Senior Sales Executive - Canadian Federal Government

Location: Canada, Ottawa, Ontario

Are you a driven sales professional who thrives at the intersection of cutting-edge AI technology and public sector impact? As Senior Sales Executive, AI & Legal Solutions for the Canadian Federal Government at Thomson Reuters, you'll play a pivotal role in shaping how federal departments and Crown corporations harness the power of AI-driven legal research, compliance, and government intelligence. This is a high-visibility role where your work directly influences how Canada's public institutions access and apply the tools they need to make better, faster decisions.

About the Role

In this role as Senior Sales Executive, Canadian Federal Government, you will be accountable for:

Sales Strategy & Revenue Growth

Own and grow a defined territory of Canadian Federal Government accounts, building multi-year account plans aligned to departmental mandates and Treasury Board priorities

Drive net-new revenue by running the full sales cycle, from prospecting through demonstration, proposal, negotiation, and close, using consultative selling suited to public sector procurement

Position Thomson Reuters’ AI-enhanced products, including CoCounsel, Westlaw Edge Canada, Practical Law, and government compliance and risk solutions, against the Government of Canada’s AI adoption strategy and the Directive on Automated Decision-Making

AI Product Evangelism & Client Education

Advise federal clients on AI for legal research, regulatory compliance, and government intelligence, and demonstrate key features such as natural language research and regulatory change monitoring

Educate clients on responsible AI use, data residency, and privacy compliance, including the Privacy Act, Bill C-27, and TBS AI guidance

Procurement & Government Relationship Management

Use federal procurement vehicles such as the NMSO and ProServices to streamline contract execution

Build executive relationships across target departments, including Justice Canada, CRA, IRCC, PCO, and Treasury Board Secretariat, while keeping the Salesforce pipeline and forecast current

Customer Success & Retention

• Partner with Customer Success and Professional Services to drive post-sale adoption, reduce churn, and maximize renewals
• Conduct regular business reviews with key accounts to identify expansion opportunities and align the product roadmap to client priorities
• Share federal sector insights with AI and development teams to inform product feedback

About You

• You're a fit for the role of Senior Sales Executive, Canadian Federal Government if your background includes:
• University degree in Business, Law, Political Science, Public Administration, or equivalent experience
• 5+ years of enterprise sales experience, with a significant portion in Canadian Federal Government accounts
• Demonstrated success navigating federal procurement frameworks (NMSO, ProServices, Buyandsell.gc.ca) and managing complex, multi-stakeholder sales cycles
• Strong English communication skills; French is a significant asset given the National Capital Region context
• Proficiency with Salesforce and Microsoft 365, plus comfort with AI-assisted productivity and sales intelligence tools
• Experience selling SaaS, legal technology, information services, or AI/data products to government clients
• Familiarity with Thomson Reuters products (Westlaw, CoCounsel, Practical Law) or competitive legal research and GovTech platforms
• Understanding of Canada’s AI governance framework, including the Directive on Automated Decision-Making, the Algorithmic Impact Assessment, and Bill C-27/AIDA
• Experience working with government lobbyists, public affairs consultants, or procurement advisory firms
• Security clearance eligibility (Reliability or Secret level) is a strong asset

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New Position: This position is open due to an existing vacancy to support our evolving business needs.

What’s in it For You?

Flexibility & Work-Life Balance:Flex My Way is a set of supportive workplace policies designed to help manage personal and professional responsibilities, whether caring for family, giving back to the community, or finding time to refresh and reset. This builds upon our flexible work arrangements, including work from anywhere for up to 8 weeks per year, empowering employees to achieve a better work-life balance.

Career Development and Growth:By fostering a culture of continuous learning and skill development, we prepare our talent to tackle tomorrow’s challenges and deliver real-world solutions. Our Grow My Way programming and skills-first approach ensures you have the tools and knowledge to grow, lead, and thrive in an AI-enabled future.

Industry Competitive Benefits: We offer comprehensive benefit plans to include flexible vacation, two company-wide Mental Health Days off, access to the Headspace app, retirement savings, tuition reimbursement, employee incentive programs, and resources for mental, physical, and financial wellbeing.

Culture:Globally recognized, award-winning reputation for inclusion and belonging, flexibility, work-life balance, and more. We live by our values: Obsess over our Customers, Compete to Win, Challenge (Y)our Thinking, Act Fast / Learn Fast, and Stronger Together.

Social Impact: Make an impact in your community with our Social Impact Institute. We offer employees two paid volunteer days off annually and opportunities to get involved with pro-bono consulting projects and Environmental, Social, and Governance (ESG) initiatives.

Making a Real-World Impact:We are one of the few companies globally that helps its customers pursue justice, truth, and transparency. Together, with the professionals and institutions we serve, we help uphold the rule of law, turn the wheels of commerce, catch bad actors, report the facts, and provide trusted, unbiased information to people all over the world.

About Us

Thomson Reuters informs the way forward by bringing together the trusted content and technology that people and organizations need to make the right decisions. We serve professionals across legal, tax, accounting, compliance, government, and media. Our products combine highly specialized software and insights to empower professionals with the data, intelligence, and solutions needed to make informed decisions, and to help institutions in their pursuit of justice, truth, and transparency. Reuters, part of Thomson Reuters, is a world leading provider of trusted journalism and news.

We are powered by the talents of 26,000 employees across more than 70 countries, where everyone has a chance to contribute and grow professionally in flexible work environments. At a time when objectivity, accuracy, fairness, and transparency are under attack, we consider it our duty to pursue them. Sound exciting? Join us and help shape the industries that move society forward.

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