Asana is a leading platform for human + AI collaboration, and they are seeking an Enterprise Sales Manager to lead their Federal business. This role involves strategizing and implementing initiatives to drive business growth, manage a remote sales team, and develop a scalable sales playbook for federal accounts.
Responsibilities:
- Lead, coach and grow a remote team of Enterprise Account Executives (largely DC based), covering Asana’s Federal business
- Drive growth of net new logo acquisition and strategic expansion with named core federal accounts
- Build pipeline by developing repeatable plays across agencies, integrators, and mission use cases
- Drive our GTM playbook for Asana Gov Sales at Asana, including substantial collaboration with the Asana Gov GM, revenue leadership, channel, solutions, etc
- Build a scalable federal sales playbook across direct, partner, and systems integrator channels
- Establish executive-level relationships across agencies and prime contractors
- Engage in complex, multi-threaded federal opportunities
- Navigate procurement vehicles, contracting pathways, and compliance frameworks
- Orchestrate internal alignment across Legal, Security, Product, and Services to accelerate deal cycles
- Provide structured field feedback into the Asana Gov roadmap
- Help prioritize AI, workflow automation, and security features critical to federal adoption
- Act as a thought partner to executive leadership on federal growth strategy
- Coach on enterprise qualification (MEDDIC/Challenger), account planning, and executive engagement
- Build a culture of performance, ownership, and mission alignment
- Attract top federal sales talent as the team scales
Requirements:
- 8-12+ years leading federal enterprise sales teams in SaaS or cloud platforms
- Proven experience building a new federal business line (FedRAMP, IL4/5, etc)
- Track record of scaling revenue from early traction to repeatable growth
- Deep familiarity with federal procurement pathways (Prime/sub models, GWACs, IDIQs)
- Strong relationships across agencies and federal systems integrators
- Demonstrated success in a high-growth or scaling organization
- Passion for coaching high-performing enterprise sellers
- Demonstrates curiosity about AI tools and emerging technologies, with a willingness to learn and leverage them to enhance productivity, collaboration, or decision-making