Note: The job is a remote job and is open to candidates in USA. BlueCat is a company that solves critical network challenges for large organizations and is seeking a Federal Sales Director to build and scale their U.S. Federal business. The role involves driving strategic opportunities, mentoring a Federal sales team, and articulating BlueCat’s value in network modernization and cybersecurity.
Responsibilities
- Own and grow a strategic Federal territory with accountability for pipeline creation, revenue attainment, and long-term account expansion
- Help define and execute BlueCat’s Federal growth strategy across civilian, defense, and intelligence-related opportunities
- Identify whitespace opportunities, emerging initiatives, modernization programs, and mission-driven use cases where BlueCat can deliver measurable value
- Build repeatable sales motions, operational rigor, and territory discipline that can scale as the Federal business grows
- Personally drive strategic opportunities while mentoring and guiding other Federal sellers
- Help onboard, develop, and elevate future Federal Account Executives
- Share best practices around account strategy, pipeline development, Federal procurement navigation, and executive engagement
- Act as a culture leader who brings urgency, accountability, collaboration, and professionalism to the team
- Lead sophisticated, multi-threaded sales cycles from initial engagement through close
- Build relationships across CIO, CISO, networking, infrastructure, operations, and procurement organizations
- Navigate Federal acquisition paths including GWACs, BPA vehicles, GSA schedules, and partner-led procurement motions
- Develop strategic account plans that align technical outcomes with mission priorities
- Articulate BlueCat’s value across network modernization, Zero Trust, cybersecurity operations, cloud transformation, automation, and network observability
- Help customers understand how DNS intelligence, network telemetry, and foundational infrastructure visibility contribute to resiliency and operational awareness
- Partner closely with Sales Engineering to position differentiated technical value in competitive environments
- Work closely with Marketing, Channel, Alliances, Customer Success, Product, and Executive Leadership teams
- Build strong relationships with Federal systems integrators, strategic resellers, and ecosystem partners
- Deliver accurate forecasting, pipeline visibility, and territory planning through Salesforce
Skills
- 8+ years of successful enterprise technology sales experience within the U.S. Federal market
- Proven success building or scaling Federal territories, teams, or businesses
- Strong track record of exceeding quota and closing complex enterprise or Federal deals
- Experience selling cybersecurity, networking, infrastructure, observability, SaaS, automation, or cloud-related solutions
- Deep understanding of Federal buying motions, procurement processes, and contract vehicles
- Existing relationships across Federal agencies, systems integrators, and channel ecosystems
- Ability to operate strategically while remaining highly hands-on
- Strong executive presence with the ability to communicate effectively with both technical and business stakeholders
- Experience developing account plans, territory strategies, and pipeline generation programs
- Strong cross-functional leadership and collaboration skills
- High urgency, accountability, and ownership mentality
- Experience selling network infrastructure or networking platforms
- Experience selling cybersecurity or Zero Trust solutions
- Experience selling network observability or monitoring platforms
- Experience selling infrastructure automation or orchestration technologies
- Experience selling hybrid cloud networking solutions
- Experience selling enterprise SaaS or operational intelligence platforms
- Experience working with agencies focused on cybersecurity, modernization, infrastructure resiliency, defense operations, or cloud transformation
Benefits
- Participation in a discretionary bonus plan
- Comprehensive benefits package, including medical, dental, and vision insurance
- Tax advantaged accounts (HSA, FSA)
- Annual Lifestyle Spending Account (LSA)
- A 401(k) with company matching
- Paid parental leave
- Vacation, personal, and wellness days
- An annual learning and development budget
- Eligible employees may also participate in the company's annual bonus program
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