Account Executive (Inside Sales), Federal
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About the role
Who you are:
Transition Ready Agility: Demonstrated success within a high-performing Business Development Representative (BDR) or Inside Sales role, showing a clear readiness to own a full quota and close business directly.
High-Velocity Stamina: Exceptional organizational skills and psychological resilience; comfortable managing 30+ active deal cycles concurrently without losing execution quality.
Public Sector Structural Aptitude: Foundational understanding of public procurement concepts (e.g., FAR, agency purchasing schedules, or state-specific contracting vehicles) or a rapid aptitude to learn them.
Value-Focused Communication: Ability to articulate complex Application Security Testing (AST) and SBOM compliance regulations in a clear, business-value manner to technical users and purchasing buyers.
Collaborative Execution Mindset: Highly skilled at working cross-functionally with pre-sales engineering, legal, channel partners, and regional field marketing teams.
Role Outcomes:
Success in this role looks like
Pipeline Generation Self-Sufficiency: Rather than relying solely on inbound marketing or external generation, you proactively discover, cultivate, and advance your own outbound pipeline through continuous territory prospecting.
Velocity & Transactional Mastery: You maintain a balanced, high-volume deal portfolio, managing short sales cycles cleanly from initial engagement to close-won status while keeping your average transaction velocity high.
Procurement Execution Excellence: Public sector buying parameters—including RFIs, RFPs, and formal agency bid responses—are navigated accurately and delivered ahead of deadlines, maximizing our inclusion on critical contract vehicles.
Ecosystem Partner Harmonization: Channel partners, regional distributors (e.g., Carahsoft), and local fulfillment networks are activated seamlessly to accelerate transactions, clear procurement hurdles, and expand Sonatype's market footprint.
You will be successful when
Your quarterly net-new logo and ARR quotas are met or exceeded with high predictability, avoiding end-of-quarter target clustering.
Sales tech stack data hygiene (Salesforce, Clari) is maintained flawlessly, reflecting accurate deal staging, realistic close dates, and clear buyer validation metrics.
Your prospecting activity metrics manifest as real, qualified pipeline velocity rather than unverified outward motions.
Role:
Full-Cycle Territory Ownership: Prospect, qualify, advance, and close high-velocity transaction flows within your assigned territory framework (Federal DC Metro or Central SLED).
High-Volume Cadence Management: Maintain a high daily volume of outbound touches (calls, emails, social outreach) to uncover latent application security needs inside target agencies.
Bid & Proposal Execution: Lead the internal orchestration and timely drafting of technical and commercial responses to public RFIs, RFPs, and agency solicitations.
Channel Alliance Alignment: Partner closely with regional channel accounts, systems integrators, and distribution partners to track registrations and secure transactional closure.
Value-Based Discovery Demonstrations: Conduct precise technical-commercial discoveries, positioning Sonatype’s automated software supply chain protection as a non-negotiable compliance standard.
Forecast Guardrail Maintenance: Protect territory forecasting hygiene through meticulous milestone updates inside our GTM execution platforms.
What we are proud of:
Visionary in the 2025 Gartner® Magic Quadrant™ for Application Security Testing
2025 DEVIES Award to our SBOM Manager new product for its innovation and impact in developer technology
2024 Industry Leader in Forrester-Wave for Software Composition Analysis (2024 Q4 report)
2023 Fast Company Best Places for Innovators
2023 Gartner's Magic Quadrant
2023 Software Report's Top 100 Software Companies
2023 BuiltIn Best Places to Work
2022 Frost & Sullivan Technology Innovation Leader Award
2022 PeerSpot Silver Peer Award in Software Composition Analysis
2022 Tech Ascension Best DevOps Security Solution Award
2022 NVCT Cyber Company of the Year
Company Wellness Week - We shut down company operations for a week to enable all employees to pursue personal growth and enjoy a much-needed and deserved rest.
Paid Volunteer Time Off (VTO)
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