Head of Sales - Public Sector (SLED & Federal)

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Experience
8+ years

Requirements

  • 8+ years in enterprise sales, business development, or GTM leadership with significant public sector focus
  • Proven success selling into U.S. state government environments
  • Deep understanding of SLED, state-level procurement, compliance constraints, and buying processes
  • Experience navigating complex RFPs and long sales cycles
  • Personally demonstrated closing complex government or public-sector deals
  • Experience selling services into government environments
  • Demonstrated ability to build and operationalize sales systems from the ground up
  • Hands-on experience using AI tools to enhance sales workflows and productivity
  • Ability to articulate practical applications of AI in GTM strategy and execution
  • Strong CRM discipline, pipeline management expertise, and forecasting capabilities
  • Exceptional communication skills with ability to engage and influence stakeholders
  • Proven ability to work across product, engineering, delivery, legal, and executive teams
  • Comfort operating in a shifting business model (services-first evolving toward software) and ambiguous environments
  • Based in the U.S. and willing to travel significantly

Responsibilities

  • Design and implement SpruceID’s end-to-end sales and GTM operating system, including pipeline management, forecasting, campaign execution, and performance tracking.
  • Create and enforce rigor across CRM, sales operations, and reporting, driving consistency in pipeline hygiene, deal progression, and forecasting.
  • Step into a highly active pipeline and lead strategic opportunities through to close, particularly within state government accounts.
  • Develop and execute a focused GTM strategy for state and broader SLED markets, with a deep understanding of procurement dynamics, buying cycles, and stakeholder landscapes.
  • Lead deals through RFPs, compliance requirements, and security reviews, while aligning internal stakeholders to meet public-sector constraints and timelines.
  • Identify priority government customer segments and package SpruceID’s services-led solutions into compelling, outcome-driven offerings.
  • Build and iterate on outbound and inbound strategies to sustain deal flow, prioritizing high-value opportunities.
  • Operate with an AI-first mindset, using modern tooling and approaches to improve efficiency, insight generation, and overall sales productivity.
  • Partner closely with leadership to translate high-level direction into executable plans, prioritization frameworks, and measurable outcomes.
  • Translate early services-led wins into repeatable motions that inform future software and licensing strategies.
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