enterprise and government customers. The collaboration aligns with Verizon's strategy to monetise its 5G network through higher-value, security-focused enterprise applications. Investors will be watching whether the NetSense pilots convert into paying deployments around late 2026 to 2027, and whether Verizon begins highlighting airspace monitoring wins within its enterprise and private network sales.

Yahoo Finance
Aug 15th, 2026
Snowflake hits $4.7B revenue with 29% growth despite $1.3B loss vs Verizon's steady $138B

Snowflake reported revenue of $4.7 billion for the fiscal year ended 31 January 2026, representing 29.2% growth year-over-year. The cloud data platform provider counted 790 Forbes Global 2000 companies as customers but posted a net loss of $1.3 billion for the period. Verizon generated $138.2 billion in revenue for the year ended 31 December 2025, up 2.5% from the previous year. The telecommunications giant reported net income of $17.2 billion and produced $20.1 billion in free cash flow whilst serving 146.8 million wireless retail connections. The comparison highlights contrasting investment profiles: Snowflake offers high growth potential with significant volatility, whilst Verizon provides steady income through its 5.8% dividend yield but carries substantial debt of $131.1 billion.

Yahoo Finance
Aug 13th, 2026
Verizon paid shareholders $59B but stock returned just 16% vs S&P 500's 88%

Verizon Communications returned $59 billion to shareholders over the past five years, predominantly through dividends ($55.7 billion) versus buybacks ($3.5 billion). Despite this massive payout, the stock delivered only a 16.4% total return during that period, significantly trailing the S&P 500's 88% return. The telecom giant generated $138.9 billion in revenue over the last twelve months, with a 21% operating margin exceeding the S&P 500 median. Its free cash flow yield stands at 10.3%, supporting dividend payments. However, revenue grew just 1.4% last year. Management has raised full-year free cash flow growth guidance to 9–10% and recently signed a $1 billion agreement with Google for fibre network use in data centres. The company's customer-friendly strategy eliminated activation and upgrade fees, potentially impacting reliable revenue streams.