Vice President Sales, Public Sector

Akamai Technologies  ยท  via Happy Techies
๐Ÿ’ฐ $398,600 - $717,400/yr ๐ŸŒŽ Remote ๐Ÿ“ Remote, Virginia

Job Description:

  • Define and implement a multi-year go-to-market strategy to drive Public Sector growth
  • Ensure team accountability for quotas, pipeline, and forecasting
  • Oversee the dedicated Public Sector channel team
  • Drive co-sell models with government aggregators such as Carahsoft, federal VARs, and top GSIs
  • Partner with global engineering and product leadership on public-sector feature requirements, GovCloud roadmaps, and localized technical architecture
  • Direct strategy for major government contract vehicles including GSA MAS and NASA
  • Ensure sales alignment with federal compliance requirements including FedRAMP and IL4/5/6
  • Recruit, coach, and retain sales directors, field account executives, and channel managers across Federal and SLED verticals
  • Serve as executive sponsor on complex government procurements
  • Build trusted relationships with senior agency stakeholders, SES personnel, and procurement officers
  • Collaborate with Engineering, Products, Services, Marketing, InfoSec, and Compliance to execute Public Sector strategy
  • Expand client relationships across Federal, SLED, and Canadian government markets
  • Identify new opportunities, optimize sales performance, and deliver high-impact results

Requirements:

  • 15+ years of relevant SaaS/Cybersecurity sales experience
  • Bachelor's degree in Business, Information Technology or its equivalent
  • Experience managing public sector sales teams with target responsibilities exceeding $100M revenue
  • Track record of delivering double-digit annual growth
  • Networks across Federal, SLED, and GSI leadership
  • Expert command of FAR/DFARS, contracting vehicles, and government security authorization frameworks
  • Experience aligning technical engineering roadmaps, professional services delivery, and complex regulatory standards with revenue growth
  • Command of federal acquisition processes, key contracting vehicles, and government security authorization standards including FedRAMP, FedRAMP High, and StateRAMP
  • Ability to manage, influence and achieve alignment across different interests
  • Growth mindset and situational adaptability
  • U.S. Citizenship
  • Secret or Top Secret Clearance

Benefits:

  • Equity awards
  • Employee Stock Purchase Plan (ESPP)
  • Healthcare
  • 401K savings plan
  • Company holidays
  • Vacation in the form of PTO
  • Sick time
  • Parental leave
  • Employee assistance program
  • Mental wellness support
  • Financial wellness support
  • Flexible working from home, office, or both in the country advertised
  • Opportunities to grow, flourish, and achieve great things