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Senior Account Executive, Sovereign Defence Industry, Australia, ANZ Public Sector

Canberra, Australian Capital Territory💼 Full-time🗓 2026-08-30 → 2026-09-26

Core

Drive AWS revenue growth for Australia's sovereign Defence Industrial Base (DIB) by building a portfolio of defence tech start-ups, scale-ups, and SMEs aligned with the National Defence Strategy 2024.

Role type

Senior Account Executive (Sovereign Defence)

Builds

Cloud solutions and services for Australian defence technology companies and their supply chains

Domain

National Defence / Sovereign Cloud

Deliverable

client delivery

Required skills

technology sales, complex enterprise account management, government procurement, defence sector relationships, cloud solutions sales, stakeholder management

Preferred skills

domain credibility in defence, non-linear career paths

Technologies

AWS infrastructure and cloud services

Responsibilities

Own end-to-end strategy for DIB segment growth, identify and qualify defence tech opportunities, develop segment-specific go-to-market plays, build trust-based relationships with senior defence stakeholders, collaborate with Solutions Architects and Partner teams, navigate government procurement frameworks, represent AWS at defence events, stay current on defence trends, meet annual revenue targets

Seniority

Senior, hands-on IC

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