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About this Strategic Account Executive, Federal role at Sardine

Sardine · Onsite · Washington, DC

Who we are:

Sardine is the leading agentic risk platform for fighting financial crime. Our integrated solution unifies data across risk teams to help organizations stop fraud in real time, prevent AI-driven attacks, and automate fraud and AML operations. Sardine’s platform is strengthened by one of the fastest-growing fraud consortiums in the market, spanning more than 6 billion profiled devices, 800 million consumers, and 3 million businesses worldwide. Leading companies including FIS, GoDaddy, Intuit, Edward Jones, ZoomInfo, and Checkout.com rely on Sardine to secure and grow trust in their products.

Our culture:

  • We have hubs in the Bay Area, NYC, Austin, Toronto, and São Paulo. However, we maintain a remote-first work culture. #WorkFromAnywhere

  • We hire talented, self-motivated individuals with extreme ownership and high growth orientation.

  • We value performance and not hours worked. We believe you shouldn't have to miss your family dinner, your kid's school play, friends get-together, or doctor's appointments for the sake of adhering to an arbitrary work schedule.

Location:

  • Remote - US / Canada

  • From Home / Beach / Mountain / Cafe / Anywhere!

  • We are a remote-first company with a globally distributed team. You can find your productive zone and work from there.

About the role:

Sardine is hiring a Strategic Account Executive, Federal, to accelerate our entry into the U.S. federal government market. Reporting directly to the Head of Public Sector, you will build a pipeline, navigate procurement, and drive Sardine’s federal revenue growth. This is a high-impact role for an early to mid-career sales professional who wants to grow with a fast-moving, AI-native company at the leading edge of financial crime prevention.

What you'll be doing:

  • Execute Sardine’s federal go-to-market strategy in partnership with the Head of Public Sector, including agency prioritization, partner strategy, and procurement roadmap.

  • Prospect, qualify, and develop a pipeline of federal opportunities across assigned agencies.

  • Manage capture cycles from initial outreach through contract execution, leveraging Sardine and partner procurement vehicles

  • Build relationships with agency fraud, compliance, identity, and IT stakeholders at executive, program and contracting officer levels.

  • Collaborate with Sardine’s solutions engineering and product teams to scope and present tailored demonstrations.

  • Build and leverage relationships with federal system integrators and resellers to accelerate agency entry and identify opportunities.

  • Support State & Local opportunities in partnership with Sardine’s existing sales force as bandwidth allows.

  • Maintain accurate pipeline, forecast, and activity data in Salesforce.

  • Represent Sardine at federal industry events and conferences (ACT-IAC, AFCEA, and others).

What you'll need:

  • 8–12 years of enterprise B2B experience, with at least 6 years in U.S. federal government Business Development — including managing competitive procurements from opportunity identification through contract award. Hands-on capture management experience a plus.

  • Established relationships with federal system integrators and proven ability to leverage SI-led procurement pathways

  • Working knowledge of federal procurement: FAR, GWACs (GSA MAS, SEWP, CIO-SP3), IDIQs, and task orders

  • U.S. citizenship required

  • Strong communicator able to engage both technical and business audiences

  • Highly organized and data-driven; able to manage pipeline independently

  • Demonstrated AI tool fluency — actively uses AI tools to drive research, outreach, proposal writing, and pipeline management. Candidates who do not incorporate AI into their daily workflow will not be considered.

Benefits we offer:

  • Generous compensation in cash and equity

  • Early exercise for all options, including pre-vested

  • Work from anywhere: Remote-first Culture

  • Flexible paid time off and Year-end break

  • Health insurance, dental, and vision coverage for employees and dependents - US and Canada specific

  • 4% matching in 401k / RRSP - US and Canada specific

  • MacBook Pro delivered to your door

  • One-time stipend to set up a home office — desk, chair, screen, etc.

  • Monthly meal stipend

  • Monthly social meet-up stipend

  • Annual health and wellness stipend

  • Annual Learning stipend

Join a fast-growing company with world-class professionals from around the world. If you are seeking a meaningful career, you found the right place, and we would love to hear from you.

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How this Account Executive salary compares

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