Senior Account Executive, SLED – East

🕒 September 14

🌵 Arizona, California, +3 more states – Remote

🌵 Arizona – Remote 🏄 California – Remote ⛰️ Colorado – Remote 🤠 Texas – Remote ☕ Washington – Remote

💵 $230k - $430k / year

⏰ Full Time

🟠 Senior

🧑‍💼 Account Executive

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🏢 Enterprise

☁️ SaaS

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Cohere is a leading enterprise AI platform optimized for generative AI, search and discovery, and advanced retrieval. The company offers AI-powered applications designed to augment and elevate the global workforce, helping businesses thrive in the AI era. Cohere provides solutions such as embedding and reranking models, allowing enterprises to efficiently retrieve information and build powerful applications. The company offers flexible deployment options for enterprise-grade AI, on any cloud or on-premises, and provides extensive developer resources and support. Cohere is committed to scaling intelligence to serve humanity, making intelligence abundant, affordable, and accessible.

📋 Description

• Own the full sales cycle from identifying leads to closing deals with state, local, and higher education customers • Drive net-new customer acquisition through targeted outbound activity, senior leader engagement, and relationship building • Develop and execute a sales plan for the SLED market in the assigned territory • Identify pathways and partners to scale regional growth • Act as a trusted advisor to SLED customers and prospects • Shape AI solutions that deliver measurable value • Work with distributors, VARs, channel partners, and major system integrators • Leverage relationships with executives and government decision-makers to drive strategic opportunities and partnerships • Collaborate with Product and Engineering on enterprise and public-sector solutions • Partner with SDRs and Marketing to drive top-of-funnel activity and territory growth • Manage discovery, technical and business validation, proof-of-concept, procurement, and deal close in a team-selling environment • Provide customer-informed input to Product and Engineering roadmap prioritization

🎯 Requirements

• 5+ years of direct public sector sales experience in the SLED market • Proven track record of closing $2M+ annual quotas • Deep knowledge of SLED procurement cycles and decision-making processes • Experience working with resellers, VARs, and distributors • Established regional network including state and local departments and agencies, prime contractors, and industry associations • Experience selling SaaS, AI/ML, or enterprise software solutions to government clients • High tolerance for ambiguity and ability to build a market from the ground up • Strong organizational skills and ability to manage multiple stakeholders across fast-moving deals • Creativity and strong technical acumen to structure partnerships • Excellent communication skills and ability to present to technical and non-technical audiences • Preference given to candidates within California, Texas, Washington, Arizona, and Colorado • Willingness to travel 25–35%

🏖️ Benefits

• $75/£75 weekly lunch stipend or equivalent in local currency • Full health and dental benefits • Separate mental health budget • RRSP matching, 401K, Pension Scheme • 100% parental leave top-up for up to 6 months, for either parent • Annual enrichment benefits for arts and culture, fitness/wellness, quality time, and workspace improvement • Education and learning stipend for conferences, courses, and coaching • 6 weeks of paid vacation (30 working days) • Budget for traveling to other offices if remote • Annual company offsite • Daily lunch program, snacks, and community/social events for office workers • Co-working benefit for employees not near an office • $500 home office stipend

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