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The Strategic Account Manager – How do you Compensate This Critical Role?

OpenSymmetry

The Strategic Account Manager is included in this group and is amongst the most difficult roles to compensate in sales organizations. So, how do you compensate this key role? We completed a sales compensation plan audit for a telecommunications company last year. The organization broke my top rule to keep it simple.

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The 5 Most Highly Paid Sales Jobs of 2017

Hubspot Sales

Sales engineers - $100,000 average salary. Telecommunications was the highest paid industry for sales engineers, with a median wage of $111,340. Computer systems design and related services was not far behind, with a median salary of $111,090. Are the salaries above still not cutting it? Highest Paying Sales Jobs.