Account Executive

GovEagle

• $80K — $120K *
Business Services
Less than 5 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • 2-4 years of successful quota-carrying sales experience in SMB/mid-market SaaS ($30k-$100k ACV)
  • Proficient in both cold outreach and managing warm referrals
  • Capable of conversing effectively with C-suite executives and proposal managers
  • Comfortable working in ambiguous contexts and creating personalized presentations
  • U.S. citizen eligible to discuss controlled workflows
  • Willingness to work in-person in NYC or DC five days a week
  • Readiness to travel up to twice a month

Responsibilities

  • Create pipeline through targeted outbound campaigns to government contracting firms
  • Run tight deals including discovery, demos, solution mapping, and pricing
  • Navigate procurement processes including vendor setups and compliance concerns
  • Close new business while driving upsells and expansion across existing accounts
  • Build scalable sales processes and write repeatable playbooks
  • Support customer onboarding to ensure activation and initiate expansion conversations

Benefits

  • Vision, dental, and medical insurance
  • Generous PTO
  • High ownership culture allowing autonomy in work
  • Opportunity to engage with cutting-edge AI technology
  • In-person work environment fostering collaboration and team bonding
  • Direct interaction with satisfied customers experiencing genuine value
Full Job Description
What You'll Do
  • Create pipeline - Build targeted outbound campaigns to BD & proposal leaders at GovCon firms while working the steady inbound flow from conferences, LinkedIn, and referrals.
  • Run tight deals - Lead discovery, product demos, solution mapping, and pricing for $30k-$100k+ ACV SaaS subscriptions (annual / multi-year).
  • Navigate procurement - Guide prospects through FAR-driven vendor setups, security questionnaires, and ITAR/FedRAMP concerns.
  • Close & expand - Land new logos, then drive usage and upsells across additional seats, modules, and business units.
  • Build the machine - Write sequences, craft collateral, instrument CRM, and codify repeatable playbooks for future AEs and SDRs.
  • Support onboarding - Stay engaged through first 60 days to ensure activation and set up expansion conversations


What We're Looking For
  • Have 2-4 yrs quota-carrying success closing SMB/mid-market SaaS ($30k-$100k ACV).
  • Are equally skilled with cold outreach and warm referrals
  • Can speak credibly to C-suite execs and proposal managers; you map power, quantify value, and push deals across the finish line.
  • Thrive in ambiguity: you draft your own decks, iterate weekly, and chase feedback.
  • U.S. citizen able to discuss controlled, export-restricted workflows with customers.
  • Ability to work in person in New York City or DC five days a week
  • Comfortable with travel, up to 2x a month

Nice to have:
  • Experience in GovCon, public sector, or regulated industries
What success looks like in your first year

Month 1-2
  • Full mastery of GovEagle demo, objection handling, and GovCon buying journey; $500k pipeline built

Month 3-6
  • First $200k in closed ARR

Month 9-12
  • $700 -800k+ closed ARR

Note: Our current reps are at ~150% of quota

Benefits
  • Vision, dental, and medical insurance
  • Generous PTO

Why join us
  • High Ownership: We believe in hiring smart people and getting out of the way
  • AI-native: Get deep on the frontier of AI agents
  • Team: We're in-person, 5 days a week (Picture from GovEagle Holiday Party)
  • Customer Love: Work directly with customers experiencing real value

Note: Even if you don't meet all the qualifications, we encourage you to apply! We value high-agency self-starters who love to learn.

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