Job Description
ABOUT THE OPPORTUNITY
- Account Management: Develop strategies to execute plans for the State and Local Government marketspace. Create high-value revenue generating opportunities and establish short and long-term customer success and revenue results with continued interaction. Lead efforts with key internal and external partners along with business and technical decision makers in developing, long-term, tailored account plans to grow sales and partner impact, leveraging relationships, influence, and industry knowledge. Build relationships with the broader ecosystem to shape ability and opportunity while leveraging knowledge of customer business. Shape relationships, run a regular account governance, and provide feedback to matrixed teammates and relevant managers.
- Customer & Partnership Engagement: Grow and maintain a dynamic ecosystem of
- partners, fostering relationships that enhance our market presence and technological
- capabilities while ensuring integrity, brand, growth, and consistent business results within our customers.
- Operational Excellence: Ensure the delivery of highly secure, performant solutions
- tailored to the specific needs of State & Local government clients. Utilization and upkeep of client and opportunity data in our internal tracking systems.
- Collaborative Execution: Collaborate with your extended team to ensure a cohesive approach to market penetration and customer satisfaction.
- Develop Relationships: With State & Local Governments to better understand and influence unique requirements, goals, objectives related to new programs and product lifecycles relevant to Wind River.
- Create Capture Plans: Align Wind River’s overall strategic direction and product strategies with State & Local Government needs and requirements, in order to build capture plan for each agency or group.
- Pursue growth opportunities: Look across the various Governments market and determine who WR should be talking with and how WR can influence requirements for future opportunities.
- Develop and maintain deep and productive relationships with key stakeholders across the Federal Civilian agencies, industry partners, and influencers.
- Scout, assess, and develop strategic partnerships and alliances with companies that can enhance WR's position for major opportunities.
- Influence technology decisions by educating customers about WR.
- Develop a deep understanding of various government federal civilian needs, budgetary constraints, and program procurements that lead to shorter time to revenue for WR.
- Provide strategic direction and leadership to WR Field Application Engineers (FAE’s) who will help navigate various programs technically with pre-sales activities.
- Develop comprehensive opportunity plans to support sales growth.
- Evangelize various technologies at events, conferences, and industry gatherings.
- U.S. Citizenship is required.
- Bachelor’s Degree and minimum of 5 years of experience in U.S. State & Local Government Sector Account Management.
- Strong preference for 3 years minimum experience with selling software infrastructure technology.
- Must have an established network within State & Local Governments we are targeting.
- Experience with building new territory business in the State & Local Government sector.
- Strong background with Linux operating systems and Enterprise virtualization technologies, including both bare metal and cloud native environments. Otherwise, strong ability to learn and experience with understanding and promoting technology products and services.
- Proven ability to develop and execute strategies, build ecosystems, and foster partnerships.
- Knowledge of State & Local Government related regulations, procedures, legal frameworks, programs, and procurement processes.
- Exceptional track record with communication, and interpersonal skills, capable of engaging with stakeholders at all levels of a customer, to deliver business results.
- Bachelor’s degree and/or equivalent work experience. An advanced degree (MBA or equivalent) is highly preferred
- Exceptional verbal and written communication skills, with experience presenting at executive levels.
- Must be willing to travel domestically as needed for sales calls and internal meetings.
- Hybrid work model for workplace flexibility
- Comprehensive health, dental, and life insurance
- Short and long-term disability coverage
- RRSP matching for financial security
- Flexible time-off policies for work-life balance
- Employee assistance program for mental well-being
- Learning benefits, including a LinkedIn Learning subscription and seminars
Wind River is an Equal Opportunity Employer with a commitment to diversity. We prohibit discrimination based on race, color, religion, gender, national origin, age, disability, veteran status, marital status, pregnancy, gender expression or identity, sexual orientation or any other legally protected status.
The annual base salary range for this role’s listed grade level is currently $252k to $315k for New York, Florida, California and Texas state residents, and $300k to $350k for NY City and SF Bay Area residents. Salary ranges are determined through interviews and a review of the education, experience, knowledge, skills, location, and abilities of the applicant, and equity with other team members. Employees in this role are also eligible for the following benefits in accordance with the terms of the Company's plans: health, dental, vision insurance, life insurance, flex time off, eligibility to enroll in 401k, and 12 paid holidays.
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