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Public Sector Account Executive - Civilian

Chainguard
Posted a month ago

LOCATION

Virginia · Remote

EXPERIENCE

8 - 10 Years

SALARY

$350K /year

SKILLS REQUIRED

Sales Pipeline ManagementStakeholder ManagementForecastingNegotiation and Closing

Job description

Overview

Own the full sales cycle for federal civilian and healthcare accounts, from pipeline development through closing complex technical sales. Partner with cross-functional teams to help federal organizations adopt software security solutions.

What you'll do

  • Own prospecting through deal close across the full sales cycle.
  • Build and manage pipeline within assigned federal accounts.
  • Lead discovery, qualification, and deal strategy using MEDDPICC or similar frameworks.
  • Communicate value to technical stakeholders, security leaders, and executives.
  • Partner with sales engineering, public sector partners, and customer engineering on evaluations.
  • Manage procurement, security reviews, negotiations, forecasting, and pipeline visibility.
  • Meet or exceed revenue and pipeline targets.

What you'll need

  • 8–10+ years selling complex technical products to federal organizations.
  • 5+ years of closing experience in SaaS, security, or DevOps.
  • 5+ years covering Federal Healthcare, HHS, VA, and DHA.
  • Track record of building pipeline and consistently closing revenue.
  • Experience navigating multi-stakeholder technical and executive buying cycles.
  • Strong deal management, communication, relationship-building, negotiation, and forecasting skills.
  • Ability to sell measurable business value through disciplined sales processes.

Nice to have

  • Experience with Kubernetes, Docker, AWS, Azure, Google Cloud, DevOps tooling, CI/CD platforms, or SDLC practices.
  • Startup experience.
  • Strong technical sales aptitude and business acumen.

Details

  • Location: Virginia, United States.
  • Work mode: Remote.
  • Compensation: $350,000 OTE with a 50/50 structure.

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Public Sector Account Executive - Civilian