Public Sector Account Executive- West

About the Role

As an Enterprise Account Executive, Public Sector at Motive, you are responsible for developing and closing business with Motive’s largest State, Local, and Education prospects. As one of our first Account Executives focused on the Public Sector market, you will lead the charge, selling the value of our products and the business outcomes that can be achieved in partnership with Motive.

The solutions Motive brings to market align very well with Public Sector organization's values and priorities. Motive makes the world safer, increases productivity, and enhances cost efficiency. Our Enterprise Account Executives focusing on the Public Sector will be entrepreneurial, thoughtfully aggressive, and can truly articulate the value Motive brings to the Public Sector market. You are receptive to feedback, have a willingness to learn, a strong technical aptitude, and a high attention to detail. Because of the collaborative nature of our Go-to-Market team, a win-as-a-team mentality is a must. In this high-energy role, you should be comfortable working in a fast-paced environment with high standards of quality.

Locations: Northern California, Washington and Oregon

What you’ll do:

• Establish, develop and grow new business relationships with influential contacts within lighthouse Public Sector accounts
• Identify, partner and develop account plans for Motive’s Public Sector prospects, actively developing strategies that result in providing the best value to our customers
• Harness key Executive relationships to ensure RFP wins and grow contractual-based business
• Strong experience with complex Proof of Concepts or Trials
• Partner internally with Sales Engineering, Product, and Software Engineering to provide consistent feedback on product or security gaps that are crucial to win in a Public Sector environment
• Partner with the balance of your account team and leverage customer analytics and other available resources to optimize buying decisions
• Resolve problems, including identifying issues, thinking critically to determine the optimal course of action, and implementing best available solutions
• Work with technical resources to display to prospects the power of integrations & how our partner ecosystem increases the value of our hardware and software
• Effectively plan to meet and exceed your ongoing business goals and revenue quotas
• Develop a deep understanding of our technology platform and operations, using that understanding and market input to bring back iterations to our business
• Constantly study and deepen understanding of market trends to enable consultative insight

About you:

• You have deep Enterprise sales experience selling into the largest Public Sector organizations
• You show a strong track record of exceeding quotas and rapidly growing your book