Tomorrow.io - VP Government Business Development - APAC
Requirements
• Fluency in English, additional languages relevant to the region are a strong plus. • 15+ years of experience in government, institutional, or enterprise sales, with significant responsibility for complex, multi-year public-sector deals. • Proven track record of closing large-scale government contracts, ideally in SaaS, data, infrastructure, or technology-driven solutions. • closing large-scale government contracts • Strong understanding of public procurement, budget cycles, and the realities of navigating multi-stakeholder government environments. • Demonstrated experience managing formal tenders and RFPs, and comfort operating in regulated environments. • formal tenders and RFPs • Demonstrated prior management experience, including leading regional sales teams, setting performance expectations, coaching senior sellers, and driving consistent execution across complex, distributed environments. • Ability to operate credibly with senior government officials and political stakeholders, strong judgment, and diplomacy. • Strong pipeline discipline and forecasting accuracy, able to distinguish political interest from funded opportunity. • Experience building and leading teams and partner ecosystems in-region. • Comfortable operating in a startup environment, combining strategic leadership with hands-on execution. • startup environment • Self-directed, accountable, and mission-driven, with a strong sense of ownership and bias toward action. • tomorrow.io is helping the Government, Businesses, and Communities across Indonesia better manage their Climate Security Challenges. Fully customizable to sectors impacted by weather, such as aviation, agriculture, energy, and disaster management, tomorrow.io delivers operational efficiency through hyperlocal, actionable insights tailored for Indonesian conditions. • Built from the ground up to help teams predict the business and social impact of weather, tomorrow.io enables better decision-making, streamlined communication, improved productivity, and optimized public and private resource management. • Space: In case you haven’t heard, we are also going to space with our Operation Tomorrow Space initiative. We are launching a proprietary constellation of radar-equipped satellites to improve weather forecasting, enhancing Indonesia’s ability to predict and respond to severe weather with precision. • Space: • How we roll: At tomorrow.io, we embrace a “one office” mindset, collaborating across time zones, regions, and disciplines. We work flexibly, with the belief that impact matters more than hours. Whether on-site with clients or coordinating with our global teams over Zoom, we focus on transparency, directness, and empathy. • How we roll: • We believe that growth is personal and collective. Your career path matters, because the only way for tomorrow.io to thrive is if you grow too. • Tomorrow.io is proud to be an Equal Employment Opportunity and Affirmative Action employer. We do not discriminate based upon race, religion, color, national origin, sex (including pregnancy, childbirth, or related medical conditions), sexual orientation, gender, gender identity, gender expression, transgender status, sexual stereotypes, age, status as a protected veteran, status as an individual with a disability, or other applicable legally protected characteristics. Tomorrow.io participates in the E-Verify program in all US states, as required by law. • At Tomorrow.io we have established a workplace culture that values fairness and equal opportunities and we believe it is crucial for fostering a positive and productive environment. Regularly reviewing and adjusting pay practices to align with legitimate drivers of pay, such as job level, geographic location, and performance, demonstrates a commitment to maintaining equity within the organization.This commitment to ongoing assessment and improvement is key to creating a workplace that is not only diverse and inclusive but also fair and just. Relocation assistance may be offered/available for certain roles. • Tomorrow.io is committed to providing reasonable accommodations for candidates with disabilities in our recruiting process. If you need any assistance or accommodations due to a disability, please let us know at [email protected]
Responsibilities
• Own the regional government business, including pipeline development, deal execution, and revenue delivery across priority sectors. • regional government business • Lead the end-to-end sales cycle for complex public-sector engagements, from opportunity shaping and market entry through procurement, contracting, and expansion. • end-to-end sales cycle • Build and maintain senior relationships with ministries, regulators, agencies, and state-owned entities relevant to priority use cases. • Shape and influence government programs aligned with national priorities, modernization efforts, resilience planning, and operational readiness. • Lead and oversee RFPs, tenders, and multi-stakeholder programs, including donor- or IFI-funded initiatives where relevant (e.g., World Bank, ADB, AfDB, IDB, USAID, JICA, etc.). • RFPs, tenders, and multi-stakeholder programs • Build and manage a regional partner ecosystem, including systems integrators, local firms, international organizations, and strategic collaborators. • regional partner ecosystem • Work cross-functionally with product, solutions engineering, legal, finance, and delivery teams to tailor offerings and ensure successful contract execution. • Maintain a realistic, budget-aligned pipeline and provide accurate forecasting to executive leadership. • realistic, budget-aligned pipeline • Strategically leverage executive involvement, including the founder/CSO, while independently driving deals to closure. • Represent Tomorrow.io at high-level government forums, industry events, and international conferences. • Travel up to 30% domestically and internationally as required.
Benefits
• Travel up to 30% domestically and internationally as required. • Fluency in English, additional languages relevant to the region are a strong plus. • Competitive salary with full accountability for performance of sales personnel operating in the region. • Opportunity to lead complex government opportunities while building repeatable growth across priority sectors. • Accountability and responsibility for closing multi-year public sector contracts, expanding regional pipeline, serving as senior company representative to stakeholders, partners, international institutions. • Leadership role in end-to-end sales cycle management from opportunity shaping through procurement, contracting, expansion. • Ability to shape and influence government programs aligned with national priorities, modernization efforts, resilience planning, operational readiness. • Opportunity to build senior relationships with ministries, regulators, agencies, state-owned entities relevant to priority use cases. • Strategic leverage of executive involvement while independently driving deals towards closure. • Representation at high-level government forums, industry events, and international conferences as a company representative.
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