Strategic Account Executive, Federal Sales
Hybrid (Sydney or Canberra)full-timePosted 2w ago
About the role
Strategic Account Executive for Federal Sales at SpaceXAI (Cursor) responsible for driving revenue growth across a named federal account territory, engaging with engineering and technical stakeholders, guiding trials and deployments, and navigating federal procurement processes from Sydney or Canberra.
Responsibilities
- Own a named book of federal accounts; drive new agency acquisition, expansion revenue, and long-term strategic growth
- Lead complex, multi-threaded sales cycles across Engineering, Product, Security, Procurement, Legal, and mission-critical stakeholders
- Become a trusted product expert; guide federal prospects through trials, technical evaluations, security reviews, and large-scale rollouts
- Build executive relationships and cultivate day-to-day champions across agencies, integrators, and technical teams
- Quantify value with clear ROI cases tied to developer productivity, AI adoption, mission outcomes, and secure software delivery
- Be the voice of the federal customer and influence the roadmap with actionable feedback on product, compliance, deployment, and procurement needs
- Partner closely with Field Engineering and our AI Deployment team to deliver outcomes from proof of concept through production deployment and expansion
- Navigate federal procurement processes, contract vehicles, partners, and compliance requirements to accelerate adoption
Qualifications
- 10+ years of closing experience in enterprise or federal technology sales, ideally selling developer tools, technical SaaS, infrastructure, cybersecurity, or emerging technologies
- Consistent track record of landing new logos, expanding strategic accounts, and exceeding quota through self-sourced pipeline generation
- Hunter mindset with proactive pipeline generation from scratch via outbound prospecting, account mapping, partner leverage, sourcing, and follow-up
- Comfort in navigating complex federal sales cycles and selling to engineers, program leaders, CISOs, CIOs, and senior executives
- Understanding or willingness to learn federal buying motions, procurement processes, security expectations, and partner ecosystems
- Analytical understanding of customer needs with creative, tactical follow-through to advance opportunities
- Excellent communication skills and ability to build trust across all organizational levels
- Passion for AI and transforming software development as a core mission
Skills
Required:Enterprise salesAccount management
Benefits
- Included in job description context (not explicitly enumerated)
Last updated Oct 15, 2026. Interested? Apply on the company site.
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