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Account Director, Federal Partnerships (Defense)

Washington, DCFull-time2026-10-29 → 2026-11-08
Hybrid

Core

Lead account strategy and commercial execution for emerging defense technology accounts, working with technical teams to move customers from AI evaluation to deployment.

Role type

Senior Account Director (Defense)

Builds

Deployed AI capabilities for defense industrial base customers

Domain

Defense technology / Artificial Intelligence

Deliverable

production ML models

Required skills

Account strategy, commercial execution, stakeholder management, pipeline management, executive relationship building, AI product knowledge, API integration, market insight

Preferred skills

Military service, defense technology experience, hands-on AI tool application

Technologies

APIs, workflow integration

Responsibilities

Lead account strategy and commercial execution for emerging defense technology portfolio; Support broader partnerships team on strategic relationships; Work with solutions and engineering to enable AI deployment; Maintain pipeline and consumption forecasts; Build trusted executive and technical relationships; Anticipate customer needs and inform product/partnership decisions; Coordinate cross-functionally to advance deals and remove blockers

Seniority

Senior, hands-on IC