Sales Associate
Sales & Business Development · Full-time
Sacramento, CA, USA
USD 200k-220k / year + Equity
Posted on Oct 2, 2026
About Authorium
Authorium is a high-growth GovTech SaaS company transforming how government agencies manage administrative operations. Our platform replaces fragmented document management solutions and decades-old legacy systems with a unified user interaction and data layer that manages billions of dollars in public funds; serving state, local, and federal agencies that in turn support millions of citizens and businesses. Authorium sits at the intersection of modernization, public service, and technology innovation like AI-enabled workflows. Our team moves fast, collaborates across teams, and builds for impact.
About Position
We're looking for a driven, intellectually curious Sales Associate to join Authorium's growing go-to-market team. This is a high-impact role at the intersection of government procurement and enterprise SaaS sales. Ideal for someone eager to build a career in GovTech.
The Mission is to own and drive outbound strategy across SLED agencies, as well as prime contractors and integrators.
What You’ll Be Doing
Benefits
Authorium is a high-growth GovTech SaaS company transforming how government agencies manage administrative operations. Our platform replaces fragmented document management solutions and decades-old legacy systems with a unified user interaction and data layer that manages billions of dollars in public funds; serving state, local, and federal agencies that in turn support millions of citizens and businesses. Authorium sits at the intersection of modernization, public service, and technology innovation like AI-enabled workflows. Our team moves fast, collaborates across teams, and builds for impact.
About Position
We're looking for a driven, intellectually curious Sales Associate to join Authorium's growing go-to-market team. This is a high-impact role at the intersection of government procurement and enterprise SaaS sales. Ideal for someone eager to build a career in GovTech.
The Mission is to own and drive outbound strategy across SLED agencies, as well as prime contractors and integrators.
What You’ll Be Doing
- Own a pipeline of inbound and self-sourced GovCon prospects from first touch to Implementation.
- Run consultative product demos tailored to each prospect's contracting profile
- Manage accounts through the conversion funnel and drive activation
- Qualify inbound and outbound leads using structured discovery frameworks, surfacing budget, authority, need, and timeline signals.
- Research target accounts using tools like GovWin IQ, CaleProcure, and CA eMarket solutions to identify active solicitations, contract vehicles, and key procurement stakeholders.
- Maintain accurate and timely CRM hygiene, logging activities, contacts, and opportunity progression.
- Work with channel partners (resellers, system integrators) to co-develop state and local opportunities, particularly around contract vehicles such as DGS SLP, CMAS, and NASPO Cloud.
- Contribute to sales playbooks, messaging experiments, and persona-based outreach sequences — you'll have a real voice in how we go to market.
- Attend industry events, conferences, and government procurement convenings in the Sacramento area to build pipeline and brand awareness.
- 2+ years of experience in SaaS sales, familiar with government affairs, procurement, or a closely related field.
- Have achieved Close-won ARR in GovTech and B2G Environment (able to share details of past performance).
- Genuine curiosity about how government procurement works and a belief that better software can improve public outcomes.
- Clear, confident communicator; both written and verbal with the ability to tailor your message to a CPO, Contracting Officer, a CIO, or a deputy director.
- Comfort with ambiguity and a bias toward action; this is a high-growth environment where you'll help define how we operate.
- Familiarity with state and local procurement concepts is a strong plus —State Contracting Manual (SCM), SLP, NASPO, StateRAMP, contract vehicles, and similar terminology.
- Negotiate pricing and terms within established guardrails; coordinate with Sales leadership on enterprise deals.
- Located in the Sacramento, CA area.
Benefits
- OTE: $200,000-$220,000
- Stock options (details at offer stage)
- 100% benefits coverage for employee
- 401K Profit Share plan
- Flexible PTO
- Home office stipend
- Comprehensive wellness benefits
- Commuter stipend for hybrid roles