OpenAI

Technology

GovernmentAccountDirector,NationalSecurity

$261–335k Washington, District of Columbia, United States FULL TIME Remote Friendly
Market Sentiment
HIGH DEMAND

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The Brief

“Government Account Director, National Security at OpenAI. Skills: AI adoption, National security sales, Account planning. Manage key accounts. Develop account plans”

What You'll Achieve.

Advance national security missions; Benefit humanity

Industry & Context.

Technology
Problems you'll solve

Solving complex problems; Solving mission-critical problems

Eligibility Requirements

Top Secret clearance

What They're Looking For.

Must Have

10+ years selling commercial technology, Top Secret clearance, Designing and executing complex deal strategies, Familiarity with government contracting, Familiarity with security clearances, Familiarity with procurement processes, Supporting growth in high-performance National Security environments, Working directly with senior National Security executives, Communicating technical and strategic concepts, Leading high-visibility National Security customer events, Gathering market intelligence

Nice to Have

Deep relationships with defense and intelligence workflows, Native familiarity with defense and intelligence workflows

What You'll Do.

Develop account plans

Execute account plans

Lead customers through AI adoption

Build defense customer programs

Execute defense customer programs

Build defense customer projects

Execute defense customer projects

Manage revenue target

Manage revenue forecasting

Analyze account metrics

Provide insights to stakeholders

Monitor national security landscape

Inform product roadmaps

Inform corporate strategies

Foster company culture

How You'll Work.

Team & Collaboration

Cross-functional collaboration; Solutions and research engineering; Government affairs; Marketing; Communications; Business operations; People operations; Finance; Product management; Engineering

Communication Scope

Technical concepts; Strategic concepts; Customer presentations; Internal stakeholder communication

Full Job Description

About the team OpenAI’s mission is to build safe artificial general intelligence (AGI) which benefits all of humanity. This long-term undertaking brings the world’s best scientists, engineers, and business professionals into one lab together to accomplish this. In pursuit of this mission, our Go To Market (GTM) team is responsible for helping customers learn how to leverage and deploy our highly capable AI products across their organization. The team comprises Sales, Solutions, Support, Marketing, and Partnership professionals who collaborate to create valuable solutions that will help bring AI to as many users as possible. About the role Our Government Sales team has a unique mission to help national security customers understand the transformative impact that highly capable AI models can bring to their critical missions. This role combines technical understanding, strategic vision, partnership management, and value-driven strategy specifically tailored to Defense and Intelligence Community customers. You’ll drive key opportunities through the entire defense sales cycle, from pipeline generation to closure. You’ll collaborate closely with researchers, engineers, and solution strategists to help customers within the Defense and Intelligence Communities advance their national security missions through AI. This role is based in Washington DC. We use a hybrid work model of 3 days in the office per week and offer relocation assistance to new employees. In this role, you'll: - Manage a focused set of key U.S. Defense and Intelligence Community accounts, developing and executing comprehensive account plans - Lead Defense and Intelligence customers through their AI adoption journey, from consideration to successful deployment - Partner with solutions and research engineering to build and execute complex defense customer programs and projects - Own and manage a National Security Community consumption revenue target - Oversee revenue forecasting and reporting - Analyze key D

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