Cursor
RVP, Field Engineering, Public Sector
San Francisco
Sponsorship not specifiedDetected 13 days ago
ProcurementResearchLeadershipCommunicationMentoring
About the role
- You'll also stay close to customers and deals yourself, coaching in real time, unblocking complex evaluations, and ensuring Cursor is positioned as the best AI-native development platform for public sector engineering organizations.
- This is a hands-on leadership role for someone who combines technical fluency, public sector domain credibility, strong people management, and excellent cross-functional judgment.
Responsibilities
- Build and lead a Field Engineering team supporting Federal and SLED enterprise opportunities
- Partner closely with Public Sector Sales leadership and AEs to drive high quality technical discovery, demos, and POCs within government evaluation processes
- Hire, onboard, and develop top-tier Field Engineering talent with public sector or regulated-environment domain experience
- Ensure tight handoffs with post-sales teams to support successful onboarding and adoption in public sector accounts
Requirements
- Partner with Legal, Security, and Compliance to ensure technical evaluations meet the bar required to sell into government environments
- You have 6+ years experience leading Field Engineers, Solutions Architects, or Pre-Sales teams in enterprise software, with meaningful time spent in Federal and/or SLED environments
- You have direct experience navigating public sector technical evaluation processes - security authorizations, compliance reviews, and procurement-driven POC requirements
- You have a strong technical foundation and fluency in modern software development workflows, AI tooling, and developer productivity
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