The Associate Manager will lead growth strategies for the SLED market by identifying, shaping, and closing complex consulting and technology service opportunities. They will build trusted relationships with public sector stakeholders and manage cross-functional teams to deliver competitive proposals and achieve revenue goals.
Job Description
Infosys Public Services is seeking a Public Sector Sales Manager- SLED to join our team.
Position Description: About us Infosys Public Services (IPS) helps government agencies modernize operations, improve constituent experiences, and deliver better mission outcomes through digital transformation, cloud, data, AI, cybersecurity, and platform modernization. As the American subsidiary of Infosys, IPS combines deep government domain expertise with the scale, innovation, and delivery strength of a global technology leader.
About you We are seeking a high-impact sales executive to lead growth across the SLED markets. This is a senior role for a proven business development leader who knows the SLED public sector landscape, understands how State agencies buy technology services, and can translate client priorities into winning growth strategies. The ideal candidate brings executive presence, strong relationships, disciplined pipeline leadership, and a track record of closing complex consulting, systems integration, and managed services opportunities.
If you are energized by building trusted client relationships, shaping large pursuits, and helping public institutions deliver measurable outcomes for the people they serve, we would like to meet you.
About this opportunity
Own the growth strategy for the SLEDs account landscape, including target agencies, contract vehicles, partner motions, and priority pursuits.
Identify, qualify, shape, and close new business opportunities across consulting, systems integration, digital transformation, and managed services.
Build trusted executive relationships with client stakeholders, partners, and influencers across the SLED public sector ecosystem.
Lead pursuit strategy from early positioning through proposal, oral presentation, negotiation, and close.
Partner closely with solutions, delivery, alliances, legal, finance, and proposal teams to develop compelling, competitive, and executable offers.
Maintain a disciplined pipeline, accurate forecasts, and strong opportunity governance to consistently perform against revenue goals.
Represent IPS in the market through client meetings, industry events, and strategic partner engagement to expand brand presence and create demand.
Bring market insight to leadership by monitoring agency priorities, procurement trends, competitor activity, and emerging technology needs across SLED government.
What you bring
7+ years of success in public sector technology services sales, business development, or capture, with meaningful experience in the state and local market.
Demonstrated track record of winning new business in IT consulting, systems integration, digital transformation, or managed services environments.
Strong knowledge of SLED public sector procurement, contract vehicles, RFx processes, and buying cycles.
Established relationships and credibility with agency leaders, procurement stakeholders, partners, and influencers in the SLED market.
Ability to engage confidently with both business and technical executives, connecting agency priorities to differentiated solutions and measurable outcomes.
Experience leading complex pursuits with cross-functional teams, including proposal strategy, pricing alignment, presentations, and negotiations.
Executive-level communication, negotiation, and storytelling skills, with a disciplined, data-driven approach to pipeline management and forecasting.
Familiarity with priority public sector domains such as health and human services, labor/workforce, transportation, justice, tax and revenue, ERP, customer experience, cloud, data, AI, or cybersecurity.
Willingness to travel up to 50%, and as needed for client and internal leadership engagements.
Educational Requirements:
A bachelor’s degree or foreign equivalent is required from an accredited institution. Will consider three years of progressive, relevant work experience instead of every year of education. Candidates who have completed a Master's degree program are strongly preferred.
The job entails sitting and working at a computer for extended periods. Should be able to communicate by telephone, email, or face-to-face. Travel may be required as per the job requirements.
The estimated annual compensation range for this role will be as follows: $100,000 to $187,000.
Additional Required Qualifications
• Bachelor’s degree or foreign equivalent required from an accredited institution. Will also consider three years of progressive experience in the specialty in lieu of every year of education. • This position may require relocation and/or travel to work/project location. • Candidates authorized to work for any employer in the United States without employer-based visa sponsorship are welcome to apply. Infosys is unable to provide immigration sponsorship for this role now or in the future.
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Benefits
Along with competitive pay, as a full-time Infosys employee you are also eligible for the following benefits:
401(k) plan and contributions dependent on salary level
Paid holidays plus Paid Time Off
About Us Infosys is a global leader in next-generation digital services and consulting. We enable clients in more than 50 countries to navigate their digital transformation. With over four decades of experience in managing the systems and workings of global enterprises, we expertly steer our clients through their digital journey. We do it by enabling the enterprise with an AI-powered core that helps prioritize the execution of change. We also empower the business with agile digital at scale to deliver unprecedented levels of performance and customer delight. Our always-on learning agenda drives their continuous improvement through building and transferring digital skills, expertise, and ideas from our innovation ecosystem.
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