Strategic Account Executive – SLED

🕒 April 30

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Ping Identity

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1001 - 5000 employees

Founded 2002

🔒 Cybersecurity

☁️ SaaS

🏢 Enterprise

💰 $35M Series F - Ping Identity on 2014-09

Cybersecurity • SaaS • Enterprise

Ping Identity is a leading provider of identity and access management (IAM) solutions, delivering secure, scalable, and flexible identity services for enterprises and large organizations. The company offers cloud and on-premises platforms (including PingOne and Helix AI-powered capabilities) to manage authentication, access, orchestration, fraud prevention, and decentralized identity across customers, employees, and third parties. Ping Identity focuses on reducing fraud, improving user experiences, and supporting complex deployment needs for sectors like government, financial services, healthcare, retail, and media.

📋 Description

• Own and exceed annual targets for net-new revenue by penetrating a defined list of strategic, high-value SLED prospect and customer accounts. • Strategically win large-scale, initial identity security deals that pave the way for broad, multi-year platform adoption and account expansion. • Partner with C-level and IT executive decision-makers to consult on complex identity and access management (IAM) and cybersecurity roadmaps. • Create and execute proactive, data-driven engagement plans tailored to reach and influence key technology and security leaders within public sector agencies. • Efficiently navigate and manage the full sales lifecycle, including RFI/RFP responses, complex contract negotiations, and final close. • Quarterback your team including Solutions Engineers, Customer Success Managers, and Product Experts to deliver tailored, high-value identity security solutions.

🎯 Requirements

• 10+ years of successful, quota-exceeding, sales experience within the Public Sector, specifically the SLED west coast market. • 3+ years of direct experience selling enterprise-level solutions in the Identity and Access Management (IAM) or broader Cybersecurity domain. • A proven track record of consistently closing large complex deals within government and education agencies. • An established, high-level network of C-level and IT executive contacts within public sector agencies across the Western states region. • Prior experience successfully working with system integrators and channel partners in the SLED space. • Deep working knowledge of Identity and Access Management (IAM) concepts (e.g., SSO, MFA, Federation, API Security) and the regulatory landscape for SLED. • Proven mastery of value-based or solution-selling approaches that support a successful land-and-expand growth model, and MEDDPICC qualification methodology. • Bachelor's degree or equivalent experience in a related field. • Ability to travel for customer meetings and conferences up to 50% of the time.

🏖️ Benefits

• Generous PTO & Holiday Schedule • Parental Leave • Progressive Healthcare Options • Retirement Programs • Opportunity for Education Reimbursement • Commuter Offset (Specific locations)