CareerPlan

US Army Account Executive

Washington D.C. OfficeFull-time$105k2026-09-18 → 2026-11-10
HybridSecurity clearance required

Core

Manage Planet's relationship with the US Army and sell geospatial intelligence-derived products and services, including imagery and AI analytics applications.

Role type

Senior Account Executive (US Government/Defense)

Builds

Sales pipeline and revenue for Planet's broad area monitoring and search product lines

Domain

Defense & Geospatial Intelligence

Deliverable

production ML models

Required skills

US Government (DoD) sales, complex deal negotiation, pipeline forecasting, technical understanding of geospatial imagery, stakeholder management

Preferred skills

TS/SCI security clearance, Joint/OSD/CCMD staff experience, advanced degree, CRM proficiency

Technologies

CRM, outreach tools, forecasting solutions

Responsibilities

Manage US Army relationships and coordinate with Professional Services and Customer Success teams; Identify, qualify, negotiate, and close large-scale complex deals with US Army and Combatant Command customers; Develop an extensive pipeline of new sales leads and provide product demonstrations; Collaborate with Sales Engineers for prospect meetings and present pricing to executive level buyers; Maintain weekly pipeline reporting and accurately forecast quarterly and annual business.

Seniority

Senior, hands-on IC