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Factory

Account Executive, Aerospace and Defense

Factory

. Own a named set of Aerospace and Defense accounts and lead enterprise sales cycles end-to-end .

Posted 10/15/2026full-timeRemote • United StatesSeniorLeadWebsite

Tech Stack

Tools & technologies
CloudSDLC

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact
  • Own a named set of Aerospace and Defense accounts and lead enterprise sales cycles end-to-end
  • Build pipeline, manage evaluations and pilots, navigate procurement, and close multi-stakeholder deals
  • Advise CIOs, CTOs, chief AI officers, engineering leaders, chief engineers, program managers, and business development and capture teams
  • Map business value and IT-modernization priorities to Factory's platform
  • Build multi-year account plans aligned to federal buying cycles
  • Maintain accurate forecasts, pipeline tracking, and sales plans
  • Lead technically credible conversations about infrastructure modernization, the SDLC, CI/CD, DevSecOps, code review, testing, and release pipelines
  • Guide A&D engineering teams on integrating Factory's Droids across cloud, on-prem, and air-gapped environments
  • Work with sales leadership, product, engineering, and security teams to customize solutions
  • Develop relationships with systems integrators, cloud providers, and delivery partners
  • Educate customers on AI-driven development tools, risk, security, compliance, engineering outcomes, and ROI
  • Drive customer expansion and renewals
  • Feed market intelligence back to product and marketing

Requirements

What you’ll need
  • 7+ years of sales experience, including 4+ years selling technology into the Aerospace and Defense industry
  • Proven track record of achieving and exceeding sales targets
  • Hands-on experience navigating commercial and government procurement in the A&D industry
  • Experience selling through or alongside systems integrators and resellers
  • Strategic selling expertise, including multi-threading executive relationships and building multi-year account plans
  • Exceptional technical aptitude across infrastructure, the SDLC, and enterprise IT deployments
  • Fluency in CI/CD, DevSecOps, cloud and on-prem environments, and large-scale modernization of legacy and mission-critical systems
  • Working knowledge of ITAR/EAR, DFARS, CMMC, and NIST SP 800-171
  • Strong interpersonal and communication skills
  • Established relationships within defense primes, defense technology companies, and the SI ecosystem
  • Ability to thrive in a dynamic, fast-paced startup environment
  • Genuine enthusiasm for AI, software development, and the defense mission is a plus