Federal Account Executive, DOE

Red River; Bismarck (ND); Remote; USD 125,000 - 175,000; Full time

Job summary

Red River seeks a senior-level, customer-facing field sales professional to coordinate strategic sales across its DOE IT customer base. The role focuses on cloud, financing options, and a consultative approach to growth within government and commercial sectors.

The candidate must have 5–10 years of IT sales experience, the ability to develop detailed account plans, and strong relationship-building skills. This remote position supports up to 100% field activities.

Qualifications

• 5-10 years IT sales experience.
• Ability to develop comprehensive account plans.
• Experience selling professional and managed services.
• Ability to cultivate C-level relationships.
• Experience building multi-year IT annuity contracts.
• Knowledge of Federal contracting and acquisition vehicles.
• Understanding of federal budgets cycles and buying patterns.
• Familiar with CRM applications.
• Strong presentation skills and customer-facing meetings.

Responsibilities

• Drive profitable revenue growth as a sales account executive.
• Manage a dedicated sales territory comprised of government agencies.
• Develop pipeline, opportunities management, and demand generation.
• Understand industry trends for cloud computing, consumptive models, and financing options.
• Lead customer-facing meetings and presentations with stakeholders.

Skills

Account planning

IT sales

C-level relationships

Multi-year contracts

Federal contracting knowledge

CRM familiarity

Forecasting/sales planning

Presentation skills

Communication skills

Education

College degree preferred

OEM certifications

Tools

CRM systems

Job description

Pay or shift range: $125,000 USD to $175,000 USD

This is a general range for the position. Final offers are based on various factors, including skill set, experience, location, qualifications and other job-related reasons.

Description

Job Description

Senior-level, customer-facing, field sales position responsible for working in a collaborative manner and coordinating strategic sales activities across their Department of Energy customer base relative to IT and IT related sales.

Primary Position Tasks:

• Sales account executive responsible for driving profitable revenue growth.

• Manages a dedicated sales territory comprised of government agencies.

• Responsible for insight into industry trends for cloud computing, consumptive models and creative financing options

• Demonstrates a consultative sales approach by possessing a detailed understanding of the federal or commercial marketplace, as applicable to the role, along with the business acumen to solve customer problems

• Actively engaged in pipeline development, opportunity management/forecasting and demand generation

Minimum Education/Certification/Experience Requirements:

• 5-10 years of IT sales experience

Preferred Education/Certification/Experience:

• Mid-level certifications in OEM training programs

• College or associate degree are preferred

Knowledge, Skills and Abilities:

• Demonstrate ability to put together compressive account plans and strategy

• Demonstrate the ability to sell professional and managed services

• Ability to cultivate C-level relationships and understand underlying business drivers

• Ability to capture large multi-year IT annuity contracts

• For Federal AE III:

• Detailed understanding of all Federal Contracting and acquisition vehicles

• Understanding of federal budgets cycles and buying patterns

• Ability to navigate within public sources to identity government solicitations and opportunities (Exhibit 300)

• Familiar with existing industry CRM applications

• Familiar with OEM business processes negotiating discount structures

• Ability to demonstrate strong presentation skills and lead customer facing meetings

• The ability to work effectively with or without dedicated management/mentor supervision

• Demonstrated ability to communicate with vendors and customers in a professional and timely manner

• Sufficient phone skills as defined by, active listening skills, using the open-ended question technique, courteous and conscientious mannerisms and technically literate language so as to support successful cold and warm calls

• Sufficient writing skills, demonstrated by the correct use of grammar, professional communication style and technically literate language so as to support successful e-mail introductions to customers, vendors and OEM counterparts

• Demonstrated success in multi tasked, high volume sales role as defined by accuracy, response rate and understanding of customer requirements

Essential Elements

(Mental; Physical; Equipment used):

This position requires the ability to continuously communicate with co-workers throughout the day utilizing Red River approved and/or provided communication tools and equipment.

Special Requirements:

This is a remote role. Up to 100% customer field activities are possible.

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