At Objective, we create software that makes a difference. With over 400 people across Australia, New Zealand, the US and UK, we’re a leading GovTech software company helping government and regulated organisations work smarter, securely and more effectively.
We’re looking for an experienced Account Director to join our Information Intelligence team in Wellington or Palmerston North owning New Zealand territory. This is a senior sales role for someone who knows how to build strong executive relationships, navigate complex sales cycles and turn customer relationships into meaningful commercial growth.
This is more than account management. You’ll have the opportunity to identify new business, grow existing customers, uncover opportunities and influence decision-makers across government and regulated industries. The role will report directly to the VP, Sales & Customer Success - Information Intelligence.
A day in the role:
- Build and maintain trusted relationships with senior stakeholders including CIOs, CFOs, GMs and departmental leaders.
- Identify and pursue new business opportunities across the public sector and regulated industries.
- Grow existing accounts through upselling, cross-selling software and professional services, and increasing recurring revenue.
- Develop and execute territory, account and opportunity plans to build a strong pipeline.
- Manage complex, high-value sales opportunities with cycles ranging from 6–24 months.
- Understand your customers’ business challenges and processes, using that insight to identify where Objective can add value.
- Work closely with Customer Success, Professional Services, Marketing and other teams to deliver strong customer outcomes.
- Leverage your industry network and relationships to open doors, influence opportunities and create new market opportunities.
- Maintain strong pipeline and opportunity discipline through Salesforce and other sales tools.
- Mentor and support other team members involved in sales processes.
You’ll own a portfolio and territory, balancing new business development with strategic account growth. You’ll:
Your skills, experience and beyond:
- Proven success in enterprise or complex B2B sales, ideally within government, public sector, regulated industries or technology.
- A strong track record of achieving revenue targets across both new business and existing accounts.
- Experience selling complex, high-value software, technology or professional services solutions.
- Strong executive-level relationship-building and negotiation skills.
- Experience with consultative, solution, strategic or Challenger selling methodologies.
- The ability to manage long and complex sales cycles from initial engagement through to close.
- Strong territory, account, opportunity and pipeline management skills.
- Commercial curiosity and the ability to understand a customer's business and translate challenges into opportunities.
- Confidence presenting and influencing stakeholders at all levels.
- Resilience, initiative and the ability to work autonomously while collaborating effectively across teams.
Why work for us?
At Objective, you’ll have the opportunity to work on technology that has a genuine impact on how governments and regulated organisations operate.
You’ll join a team that values customer outcomes, commercial thinking, collaboration and continuous improvement, while giving you the autonomy to own your territory and make a real impact.
If you’re a strategic and commercially minded Account Director who enjoys winning new business, growing strategic accounts and building relationships that matter, we’d love to hear from you.
Skills Required
- Proven success in enterprise or complex B2B sales
- Experience in government, public sector, regulated industries, or technology
- Strong track record of achieving revenue targets across new business and existing accounts
- Experience selling complex, high-value software, technology, or professional services solutions
- Strong executive-level relationship-building and negotiation skills
- Experience with consultative, solution, strategic, or Challenger selling methodologies
- Ability to manage long and complex sales cycles from initial engagement through close
- Strong territory, account, opportunity, and pipeline management skills
- Commercial curiosity and ability to understand customer businesses and translate challenges into opportunities
- Confidence presenting to and influencing stakeholders at all levels
- Resilience, initiative, and ability to work autonomously while collaborating effectively across teams
What We Do
We’re formed by a team of creators, passionate about code, agile methodology and focused on sharing knowledge to generate value for our customers through digital solutions. Discovering innovative paths in complex and strategic projects, we guarantee the quality of delivery in scale through continuous tests automation, which creates the necessary confidence for creating long-standing relationships among employees, customers and partners. For over 20 years, we have contributed to the success of the largest telecommunications companies in Brazil with digital solutions for billing and subscribers management. And through our experience and knowledge, we expanded our offerings with a portfolio of digital solutions, consultancies and software development teams for the most varied market segments, such as manufacturing, finance, education, retail, health and utilities. The United States unit was founded in 2017, in Chicago, allowing us to deliver the same quality, expertise and specific IT solutions to American companies. The company belongs to the Objective Group, which includes E-TRUST, specialized in information security and Identity Management, CodeIT, which develops systems for insurance and social security and ELEFLOW with BI solutions and Big Data Analytics. If you like challenges, learn constantly and value personal connections, join us! Other interesting information about us you should know: - One of the best companies to work in Paraná, Brazil, according to GPTW - We offer one of the best remuneration in Brazilian IT market, according to Glassdoor - Offices in Brazil (São Paulo, Maringá, Curitiba) and Chicago - We’re a benchmark of agile development, with a case published on ‘The Scrumban [R]Evolution: Getting the Most Out of Agile, Scrum, and Lean Kanban’ book, from Ajay Reddy


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