Government & Public Sector Executive Roles — Federal, State, Contractors
More than 120 executive roles classified in Government & Public Sector, with 6 new this week. Senior executive service, agency leadership, and contractor executives across federal, state, and local government markets.
Tier breakdown
2
Founder23
C-Suite64
VP5
Sr Director26
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 120 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 120)
| Title & Company | Location |
|---|---|
| Interim Director, Public Affairs & Policy ... Hanson Search Senior public affairs leadership in logistics, reporting to the VP Corporate Affairs. Requires strong political judgment, stakeholder network, and experience in logistics or supply chain policy areas. Director | London Unknown |
| Tableau Account Director, Local Government Salesforce The role involves engaging with existing customers and new leads to sell the Tableau platform, building relationships with key stakeholders, and managing complex sales cycles within the local government sector. Director | Illinois - Chicago Metro - Remote Hybrid |
| Lead Diving and Marine Safety Manager Smithsonian Institution Manage scientific diving and marine safety programs for the Smithsonian Institution, ensuring compliance with safety standards and representing the institution in various capacities. Director | Washington, DC Onsite |
| Head of Global Government Affairs Snowflake Lead Snowflake's global government affairs strategy, engage with senior government and industry leaders, and drive business growth in regulated markets. VP | McLean, VA Onsite |
| Chief Administrative Officer City of Calgary The CAO serves as the organization's most senior public servant and chief executive, leading one of Canada's most complex municipal administrations. The role involves strategic leadership, financial stewardship, and collaboration with various stakeholders. C-Suite | Calgary, AB, CA Onsite |
| Director of Traffic, Roads, and Bridges Lafayette Consolidated Government The Director provides strategic leadership for the planning, operation, maintenance, and improvement of the parish's transportation infrastructure, overseeing various divisions and ensuring efficient movement of people and goods. VP | Lafayette, LA Onsite |
| Director of Communications Onebrief The Director of Communications will shape and execute an integrated strategy to advance Onebrief’s policy, congressional, and reputational objectives. The role involves strategic communications, media engagement, and team management. Director | Remote Remote |
| Senior Director, Legal & Policy ... 340B Health Lead legal, regulatory, and policy advocacy related to the 340B drug pricing program. Educate members on compliance, policy, and advocacy issues. Sr Director | Washington, DC Hybrid |
| Field CTO - Public Sector Databricks Databricks is seeking a Field Chief Technology Officer for the Public Sector to lead technology and mission transformation for government and education accounts, focusing on data and AI strategy. C-Suite | Maryland; Virginia; Washington, D.C. Onsite |
| Senior Director, HR Ops & Total Rewards OpenGov OpenGov is seeking a Senior Director of HR Operations & Total Rewards to lead HR infrastructure with an AI-native approach. Responsibilities include managing compensation, benefits, HR operations, and compliance. Sr Director | Atlanta, GA 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.
Remote mix