Federal Account Executive - Skillbridge Internship

At Qualtrics, we create software the world’s best brands use to deliver exceptional frontline experiences, build high-performing teams, and design products people love. But we are more than a platform—we are the creators and stewards of the Experience Management category serving over 18K clients globally. Building a category takes grit, determination, and a disdain for convention—but most of all it requires close-knit, high-functioning teams with an unwavering dedication to serving our customers.   When you join one of our teams, you’ll be part of a nimble group that’s empowered to set aggressive goals and move fast to achieve them. Strategic risks are encouraged and complex problems are solved together, by passing the mic and iterating until the best solution comes to light. You won’t have to look to find growth opportunities—ready or not, they’ll find you. From retail to government to healthcare, we’re on a mission to bring humanity, connection, and empathy back to business. Join over 5,000 people across the globe who think that’s work worth doing.  

SkillBridge Account Executive Internship - Aerospace & Defense 

*This job is for candidates who are currently on active military duty and exiting the military within the next 12 months.*

Why We Have This Role

The Qualtrics Federal sales team is a group of highly driven individuals dedicated to closing experience gaps across U.S. Federal organizations and Aerospace & Defense contractors. The focus is on driving incremental revenue for Federal/GovCon product lines and buyer personas. As an Aerospace & Defense Account Executive, your overarching objective is to drive company revenue growth through net new customer acquisition and strategic expansion across the current customer base within the Aerospace & Defense portfolio. 

How You’ll Find Success

• Takes the initiative to understand the customer mission, create a strategic plan, and execute
• Elevates customer relationships to the next level through dedicated account management
• Experience using enterprise sales processes such as MEDDICC
• Ability to learn and understand product solutions and features with excellent verbal and written communication skills
• Strong quantitative, analytical, and conflict resolution abilities
• Willingness for occasional travel and to conduct client-facing meetings
• Based out of the Washington D.C., Maryland, Northern-Virginia (DMV) area
• Aerospace & Defense/Public Sector experience strongly preferred

How You’ll Grow

• With a mission-first approach, the Qualtrics Aerospace & Defense team helps the largest and most impactful government contractors listen, understand, and take action on employee and customer data.
• You will sell technology to solve real problems and tackle challenges that directly impact the experiences of public sector employees and customers
• If you love a strategic, analytical sales process and working across diverse stakeholders in the Federal space, selling Qualtrics software will always keep you learning and growing.

Things You’ll Do

• Be a part of the Qualtrics Defense team, supporting Aerospace & Defense prospects and customers
• Develop a territory plan and specific account plans to drive usage of the Qualtrics platform across Aerospace and Defense and Government Contractor customers
• Become a trusted advisor to a variety of buyers in the A&D space
• Closely engage with clients at all points of the sales cycle - from prospecting, product demonstrations, onsite presentations, and contracting through close
• Drive net new revenue growth through new logo acquisition and expansion of current accounts
• Meet quarterly and annual sales targets
• Be a thought leader and customer advocate with partners to elevate the adoption of experience management (XM)
• Work closely with Qualtrics ecosystem resources and partners to identify and develop new strategic opportunities

What We’re Looking For On Your Resume

• Bachelor’s degree, or completion of Bachelor’s degree by military exit date
• Delivered mission-critical solutions and consistently met performance metrics in high-stakes operations
• Briefed and influenced senior/flag-level leaders to secure resources and decisions, equivalent to delivering executive-level impact for clients
• Built and maintained partnerships with base commands, DoD program offices, and prime contractors, transferable to A&D and federal contractor relationships
• Supported competitive source-selection and procurement efforts, including bid coordination and compliance reviews, applicable to RFx/RFP responses
• Managed stakeholder dat