Government & Public Sector Executive Roles — Federal, State, Contractors
More than 128 executive roles classified in Government & Public Sector, with 9 new this week. Senior executive service, agency leadership, and contractor executives across federal, state, and local government markets.
Tier breakdown
2
Founder23
C-Suite77
VP2
Sr Director24
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 128 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 128)
| Title & Company | Location |
|---|---|
| Executive Director ... Texas Association of School Boards, Inc. (TASB) The Executive Director of TASB leads the organization in collaboration with the Board of Directors, overseeing strategic vision, advocacy, governance, and operational services for Texas school boards. C-Suite | Texas Unknown |
| VP, Product Management - Agentforce Public Sector (Missionforce) Salesforce Define and own the product vision and roadmap for Agentforce applications for government and defense agencies. Lead product strategy, packaging, and pricing to optimize market competitiveness. VP | District of Columbia - Washington, Washington - Seattle, California - San Francisco Hybrid |
| Regional Vice President Sales, Federal Civilian Wiz Lead and scale sales efforts in the U.S. Federal Civilian market, focusing on cloud security solutions. Responsible for defining and executing go-to-market strategies and building relationships with federal agencies. VP | Washington, D.C. Onsite |
| Director, Government Affairs Cohesity The Director, Government Affairs is responsible for leading Cohesity's federal public policy and advocacy strategy, engaging with Congress, federal agencies, and trade associations on IT procurement, cybersecurity policy, and AI governance. VP | Washington, DC - USA (Office) Hybrid |
| Executive Account Director - Health & Human Services Banyan Software The Executive Account Director will lead and grow a strategic public sector customer relationship, acting as the primary point of contact for senior government stakeholders and coordinating efforts across various teams. Director | Columbus, Ohio Hybrid |
| Audit Director - State & Local Government ... Progressive regional CPA firm Progressive regional CPA firm seeks an Audit Director with a Government specialization. Fast track to Partnership with a reasonable work-life balance. Hybrid work environment. Relocation assistance available. VP | Salem, OR Hybrid |
| Grassroots Advocacy Director Independent Community Bankers of America The Director, Grassroots Advocacy will support and expand ICBA’s grassroots advocacy to advance policy change with government branches and regulatory agencies. Responsibilities include developing messages, supporting advocacy tools, and engaging with community bankers. VP | Washington, D.C. Hybrid |
| Chair, Water Utility Oversight Board (WUOB) ... Korn Ferry Executive Search Lead the Water Utility Oversight Board, providing independent advice on governance, risk oversight, and performance of Calgary's municipal water utility. C-Suite | Calgary, Alberta Onsite |
| Chief Technology Officer Kaizen Kaizen is seeking a Chief Technology Officer to lead the Platform and Delivery organizations, define the Kaizen 2.0 architecture, and drive federal technical strategy. The role requires deep federal technology experience and AI-native development skills. C-Suite | New York, NY Hybrid |
| Director, Physical Security Strategy ... Security Management Resources Seeking a senior-level physical security leader to serve as a security subject matter expert in a mission-driven, public-facing environment. The role involves setting strategy and managing the physical security program. VP | Metro Washington, DC/Metro New York, NY Hybrid |
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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