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Sales Account Executive: SaaS – Public Safety

Sales & Business DevelopmentRichmond, VA or Remote NationwideFull-time

Are you looking to join a team where you can grow your sales skills and make a difference? 

We are looking for a Senior SaaS Account Executive to prospect, qualify, and close leads for our innovative dashboard and website-visualization technology. The Senior SaaS Account Executive calls prospective customers, qualifies leads, conducts online demos, manages pre-sale customer relations, drafts proposals, and follows the lead through completion of the sale. A viable candidate must have a minimum of (3) years of sales experience.

This role plays a vital part in helping drive growth at First Arriving. First Arriving is a fast-growing technology and marketing company serving the public safety and local government market, based in Richmond, Virginia, with clients across North America.

Requirements

  • Ability to adapt, overcome objections, and learn complex solutions.
  • Strong time management skills.
  • Drive sales to new clients (through prospecting and cold calling) in order to exceed monthly and annual sales goals. Manage and close multiple leads within a fast-paced, changing environment.
  • Have a positive outlook and a strong ability to take responsibility for their successes and failures.
  • Able to demonstrate strong written, oral, and presentation skills with the ability to discuss technical concepts to all audiences, ranging from non-technical people to executive-level technical decision-makers.
  • Well organized with a sense of urgency, able to set, communicate, and meet aggressive deadlines with competing priorities and sales quotas.
  • Give polished presentations and demos to potential customers and provide a solution that clearly resolves pain points expressed by a prospect.

Qualifications:

  • Expert oral and written communications skills and able to handle high-volume traffic; ready to engage customers all day, every day.
  • Documented history of meeting and exceeding sales targets.
  • Experience with CRM (Salesforce preferred) and best practices in standard sales technology.
  • You have a vibrant and energetic personality with the ability to quickly develop trust, rapport, and strong relationships.
  • You are tech-savvy and enjoy learning about innovative products.
  • Relevant experience in a customer-facing role selling to local government agencies. Must have experience selling SaaS/Cloud Software.
  • Minimum of 3+ years as a Sales Rep.

Job Type: Full-time

Benefits:

  • 401(k)
  • 401(k) matching
  • Dental insurance
  • Employee assistance program
  • Health insurance
  • Health savings account
  • Life insurance
  • Paid time off
  • Vision insurance

Work Location: Remote

How to Apply

Email a cover letter and a current resume to hireme@firstarriving.com. Submissions without this information will not be considered. No phone calls or in-person visits, please.

Why First Arriving

You’ll sell a platform that agencies genuinely love — one that makes stations safer and better informed. We’re remote-first, founded by public safety insiders, and trusted by 1,400+ departments. We offer competitive base + commission, equity, full health benefits, 401(k), and a real learning budget.

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