Business Development Account Executive
- Compensation
- $180K–$200K
- Location
- Herndon, VA, US
- Work setup
- Not specified
- Seniority
- C level
- Employment
- Contract
- Experience
- Not specified
- Category
- Sales
- Posted
Skills
Must have
- Working knowledge of cloud provider and colocation operator security procurement, including the organizational structures that govern physical security decisions in those environments.
- Four or more years of progressive business development, capture, or program leadership experience within the critical infrastructure physical security space.
- Demonstrated experience managing a growth pipeline and leading opportunity pursuits, including identifying emerging requirements, shaping opportunities through client engagement, positioning your firm
- Established relationships within the critical infrastructure physical security space.
- Strong interpersonal and executive communication skills with the range to engage credibly with commercial security directors and hyperscaler infrastructure leads.
Nice to have
- Existing relationships with physical security or procurement teams at cloud providers or colocation operators holding government-cleared facility contracts.
- Existing relationships within DHS, DOE national labs, DOD installation security, or Intelligence Community adjacent critical infrastructure programs.
- APMP, Shipley, or capture management certification
Full description
Position Type: Full-Time, Exempt
Work Location: Herndon, VA
Clearance: Top Secret
Pay: $180,000-$200,000
Patriot Group International LLC (PGI) is seeking an accomplished Business Development Account Executive to lead and scale business development across the cleared facility and cloud provider ecosystem.
PGI is a global mission support service provider with expeditionary capabilities, providing services to select clients within the intelligence, defense, and private sectors. It is a veteran-owned and operated company with experience performing in over 50 countries, including austere and high-threat environments. It offers provides its clients an unrivaled hybrid of specialized services by combining the disciplines of security and risk management with an unequaled special operations and intelligence perspective. The firm has been recognized multiple times as the Best Place to Work among large employers by Virginia Business Magazine.
This is a new mid-management role, responsible for helping to develop the processes and discipline to identify and shape opportunities in a growing market with a quickly evolving threat landscape. The account executive will report directly to the Vice President of Business Development and work closely with the other account executives and relevant contract execution teams. This person will have a high degree of responsibility and autonomy in creating and implementing the processes needed to build out their assigned market.
This is a growth position for someone who wants to shape how PGI pursues and wins its most important business. Critical infrastructure physical security protection represents the company's highest priority growth vector, and this role will help lead all opportunity pursuits.
The ideal candidate has done this before, has relationships to leverage, and has the capability and motivation to be a valuable team member capable of building and sustaining growth within their market domain.
The Business Development Account Executive will be responsible for the following:Business Development & Pipeline Development
- Own a single, accurate, and well-qualified pipeline in the cleared facility and cloud provider ecosystem.
- Own and run the gate review process and meetings on the pursuits within their domain.
- Identify and pursue relevant contract vehicles and/or commercial agreements with cloud and colocation providers, that create scalable, multi-program growth across their market.
Relationships & Networking
- Implement the account penetration strategy for the most strategically important targets within their area of responsibility, developing and converting leads they or others in the firm identify.