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Axon

Builds weapons, cameras and software for police

Director of Sales - Strategic Accounts

Account ManagementConfirmed live in the last 24 hours
Full-timeNortheastern United States, USA

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 in SaaS, hardware and software, or public sector technology is strongly preferred.
  • Experience selling to public sector or state, local, and education (SLED) markets; experience in state and local law enforcement or adjacent public safety markets is a plus.
  • Ability to exceed multi-million-dollar bookings and revenue targets through team leadership.
  • Ability to guide teams through long, complex sales cycles with multiple stakeholders and formal procurement.
  • Ability to structure multi-year, multi-product agreements that balance customer outcomes and company growth.
  • Expertise in pipeline management, forecasting, and territory planning.
  • Ability to present to C-level executives, 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 the challenges facing law enforcement and communities.

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, high-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 the product set, competitive landscape, and public safety trends.
  • Build and execute a go-to-market plan for the strategic accounts segment aligned with company 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.
  • Champion AI and real-time operations offerings as core elements of the value proposition.
  • Partner with sales leaders across account segments and new products to coordinate coverage for 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.
  • Act as executive sponsor for high-impact opportunities and renewals in the strategic accounts segment.
  • Build relationships with chiefs, sheriffs, command staff, IT leaders, procurement, and political stakeholders to navigate complex decisions.
  • 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 deliver scalable proposals.
  • Collaborate with Product, Marketing, Sales Strategy, Revenue Intelligence, and Customer Success to shape segment narratives and campaigns, identify expansion and cross-sell opportunities, influence the product roadmap through field feedback, and represent strategic-account customer needs in internal planning.

Desired Qualifications

  • Experience in SaaS, hardware and software, or public sector technology environments is strongly preferred.
  • Experience in 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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