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Axon

Builds weapons, cameras and software for police

Director of Sales - Strategic Accounts

Field SalesConfirmed live in the last 24 hours
Full-timeRemote in USANo salary listed

About the Job

Requirements

  • At least 10 years of progressive experience in enterprise or strategic sales, including at least 5 years leading frontline sales teams.
  • Proven success leading high-performing sales teams in complex, multi-product environments.
  • Experience selling to public sector or SLED markets.
  • Ability to exceed multi-million-dollar bookings and revenue targets through team leadership.
  • Ability to guide teams through long, complex sales cycles involving multiple stakeholders and formal procurement.
  • Ability to structure multi-year, multi-product agreements that balance customer outcomes and company growth.
  • Strong operational discipline in pipeline management, forecasting, and territory planning.
  • Executive presence and the ability to present to C-level leaders, elected officials, command staff, and company executives.
  • Ability to quickly understand and coach others on the company’s technology ecosystem.
  • Alignment with the company’s mission and empathy for challenges facing law enforcement and communities.
  • Must live within an hour of a major airport in the Northeast region of the United States.
  • Must be willing to travel 40–60% of the time.
  • Employees must comply with applicable environmental, health, and safety regulations, policies, and procedures.

Responsibilities

  • Directly lead a team of Key Account Executives covering strategic State and Local Law Enforcement accounts.
  • Recruit, onboard, and develop sales talent and build an accountable performance culture.
  • Set expectations for territory planning, pipeline hygiene, prospecting, and ecosystem selling.
  • Conduct regular one-on-ones, field rides, and deal reviews focused on coaching to outcomes.
  • Create continuous learning around products, the competitive landscape, and public safety trends.
  • Build and execute a go-to-market plan for the strategic accounts segment aligned with strategic priorities.
  • Define account segmentation, coverage models, and territory design to maximize growth and customer impact.
  • Drive multi-product, multi-year enterprise agreements that expand the company’s ecosystem within agencies.
  • Promote AI and real-time operations offerings as core parts of the value proposition.
  • Coordinate with sales segment and new-product leaders to align coverage across shared customers.
  • Own forecast accuracy and segment performance against quarterly and annual bookings targets.
  • Establish pipeline standards, including coverage ratios, stage definitions, and conversion benchmarks, and hold the team accountable.
  • Run quarterly business reviews, weekly forecast calls, and data-grounded deal strategy sessions.
  • Use Salesforce and business intelligence tools to analyze win/loss trends, product mix, pricing, and cycle time, and translate insights into actions.
  • Serve as executive sponsor for high-impact opportunities and renewals.
  • Build relationships with chiefs, sheriffs, command staff, information technology leaders, procurement teams, and political stakeholders.
  • Guide the team through large, multi-year requests for proposals and competitive bids, positioning differentiated value and total cost of ownership.
  • Coordinate cross-functional deal teams across Sales Engineering, Professional Services, Customer Success, Legal, and Finance to develop scalable proposals.
  • Collaborate with Product, Marketing, Sales Strategy, Revenue Intelligence, and Customer Success to shape segment messaging and campaigns; identify expansion and cross-sell opportunities; relay agency feedback to product teams; and represent strategic-account customers in internal planning.

Desired Qualifications

  • Experience in SaaS, hardware and software, or public-sector technology environments is strongly preferred.
  • Experience selling to State and Local Law Enforcement or adjacent public safety markets is a plus.

About the Company

Axon

Builds weapons, cameras and software for police

Axon builds public safety technology for police, emergency responders and security teams, combining connected devices with software that manages their work. Its TASER weapons and body cameras link field equipment to a cloud platform used throughout an investigation. Agencies use Axon Evidence to store recordings, control access and share case material with prosecutors, while its records and real-time operations tools organize reports and coordinate responses. Axon earns money from device sales and subscriptions that combine software, equipment upgrades and support over multiple years. Founded in 1993, Axon is headquartered in Scottsdale, Arizona.

Company size
5,001-10,000
Company stage
IPO
Headquarters
Scottsdale, AZ
Founded
1993

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