RVP - UK Defence and Inteligence

The role

You will manage the Sales function across the UK Defence, Intelligence, and National Security sectors. This role involves managing a team of Account Executives and executing sales strategies for the Ministry of Defence, prime contractors, and the Intelligence Community.

What you will do

• Manage and grow a team of Account Executives dedicated to UK Defence and National Security markets
• Build and execute sales strategy for UK defence landscape
• Lead strategic, high-value government deals and coach the team
• Design and implement scalable sales processes and capture management plans
• Collaborate with Product, Marketing, and Public Sector Partner/SI teams
• Ensure quota attainment within complex public sector procurement routes
• Travel regularly across the UK to assist in deal creation and secure facility meetings

Required qualifications

• Proven sales leader with experience running enterprise SaaS or software sales teams within UK Defence, MoD, or National Security verticals
• Deep understanding of UK public sector procurement pathways and defense framework agreements
• Experience leading in a complex, matrixed global technology organization
• Strong analytical and data-driven decision-making skills
• Experience designing and implementing structured sales strategies, capture plans, and territory management models for government accounts
• Existing relationships with key UK defence primes, systems integrators, and crown stakeholders
• Holding an active UK Security Clearance (SC or DV clearance), or eligibility and willingness to undergo the vetting process

Nice to have

• Prior experience at an open-source or developer-centric infrastructure company
• Familiarity with how observability and security analytics protect critical national infrastructure and support cyber defence operations

Benefits

• Competitive pay
• Health coverage for you and your family in many locations
• Ability to craft your calendar with flexible locations and schedules
• Generous number of vacation days each year
• Match up to $2000 (or local currency equivalent) for financial donations and service
• Up to 40 hours each year to use toward volunteer projects
• Minimum of 16 weeks of parental leave

Before you apply

• Holding an active UK Security Clearance (SC or DV clearance), or eligibility and willingness to undergo the vetting process

About the company

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