Government & Public Sector Executive Roles — Federal, State, Contractors
More than 149 executive roles classified in Government & Public Sector, with 14 new this week. Senior executive service, agency leadership, and contractor executives across federal, state, and local government markets.
Tier breakdown
1
Founder13
C-Suite89
VP3
Sr Director43
DirectorWhat this category covers
Government & Public Sector covers senior executive service (SES) roles inside federal/state/local agencies plus executive roles at government contractors and GovTech firms. The flagship surfaces seats where the customer or governance is public-sector.
Across the 149 active roles in this category, the largest tier is VP. The classifier weighs company size, scope, and reporting line — not just the title prefix — so the tier mix reflects real responsibility, not vanity titles.
Sample Jobs (10 of 149)
| Title & Company | Location |
|---|---|
| Director of Public Works ... City of Taylor The Director of Public Works provides leadership and operational oversight for the City of Taylor’s engineering and inspections, streets and drainage, parks and grounds maintenance, cemetery operations, solid waste collection, utility construction, water distribution, and wastewater collection and treatment services. VP | City of Taylor, TX Onsite |
| Assistant General Counsel Smithsonian Institution Provide legal services, represent the Smithsonian in legal matters, and advise on federal laws. VP | Washington, DC Unknown |
| Mission Account Director, Department of War ServiceNow Coordinate DoW-wide strategy and executive access, spearhead major pursuits, and drive demand generation for ServiceNow. VP | Vienna, Virginia, United States Remote |
| Distinguished Government Relations Lead QuantumScape Lead federal government relations for QuantumScape, focusing on DOE, DOC, DOD, and Congress. Secure funding, shape battery policy, and manage external consultants. VP | Remote Remote |
| Director, Technical Program Management – Missionforce National Security Salesforce Lead large, cross-functional initiatives at Salesforce related to national security, including M&A integration and federal mission implementations. Director | Virginia - Herndon, District of Columbia - Washington, California - San Francisco Unknown |
| Head of Marketing Esper Lead marketing strategies, brand direction, and team leadership for Esper. Requires 8+ years in B2B marketing with leadership experience. VP | Austin, Texas Hybrid |
| Director, Compliance ICON The Director, Compliance will build and run ICON's compliance function, covering corporate compliance and government contracts compliance. Responsibilities include designing compliance programs, ensuring FAR and DFARS compliance, and leading audits. Director | Austin, Texas, United States Onsite |
| Chief Executive Officer Special Forces Pension Plan The CEO leads the Special Forces Pension Plan, managing risk, setting strategic direction, and overseeing investments and administration. The role requires strategic leadership and experience in government, public sector, or financial services. C-Suite | Edmonton, AB Onsite |
| Chief People & Culture Officer Deakin University Lead the People and Culture Division at Deakin University, shaping a high-performing, inclusive workplace. Partner with the executive team to advance workforce agenda. C-Suite | Melbourne, Victoria Unknown |
| Director of Communications Peregrine Technologies The Director of Communications will drive Peregrine's communications strategy, focusing on technology, product, and AI communications. The role involves working with media, developing thought leadership content, and partnering with internal teams. Director | San Francisco, California, United States Onsite |
How classification gets to this category
Government & Public Sector classification follows the same multi-stage pipeline as every other category, with category-specific signal at three stages:
- Title recognition. Direct title hits resolve fast — common variants are recognized immediately, including the senior, VP, and Director-tier flavors.
- Compensation threshold. An exec-tier base-comp floor filters out individual-contributor roles that share the title language. Roles below the floor in unambiguous category titles are flagged for manual review rather than auto-classified.
- JD signals for ambiguous cases. GPT reads the JD for SES-equivalency, security-clearance signals, and federal-customer focus. The classifier separates agency-internal roles from contractor-side leadership. See the AI Classification page for the full signal hierarchy.
Negative filters explicitly block adjacent IC and analyst roles whose titles can resemble executive ones. The result: Government & Public Sector as a category in your inbox is the executive cut, not the entry-level cut.
How matching works for your search
Matching on Government & Public Sector is conjunctive. Every dimension you add narrows the result set rather than expanding it.
Example: select Government & Public Sector + CXO-tier and you see SES-level leaders and contractor presidents serving public-sector customers — your inbox shows the intersection, not the union. You won't see roles that match only one of the filters and not the other.
Tier filtering layers on top. If you only want VP-tier and above in this category, the seniority-tier filter does that cleanly. Restrict further to C-suite only to see the most senior seats, or open it up to Director-tier to widen the funnel during early-stage exploration.
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