Impact Sales Manager

First Hospitality

posted March 16, 2026

Compensation: $65,000 to $85,000 per year plus commission

Unlock Your Potential on the Road with First Hospitality

If traveling and exploring is for you…. your career doesn’t have to stay in one place. As an Impact Sales Manager, you’ll travel across our portfolio, stepping into various markets, different hotels, and new challenges impacting stability, strategy, and results wherever you land. With full benefits from day one, and growth opportunities that stretch as far as your ambition, this is more than a job, it’s a movement.

Perks That Travel With You

  • Commissions paid monthly on all actualized bookings, contracted by YOU!
  • Insurance, PTO, and holiday pay starting day one
  • 401(k) options after 30 days to build your future
  • Cell Phone Allowance
  • Hotel & travel discounts across our nationwide and global portfolio
  • Career growth into leadership roles within a fast-growing company
  • Flexibility & variety every assignment brings fresh challenges and opportunities

This Is Your Stage

You’ll be the go-to problem solver, parachuting into properties to stabilize and grow sales performance. From revitalizing a struggling market, to covering during transitions, to seizing a business opportunity, you’ll own the sales playbook wherever you go.

What You’ll Be Mastering

  • Travel regularly across assigned properties to provide on-site sales leadership
  • Analyze competitive landscapes and uncover market opportunities in each location
  • Execute sales strategies that align with brand, DOS, and market demand
  • Pursuing new business opportunities and expanding key account partnerships
  • Lead impactful client calls, presentations, and site tours to close revenue-driving deals
  • Ensure continuity of sales systems and brand standards across properties
  • Delivering measurable sales results, leaving each property in a stronger position than when you arrived

Are You the Next Visionary….

Experience & Education

  • 3+ years of hotel group sales (Catering sales experience a plus), with a proven track record in diverse markets
  • Ability and willingness to travel 90% (multi-state assignments)
  • Bachelor’s degree in hospitality management, business, or sales (or equivalent experience)
  • Adaptability, resilience, and strong sales acumen in fast-changing environments

Communication

  • Flawless command over verbal and written communication, tailoring your message to dazzle and engage clients
  • Multilingual talents are celebrated but not required

Physical

  • Comfortable in a dynamic environment; whether anchoring at your desk or navigating the property
  • Ability to handle the occasional lift of a laptop or sales file, twist, or turn with ease. Consider it your workplace Cha-Cha-Cha!

Why First Hospitality?

  • Founded in 1985 and thriving at the avant-garde of hospitality, First Hospitality is not just a company, it’s a revolution. Based in the vibrant heart of Chicago, we’re about creating value through excellence and a zest for doing things differently. Our team is a mosaic of diverse talents and perspectives, united in our mission to deliver exceptional service.
  • We believe in nurturing an inclusive, collaborative, and fair work environment where every voice is valued and every victory celebrated. Join us, and let’s redefine hospitality together.

Equal Opportunity Employer

Step up, pack your bags, and make your mark across our portfolio. 

Welcome to First Hospitality.

First Hospitality

Corporate Office

ABOUT FIRST HOSPITALITY 

At First Hospitality, our mission is to care for you on our journey together.

Founded in 1985, First Hospitality has curated a forward-thinking reputation. Successfully investing and managing hotels throughout the country, our passion for harnessing data to plan ahead means we don’t just follow industry trends, we create them.  This means creating value for our investors, opportunity for our employees, comfort for our guests, and trust for our partners.

First Hospitality is focused on achieving together through integrity, caring service, leadership, ownership, teamwork, full living, and inclusivity and social good.  We're thrilled for all we've achieved and believe we're still building our legacy of success.

JOIN THE TEAM!

First Hospitality believes we do better when you do better.  That's why we're committed to helping you build a future through comprehensive training and extensive career development opportunities.  We provide all employees with competitive wages, benefit enrollment options from the first day of employment, paid time off from the first hour worked, holiday pay, 401(k) retirement savings, and more!


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