Federal Sales Manager (DoD/Intel/Fed Civilian)
Full-Time Regular
Anywhere U.S. Based
About the role
Our client is on the search for a driven, ambitious, and results-oriented regional sales manager to join their dynamic and growing organization and help drive new business in the federal sector. If you're forward-thinking, technically oriented, consultative, and know-how to create solutions for client challenges, you're going to love this opportunity. The ideal candidate will have a hunter mentality and be responsible for leading our efforts to capture business with departments and agencies of the U.S. Federal Government.
As a regional sales manager, you'll sell our clients life-saving platform to public safety agencies, working closely with our channels and partners. You'll articulate complex solutions, build and maintain senior-level relationships, and navigate across various decision-makers. You'll shape solutions to agency and stakeholder challenges, serving as their trusted advisor and change agent.
Here’s what you’ll be working on:
- Engage clients through new and established relationships, build trust, and enable clients to benefit from Company platform and services
- Develop and maintain senior and executive-level client relationships to ultimately drive revenue growth
- Develop and manage new growth in federal sector, aligning agency and user needs with Company solutions and services to gain market share and grow revenues
- Ensure customer's voice is clearly heard
- Develop and execute an account strategy with the team to deliver strong value propositions and align value and ROI for clients based on their needs and key challenges
- Drive key account capture and planning process, from inception through close as well as supporting peers in their respective initiatives
- Oversee all territory account activities from prospecting and research to closing the deal and connecting the customer with professional services if applicable
- Oversee forecasting, keeping management in touch with accounts in a timely fashion and gathering intelligence on competitor activity
Requirements:
- You will have 5-10+ years of direct sales experience selling enterprise software to the US Federal Government (Civilian and/or DOD/Intel)
- Very comfortable and knowledgeable of Civilian Agencies and line of business
- At least 10 years of demonstrated successful Public Safety industry sales and/or consulting, with focus on software, services, platform integration and/or network services (SaaS and cloud experience a plus)
- Existing and proven relationships with senior decision-makers within your designated territory
- Demonstrated understanding of PSAP and stakeholder agency technology and service requirements (NG9-1-1)
- Proven experience in managing/owning territory for sales and/or consulting engagements
- Experience in creating and executing long-term sales plans
- Ability to clearly and directly articulate complex solution offerings
- Strong technical orientation
- Self-motivated with a can-do approach - “create the solution” philosophy
- Strong attention to detail, creative, open-minded, focused, and highly collaborative
- Excellent communication and interpersonal skills
- Ability to travel to customers as needed (up to 70% of the time)
Benefits:
- Comprehensive health insurance
- 401k, matching up to 4% of your salary
- 12 weeks of full payment for maternity leave
- Unlimited vacation days
- Competitive options plan
- Reimbursement for internet and phone expenses
- One-time budget for purchasing home office settings
- Reimbursement for commuter expenses (if you work in the office)
- Unlimited Udemy courses
- Meal plan ($13/day)