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Sales Lead, Local FM

Cushman & Wakefield

Boston, MAJob$153–180K/yrSeen 5 days agoSeen in employer's feed 5 days ago

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Compensation
$153–180K/yr
Location
Boston, MA
Work Authorization
Not specified

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Job overview

The Sales Lead, Local FM drives new business growth for Cushman & Wakefield’s Local FM business in an assigned market. The role builds and manages a sales pipeline, sells facilities management services to local and regional occupiers, and is accountable for revenue and profit goals. It partners with the market’s FM Director to scope engagements and hand off sales for onboarding.

Skills & qualifications

RequiredNice to have

Skills

Business DevelopmentSalesPipeline ManagementProspectingPitchingNegotiationClosing SalesFacilities ManagementReal Estate ServicesCRMForecastingRelationship BuildingTerritory ManagementTravel

Qualifications

Bachelor's in Business Administration, Facilities Management, or Related Field or Equivalent10+ Years Sales or Business Development Experience

Benefits

Medical Insurance
Vision Insurance
Dental Insurance
401(k) Match
Paid Time Off

Full job description

Job Title

Sales Lead, Local FM

Job Description Summary

The Sales Lead, Local FM is accountable for driving new business growth for Cushman & Wakefield's Local FM business within an assigned Market. The Sales Lead builds and manages a new business pipeline, actively sells Local FM services including engineering, soft services, workplace experience, — to local/regional occupiers, and is accountable for achieving revenue and profit goals for the Local FM business in the market. The Sales Lead partners closely with the market's FM Director, who owns service delivery, to ensure a smooth handoff from sale to onboarding.

Job Description

Key Responsibilities

  • Build and manage a robust new business pipeline for Local FM within the assigned market, from prospecting through close.

  • Actively sell Local FM services to local/regional occupiers, leading pitches, proposals, and commercial negotiations.

  • Own and achieve revenue and contribution margin targets for the Local FM business in the assigned market.

  • Generate and qualify leads by partnering with Asset Services market leaders, C&W Brokers, and Business Development, and by prospecting independently within the market.

  • Develop and execute a market coverage and account-targeting plan, prioritizing the highest-potential prospects and expansion opportunities within existing accounts.

  • Partner with the market's FM Director to scope new engagements accurately and ensure a clean handoff from sale to mobilization / onboarding.

  • Maintain accurate pipeline, forecast, and activity data in CRM/reporting tools, and report on sales performance against targets.

  • Stay current on market conditions, competitor activity, and client needs to shape Local FM's value proposition and win strategy in the market.

  • Represent Cushman & Wakefield's Local FM offering at client and industry events to build market presence and generate opportunities.

Qualifications & Experience

  • Bachelor's degree in Business Administration, Facilities Management, or related field, or equivalent combination of education and experience.

  • 10+ years of business development or sales experience, ideally selling facilities management, real estate services, or related outsourced services.

  • Demonstrated, quota-carrying track record of building new business pipeline and closing sales against revenue and profit targets.

  • Strong prospecting, pitch, negotiation, and closing skills, with the ability to sell to local/regional occupiers at multiple decision-making levels.

  • Working knowledge of the Local FM service offering (engineering, soft services, workplace experience, procurement, vendor oversight) sufficient to credibly scope and sell it.

  • Experience using CRM and pipeline/forecasting tools to manage and report on a sales territory.

  • Strong relationship-building skills, with the ability to partner effectively with C&W Brokers, Asset Services, Business Development, and the market's FM Director.

  • Ability to travel within the assigned market to meet prospects and clients and support business development activity.

AAP/EEO STATEMEN T

C&W provides equal employment opportunity to all individuals regardless of their race, color, creed, religion, gender, age, sexual orientation, national origin, disability, veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by state, federal, or local law. Further, the company takes affirmative action to ensure that applicants are employed and employees during employment are treated without regard to any of these characteristics. Discrimination of any type will not be tolerated.

OTHER DUTIES

This job description is not designed to cover or contain a comprehensive list of activities, duties or responsibilities that are required of the employee. Other duties, responsibilities and activities may change or be assigned at any time with or without notice.

Cushman & Wakefield also provides eligible employees with an opportunity to enroll in a variety of benefit programs, generally including health, vision, and dental insurance, flexible spending accounts, health savings accounts, retirement savings plans, life, and disability insurance programs, and paid and unpaid time away from work. In addition to a comprehensive benefits package, Cushman and Wakefield provide eligible employees with competitive pay, which may vary depending on eligibility factors such as geographic location, date of hire, total hours worked, job type, business line, and applicability of collective bargaining agreements.

The compensation that will be offered to the successful candidate will depend on factors such as whether the position is covered by a collective bargaining agreement, the geographic area in which the work will be performed, market pay rates in that area, and the candidate’s experience and qualifications.

The company will not pay less than minimum wage for this role.

The compensation for the position is: $ 153,000.00 - $180,000.00

Cushman & Wakefield is an Equal Opportunity employer to all protected groups, including protected veterans and individuals with disabilities. Discrimination of any type will not be tolerated.

In compliance with the Americans with Disabilities Act Amendments Act (ADAAA), if you have a disability and would like to request an accommodation in order to apply for a position at Cushman & Wakefield, please call the ADA line at 1-888-365-5406 or email [email protected] . Please refer to the job title and job location when you contact us.

INCO: “Cushman & Wakefield”

How this job compares

Set against the 49,382 open Sales jobs on Olive Jobs, counted November 4, 2026.

Pay
  • This posting$153–180K/yr
  • Massachusetts median$93–148K/yr777 salary ranges
  • US median$95–142K/yr24,953 salary ranges

This range's midpoint, $167K, is 36% above the Massachusetts median midpoint ($123K) — in the middle half of Sales salary ranges in Massachusetts.

Openings
Olive Jobs lists 1,286 open Sales jobs in Massachusetts and 49,382 across the US. 8% of them nationwide are listed as remote or flexible.
Hiring the most in Massachusetts
Experience
This posting asks for at least 10 years of experience — more than three in four Sales postings that state a minimum ask for (median 4 years, across 28,171 postings).
Education
10,142 of the 49,382 open Sales jobs (21%) ask for a bachelor's degree or higher.

Counted across the open, public US postings on Olive Jobs on November 4, 2026. Pay medians are the middle values of the low ends and of the high ends of postings that list both ends of a range in the same cadence (a yearly salary or an hourly rate); a range's midpoint is halfway between its ends. Pay and experience figures resting on fewer than 20 postings are left out.

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