Key Account Director, Corrections

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Key Account Director leading national corrections sales teams for Skydio, an autonomous drone company. Driving hiring, coaching, retention, pipeline discipline, and competitive public-safety growth.

Responsibilities:

  • Lead a national team of Key Account Leaders selling to State Departments of Corrections and state-funded Port Authorities
  • Recruit, hire, onboard, and ramp Key Account Leaders
  • Run 1:1s and deal reviews to develop judgment
  • Join demos, customer meetings, and executive conversations and provide feedback
  • Coach competitive selling, POV strategy, requirement shaping, differentiation, displacement, and account defense
  • Build MEDDPICC rigor, channel fluency, and forecast honesty
  • Develop shared AI workflows for customer research, call preparation, RFP response, and pipeline analysis
  • Build retention, development paths, and recognition
  • Own territory and quota design
  • Own segment pipeline coverage, forecast accuracy, quarter linearity, and analysis
  • Partner with Channel on partner strategy, joint planning, and deal structures
  • Act as executive sponsor on major competitive pursuits
  • Represent customer insight, competitive intelligence, and product gaps to Marketing and Product
  • Coordinate and attend national growth events including CLA and ACA
  • Work cross-functionally with Channel, Sales Engineering, Business Development, Marketing, Strategic Relationships, Government Relations, and Mission Success

Requirements:

  • 3+ years leading quota-carrying sellers as a first-line manager, with year-by-year team attainment
  • 4+ years total in enterprise software, hardware, or SaaS sales, including success closing complex, multi-stakeholder deals
  • Demonstrated success recruiting sellers, with a real network and structured hiring process
  • Articulated coaching approach with examples of measurable employee improvement
  • Strong voluntary retention history and record of developing people into larger roles
  • Experience selling or leading teams into SLED customers, with knowledge of procurement vehicles and budget and grant cycles
  • Experience selling or leading teams into State Department of Corrections customers, with knowledge of procurement and budget cycles
  • Fluency selling with and through channel partners
  • Daily, systematic use of AI tools and a workflow, analysis, or tool built or changed in the last two years
  • Executive presence and high personal integrity under quota pressure
  • Ability to travel at least 50% of the time
  • Role can be based anywhere in the United States
  • Preferred: public safety/corrections experience and CLA/ACA relationships
  • Preferred: experience building a team from a small base
  • Preferred: AI tool, analysis, or workflow used by others
  • Preferred: curiosity about agency budgets, airspace waivers, or aircraft autonomy
  • Preferred: familiarity with MEDDPICC, Salesforce, Clari, BGov, GovWin, Slack, and Google Workspace
  • Preferred: UAV, robotics, or emerging technology background
  • Must draft resume yourself; AI refinement is permitted
  • Must use AI tools in the working session

Benefits:

  • Equity in the form of stock options
  • Comprehensive benefits package
  • Relocation assistance may be provided for eligible roles
  • Group health insurance plans
  • Paid vacation time
  • Sick leave
  • Holiday pay
  • 401K savings plan