
Account Executive Director, Public Sector (Federal) at Socure (Washington, DC)
Socure· Washington, DC· $165k–$175k·
Role details
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Socure at a glance
AI-powered platform for digital identity verification, fraud prevention, and risk decisioning, used by enterprises and government agencies to verify consumers, businesses, and employees.
Socure runs RiskOS, a single AI-native decisioning platform that verifies identities and scores fraud, risk and compliance across the customer journey (onboarding, login, payments, account changes). It combines a large identity graph with fraud, biometric, device and behavioral signals so customers can approve more legitimate users while blocking fraud in real time.
$650M raised · latest: Series E · $450M · 2021 · backed by Accel, T. Rowe Price, Tiger Global, Bain Capital Ventures
Summary
The Account Executive Director drives new business revenue growth for the Federal Practice by selling directly to large Federal Agencies. This role involves managing the full sales lifecycle, building strategic partnerships, and leveraging deep knowledge of the Federal market's buying criteria and competitive landsc...
Job description
Why Socure? Socure is building the identity trust infrastructure for the digital economy — verifying 100% of good identities in real time and stopping fraud before it starts. The mission is big, the problems are complex, and the impact is felt by businesses, governments, and millions of people every day. We hire people who want that level of responsibility. People who move fast, think critically, act like owners, and care deeply about solving customer problems with precision. If you want predictability or narrow scope, this won’t be your place. If you want to help build the future of identity with a team that holds a high bar for itself — keep reading.
About the Role: Socure is seeking a results-oriented Account Executive Director to join our Public Sector team to sell into large Federal Agencies. This position will report directly to our Head of Public Sector Sales and will be responsible for new business revenue growth of our Federal Practice through direct pursuits and strategic partnerships. This individual is required to live within commuting distance to Washington, DC. This position requires strong selling skills and an entrepreneurial spirit to bring value to Federal customers and technology partners and drive growth for the business. The Federal Sales leader will have knowledge and experience with the Federal market’s buying criteria, procurement trends/tendencies, and an understanding of the current competitive landscape.
Responsibilities:
- Grow new and existing accounts in partnership with federal agency leaders and capability experts
- Work with new and existing federal agencies to build a strong pipeline
- Drive activity with a relationship-focused lens
- Manage negotiations of the opportunities in the pipeline
- Define “why company” win themes
- Deep collaboration skills to build valuable and long-term client, partner and stakeholder relationships
- Understand how company products match with target federal business priorities to effectively and independently distill and deliver the
- company’s value proposition
- Become a trusted resource and develop solid relationships with prospects
Qualifications:
- 7+ years in software or technology sales with specific expertise into the Federal public sector market
- A track record of navigating multi-stakeholder sales at the executive Federal level
- Exceptional relationship development skills
- Managing all aspects of the sales lifecycle from account penetration, pursuit strategy, and contracting.
- Consistent quota over achievement in previous roles
- Proven partner and liaison with all levels and departments within an organization
- Demonstrated ability to partner with Alliances/Channels and work with partners for crafting and selling solutions.
- Background in fraud, risk, identity, security, complex data analytics, or big data
- Excellent negotiation and leadership skills
- Salesforce experience
- Experience at a fast-paced startup a plus
- BS/BA degree
Socure is an equal opportunity employer that values diversity in all its forms within our company. We do not discriminate based on race, religion, color, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, or disability status. If you need an accommodation during any stage of the application or hiring process—including interview or onboarding support—please reach out to your Socure recruiting partner directly.
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Why work at Socure
- Remote-First Culture: Socure is a remote-first company with talent hubs in San Francisco, Seattle, New York, Washington DC, Miami, London, Chennai, Bangalore, and Hyderabad. Employees have flexibility and autonomy.
- High-Impact Work: The company tackles hard problems in digital identity and fraud, which are central to trust in the digital world. The culture emphasizes high performance and purpose.
- Benefits:
- Market-competitive base salary and performance bonuses.
- Equity for all full-time employees.
- Comprehensive medical, dental, and vision insurance.
- Mental health support.
- 401(k) with company match.
- Flexible PTO and generous paid parental leave.
- Professional development stipend.
- Work-from-home stipend and Deskpass access for coworking.
- Hackathons to fuel innovation.
- Growth & Development: Internal mobility and career pathing opportunities, access to the latest technology.
- Team Size: Approximately 386 total employees (per Built In), with 100 open positions signaling strong growth.