Director Sales - Federal Civilian - US

AI overview

Drive sales strategy and build impactful relationships with federal agencies to enhance their operational capabilities using Contextual Decision Intelligence.

What we’re all about.

Do you ever have the urge to do things better than the last time? We do. And it’s this urge that drives us every day. Our environment of discovery and innovation means we’re able to create deep and valuable relationships with our clients to create real change for them and their industries. It’s what got us here – and it’s what will make our future. At Quantexa, you’ll experience autonomy and support in equal measures allowing you to form a career that matches your ambitions. 41% of our colleagues come from an ethnic or religious minority background. We speak over 20 languages across our 50+ nationalities, creating a sense of belonging for all.

We're heading in one direction, the future. We’d love you to join us.

The opportunity.

Help our government to better serve citizens.  The North America Government team enables agencies across the federal government to harness the power of Contextual Decision Intelligence (CDI) to transform their business operations.

As a Sales Director, Federal Civilian, you will be responsible for executing the sales go-to-market strategy within your territory and accounts, identifying new opportunities, building the pipeline, winning new deals and meeting company targets.

 

What you’ll be doing.

Based in the Washington, DC metro area, your primary focus will be the Department of Justice, Department of State and Health and Human Services along with several other agencies with a financial or law enforcement focus. Typical responsibilities include: Identifying leads, maturing opportunities, and closing deals. You will be responsible for selling both directly to government prospects and through partners. Reporting to the Vice President of Government – North America, you will work with the Government Solutions team, presales team and other stakeholders to develop a territory plan, further product development and; consistently deliver against sales targets; contributing to the overall growth of the business.

This role is based in the Washington, DC metro area.

Requirements

What you’ll bring.

  • You have built and love building relationships.  You will have the ability to get meetings directly with government stakeholders using your network. Constant engagement with prospects is essential in selling and expected.
  • You know the issues and technology. You will have a good understanding of the issues that Government agencies face and will have the ability to ‘solutionize’
  • You know how to get the deal done.  You have a solid understanding of government procurement, budget cycles, FARS, DFARS, federal contracts, regulations and procedures, and federal operations.
  •  Therefore having a good understanding of Government agencies’ operational and buying processes is key.
  • Expertise working with and solution selling within the Government, particularly at the Federal level
  • The ability to lead multidisciplinary teams in a complex sales pursuit

 

 

What you’ll bring.

  • Demonstrated creativity and ingenuity in developing successful strategies for business growth
  • Ability to develop a strategic account sales plan aligned with the overall corporate goals
  • Demonstrated ability to communicate effectively orally and in writing with all levels of the organization and with external contacts.  Ability to create and deliver powerful and effective presentations
  • Determination to succeed in the face of adversity
  • Ambition and energy with strong inter-personal skills
  • Good team player, capable of delivering results in a fast-paced, complex and challenging environments
  • Ability to be an independent decision-maker but equally inclusive when evaluating options
  • Strong commercial and entrepreneurial qualities
  • Optimistic in outlook and can identify opportunities

Benefits

Our perks and quirks.

What makes you Q will help you to realize your full potential, flourish and enjoy what you do, while being recognized and rewarded with our broad range of benefits.

We offer:

  • Competitive base salary of $180k-200k and up to 100% of base salary in commission 💰
  • 100% 401K match up to 5%
  • Comprehensive benefits coverage, including mental health support, fitness reimbursements, and financial well-being
  • Tax-advantageous benefits, such as commuter benefits, healthcare, and dependent care
  • Competitive annual leave, parental leave, PTO, and observed holidays 🌴
  • Well-being benefits, such as the Calm App and Wellbeing 1/2 days off 🧘‍♀️
  • Continuous Training and Development, including access to Udemy Business
  • Work from Anywhere Scheme: Spend up to 2 months working outside of your country of employment over a rolling 12-month period
  • Employee Referral Program
  • Team Social Budget & Company-wide Socials

Our mission.

We have one mission. To help businesses grow. To make data easier. And to make the world a better place. We’re not a start-up. Not anymore. But we’ve not been around that long either. What we are is a collection of bright, passionate minds harnessing complexities and helping our clients and their communities. One culture, made of many. Heading in one direction – the future.

It’s all about you.

We want you to feel welcome, valued, and respected—because it’s your individuality and passion that make you Q. We see that, and we celebrate it. That’s why we’re proud to be an Equal Opportunity Employer.

We are committed to fostering an inclusive and diverse work environment, continuously improving to ensure everyone belongs. Our recruitment process is designed to be inclusive and accessible. If you need any reasonable adjustments or accommodations, please let our Talent Acquisition Team know—we’re happy to assist.

No matter your race, beliefs, color, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, age, marital status, neurodiversity, or abilities—whoever you are—if you're a passionate, curious, and caring human eager to push the boundaries of what’s possible, we want to hear from you.

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Perks & Benefits Extracted with AI

  • Health Insurance: Comprehensive benefits coverage, including mental health support, fitness reimbursements, and financial well-being
  • Team social budget: Team Social Budget & Company-wide Socials
  • Paid Time Off: Competitive annual leave, parental leave, PTO, and observed holidays

Quantexa was incorporated in March 2016 and has quickly demonstrated extraordinary success including: raising significant investment Series B funding in July 2018; completing a number of highly effective, live client engagements and expanding to a team of more than 200. The team includes experts with many years of experience in developing data analytics and AI software products, building advanced algorithms, marketing, selling and implementing these technologies together with our partners.Our software solutions apply advanced analytical techniques to huge volumes of data, producing single customer/business views and networks of relationships and activity, for data lake and real-time usage. This underpins a range of automated decision making and artificial intelligence (AI) solutions, producing world class accuracy and outcomes. The products can be deployed at customer site in full cycle agile deployments or in the cloud as a software as a service. To date, we have focused on combatting fraud and financial crime but we are rapidly expanding the use cases into business development, risk and beyond. Our customer base is typically blue-chip, tier one and global organisations, including: financial services, oil and gas, travel and transport, government and insurance.Our head office is in London near Waterloo Station, and we have offices in North America, Europe and Australia, with plans to extend globally.

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$180,000 – $200,000 per year
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