Are you ready to build strategic alliances that expand how government agencies use identity, fraud, and data solutions to serve their communities?

Do you excel at developing partner relationships, uncovering new opportunities, and translating complex public sector needs into actionable sales strategy?

About the Business: LexisNexis Risk Solutions is the essential partner in the assessment of risk. Within our Government vertical, our solutions assist government agencies and law enforcement to drive insights from complex data sets, improving operation efficiency, increasing program integrity, discovering, and recovering revenue, and making timely and informed decisions to enhance investigations. You can learn more about LexisNexis Risk at the link below http://risk.lexisnexis.com/government

About our Team: Our Alliance and Channel Sales team supports the Government vertical across state and local markets, including civilian government, public safety, justice, defense, and adjacent government programs. The team partners closely with direct sales, market strategy, product, legal, marketing, customer support, and external alliance partners to identify, develop, and advance opportunities that expand the reach and impact of LexisNexis Risk Solutions capabilities.

We work in a highly collaborative environment focused on strategic partner development, disciplined opportunity execution, and clear communication across internal and external stakeholders. Our team helps connect government customers and partner organizations with solutions that support identity verification, authentication, fraud mitigation, biometrics, data management, and other mission-critical government use cases.

About the Role: The Director, Government Alliance Sales is responsible for developing and executing alliance sales strategy across state and local government markets. This is an individual contributor role focused on identifying, nurturing, and advancing strategic partner opportunities with system integrators, consultancies, and other partner organizations that serve public sector customers.

You will build and manage relationships with alliance partners, uncover partner-led opportunities, support direct sales teams, and help position LexisNexis Risk Solutions capabilities within programs serving public education, public pension and retirement, toll authorities, state health and human services, social services agencies, public safety, and local law enforcement markets. The role requires a strong alliance sales mindset, comfort operating in complex partner ecosystems, and the ability to move opportunities from early concept through execution.

Responsibilities:

• Develop and execute strategic alliance sales plans to drive revenue growth, expand market penetration, and advance partner-led opportunities across assigned state and local government markets.
• Build, nurture, and manage relationships with alliance partners, system integrators, consultancies, and partner business units aligned to public sector programs and initiatives.
• Identify and develop new partner opportunities, including proof-of-concept programs, funded government initiatives, consortium-led projects, and partner-driven sales motions.
• Position LexisNexis Risk Solutions capabilities within partner conversations, including identity verification, authentication, fraud mitigation, biometrics, threat intelligence, and data management solutions.
• Partner with direct sales directors and account teams to align alliance activity with market priorities, customer needs, and revenue goals.
• Enable direct sales teams by educating them on available partnerships, partner motions, and ways alliance relationships can accelerate closes or improve win probability.
• Represent the company in partner meetings, customer-facing discussions, industry events, conferences, and trade shows to promote solutions and strengthen partner relationships.
• Conduct strategic account management for assigned partners, including annual or biannual onsite engagement, regular business reviews, opportunity planning, and relationship expansion.
• Work cross-functionally with market strategy, marketing, product, legal, customer support, and sales leadership to ensure partners have the tools, information, and support needed to succeed.
• Maintain visibility into industry trends, competitive dynamics, emerging technologies, and government program activity to inform alliance strategy and opportunity development.
• Provide regular updates to leadership on partner activity, pipeline development, market trends, relationship health, and other relevant performance indicators.

Requirements:

• 10+ years of experience in alliance sales, partner sales, strategic partnerships, business development, or related public sector sales roles.

• Bachelor’s degree in Business or a related field; MBA preferred.

• Experience working with state and local government markets, system integrators, consultancies, or partner ecosystems serving public sector customers.

• Experience identifying, developing, and advancing partner-led sales opportunities from early-stage concept through pipeline progression and execution.

• Strong understanding of identity verification, authentication, fraud mitigation, biometrics, data management, or adjacent risk and government technology solutions.

• Familiarity with LexisNexis Risk Solutions products, competitor identity solutions, or related public sector technology platforms preferred.

• Experience using Salesforce or other sales analytics, pipeline management, and reporting tools. • Ability to clearly communicate complex solution value to partners, sales teams, and public sector stakeholders. • Ability to travel up to 60%, with travel driven by partner meetings, strategic account engagement, opportunity development, and trade show coverage. • Alliance sales and strategic partner development • Consultative selling and opportunity creation • Public sector relationship management • Strong communication, executive presence, and follow-through • Ability to operate independently in a fast-moving, matrixed environment • Strategic thinking with strong tactical execution • Cross-functional collaboration and influence • Curiosity, persistence, and comfort navigating ambiguity • Customer- and partner-centric mindset

Working for you: We know that your wellbeing and happiness are key to a long and successful career. These are some of the benefits we are delighted to offer: • Health Benefits: Comprehensive, multi-carrier program for medical, dental and vision benefits • Retirement Benefits: 401(k) with match and an Employee Share Purchase Plan • Wellbeing: Wellness platform with incentives, Headspace app subscription, Employee Assistance and Time-off Programs • Short-and-Long Term Disability, Life and Accidental Death Insurance, Critical Illness, and Hospital Indemnity • Family Benefits, including bonding and family care leaves, adoption and surrogacy benefits • Health Savings, Health Care, Dependent Care and Commuter Spending Accounts In addition to annual Paid Time Off, we offer up to two days of paid leave each to participate in Employee Resource Groups and to volunteer with your charity of choice

U.S. National Base Pay Range: $108,400 - $201,500. Total Target Cash Range: $166,800 - $309,700. Geographic differentials may apply in some locations to better reflect local market rates.

Base Pay Range for CO is $108,400 - $201,500. Total Target Cash Range for CO is $166,800 - $309,700. Base Pay Range for IL is $113,800 - $211,500. Total Target Cash Range for IL is $175,100 - $325,200. Base Pay Range for Chicago, IL is $119,200 - $221,600. Total Target Cash Range for Chicago, IL is $183,500 - $340,700. Base Pay Range for MD is $113,800 - $211,500. Total Target Cash Range for MD is $175,100 - $325,200. Base Pay Range for NY is $119,200 - $221,600. Total Target Cash Range for NY is $183,500 - $340,700. Base Pay Range for New York City is $124,600 - $231,600. Total Target Cash for New York City is $191,800 - $356,100. Base Pay Range for Rochester, NY is $103,000 - $191,400. Total Target Cash Range for Rochester, NY is $158,400 - $294,200. Base Pay Range for OH is $103,000 - $191,400. Total Target Cash Range for OH is $158,400 - $294,200. Base Pay Range for NJ is $131,131 - $209,469. Total Target Cash Range for NJ is $210,903 - $336,897.

Pay mix between base and variable pay varies based on sales role; please discuss with the recruiter.

Application deadline is 08/03/2026.

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