Vice President, Sales - Public Safety Solutions

SoundThinking, Inc.; Dallas (TX); On-site; USD 230,000 - 320,000; Full time

Job summary

SoundThinking seeks a VP of Sales, Public Safety Solutions to lead a national team in expanding the SafetySmart platform across police, sheriff, 911, and public-sector buyers.

The role reports to the SVP of Sales and requires building a high-impact org, setting strategy, and driving multi-year growth with government customers.

Qualifications

• 15+ years of progressive sales leadership in enterprise SaaS/public safety tech.
• 7+ years leading regional or national sales teams with revenue accountability.
• Experience selling into government/public sector with complex procurement cycles.
• Strong forecasting discipline and executive presence; passion for public safety.

Responsibilities

• Own bookings, revenue growth, renewals, and pipeline across Public Safety.
• Define and execute multi-year growth strategies across government markets.
• Lead strategy and maintain disciplined sales methodology across territories.
• Build territory design, account planning, and pipeline health with Sales Ops.
• Develop executive relationships with chiefs, sheriffs, and city/county leaders.
• Lead ecosystem selling and platform adoption of SafetySmart suite.
• Recruit, coach, and retain top sales talent; foster accountability and continuous improvement.
• Partner with Marketing, Product, Customer Success, Finance, and Operations to accelerate growth.

Skills

Sales leadership

Enterprise SaaS

Public sector sales

Forecasting

Executive presence

MEDDPICC

Tools

MEDDPICC

Job description

SoundThinking is looking for a Vice President of Sales, Public Safety Solutions to lead the team that brings the SafetySmart™ platform to police departments, sheriff's offices, 911/emergency communications centers, and adjacent public-sector buyers nationwide.

Reporting to the Senior Vice President, Sales, you'll lead a team of Regional Sales Directors and Account Executives and set the strategy, standards, and culture for how we grow. This is a national leadership platform with the autonomy to build a sales organization that reflects your own leadership philosophy - and the mission-driven purpose to make it matter.

1. Revenue Growth & Market Expansion

• Own bookings, recurring revenue growth, renewals, and pipeline performance across the Public Safety business.
• Build and execute multi-year growth strategies that expand SoundThinking's footprint across federal, state, local, and adjacent government markets.
• Drive predictable performance through disciplined forecasting and a consistent operating cadence.

2. Go-to-Market Strategy & Sales Excellence

• Define and execute the sales strategy for our Public Safety solution set.
• Maintain our disciplined sales methodology (e.g., MEDDPICC) across every territory.
• Partner with Sales Operations to strengthen territory design, account planning, and pipeline health.

3. Public Safety Customer Engagement & Industry Leadership

• Serve as a trusted senior advisor for SoundThinking with chiefs, sheriffs, commissioners, and city and county leaders.
• Sponsor the company's most strategic opportunities and executive-level customer relationships.
• Represent SoundThinking at industry conferences, associations, and public safety forums.

4. Ecosystem Selling & Platform Adoption

• Lead the shift from single-product selling to full SafetySmart™ platform adoption.
• Grow multi-solution engagement across ShotSpotter, CrimeTracer, PlateRanger, SafePointe, and future offerings.
• Help agencies build long-term technology roadmaps that connect detection, investigation, and response.
• Recruit, coach, and retain top sales talent, building a bench of future leaders.
• Create a culture of accountability, collaboration, and continuous improvement, grounded in our values.
• Lead regular business reviews, deal inspections, and field coaching.

6. Cross-Functional Business Leadership

• Partner with Marketing, Product, Customer Success, Finance, and Operations to accelerate growth.
• Bring the voice of the customer into product and pricing strategy.
• Serve as a trusted advisor to the executive leadership team on revenue strategy and market trends.
• Champion adoption of AI-enabled tools and workflows across the sales organization.
• Stay ahead of emerging public safety technologies and translate them into customer value.
• Prepare the team to sell the next generation of the SafetySmart™ platform.

Minimum Qualifications:

• 15+ years of progressive sales leadership experience in enterprise SaaS, public sector technology, security technology, or public safety technology.
• 7+ years leading regional or national sales teams with meaningful revenue accountability.
• A track record of success selling into government, law enforcement, or public-sector environments, including complex, multi-stakeholder procurement cycles.
• Strong forecasting discipline, executive presence, and a genuine passion for the public safety mission.
• Preferred: public safety industry experience, knowledge of government procurement and funding cycles, and familiarity with AI-enabled, multi-product platform selling.

Location: Ideal candidates will be based in the Mid-Atlantic but we will consider candidates in other locations

Travel: 40-50%, including customer, conference, and field travel

Note: The Company reserves exclusive right in its sole discretion to modify, adjust, delete, add or otherwise change the above at any time.

SoundThinking provides equal employment opportunities (EEO) to all employees and applicants for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, disability or genetics. In addition to federal law requirements, SoundThinking complies with applicable state and local laws governing nondiscrimination in employment in every location in which the company has facilities. This policy applies to all terms and conditions of employment, including recruiting, hiring, placement, promotion, termination, layoff, recall, transfer, leaves of absence, compensation and training. SoundThinking maintains a drug-free workplace policy.

SoundThinking expressly prohibits any form of workplace harassment based on race, color, religion, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, national origin, age, genetic information, disability, or veteran status. Improper interference with the ability of SoundThinking’s employees to perform their job duties may result in discipline up to and including discharge.

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