Government & Public Sector Executive Roles — Federal, State, Contractors
More than 150 executive roles classified in Government & Public Sector, with 8 new this week. Senior executive service, agency leadership, and contractor executives across federal, state, and local government markets.
Tier breakdown
1
Founder25
C-Suite90
VP4
Sr Director30
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 150 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 150)
| Title & Company | Location |
|---|---|
| Head of U.S. Federal Growth Sofar Ocean Lead U.S. federal growth activities focusing on defense and civilian agencies, maritime operations, environmental intelligence, and national security missions. VP | Remote Remote |
| Director, EMEA Government Affairs & Public Policy Chainguard The role involves setting Chainguard’s European policy strategy, engaging with governments, and translating policy into business implications. Requires 8+ years in government affairs or public policy. VP | Europe Remote |
| Chief Financial Officer & Commissioner, Corporate Services Region of Waterloo The CFO & Commissioner acts as the most-senior financial executive for the Region, providing strategic leadership across corporate stewardship functions including financial management, treasury, development financing, procurement, IT, insurance, and risk management. C-Suite | Kitchener, ON Hybrid |
| National Security Partnerships Lead, Intelligence and International Security Anthropic Lead strategic engagement with U.S. Intelligence Community and allied intelligence services, manage government partnerships, and advise on policy frameworks for AI deployment. VP | New York City, NY; San Francisco, CA; Washington, DC; Remote-Friendly, United States Hybrid |
| VP of Systems Engineering - Federal VAST Data Lead the Federal Systems Engineering organization, manage SE leaders, establish technical strategies, and partner with Federal Sales leadership. VP | Washington D.C. Onsite |
| Field CTO, Public Sector GitLab Serve as a trusted technical advisor for public sector customers, focusing on DevSecOps strategy, security, and compliance. Engage with executive stakeholders and provide strategic guidance on secure software delivery and platform adoption. VP | Remote, United States Remote |
| Vice President Marketing & Communications Epirus The Vice President of Marketing and Communications will lead strategic marketing, communications, and public relations efforts at Epirus. The role involves developing and maintaining relationships with media, proposing structured marketing approaches, and managing a small team. VP | Torrance, California; Washington, District of Columbia, United States Unknown |
| Chief Executive Officer Canada Post Corporation The President and Chief Executive Officer of Canada Post is responsible for operationalizing the corporation's transformation, ensuring financial sustainability, developing strategic alliances, and implementing human resources strategies. The role involves reporting to the board of directors and working with the Government of Canada. C-Suite | Ottawa, Ontario Onsite |
| VP, Government & Legal Affairs Rubrik The Vice President of Global Government Affairs will establish and lead Rubrik’s global public policy strategy, engaging with heads of state and key regulatory agencies to position Rubrik as a core advisor on cyber resilience and AI data protection. VP | Remote Remote |
| Director of Customer Success GovWorx Lead customer success strategy for GovWorx, focusing on public safety agencies. Responsible for customer maturity, product adoption, and relationship strength. VP | Remote Remote |
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.
Remote mix