Job Location (Short): Madison, Alabama-USA

Workplace Type: Remote

Req Id: 3193

Job Title

Vice President, North America – Public Safety & Geospatial

Location: North America (ideally near a major customer or business hub)

Travel: Regular travel across the United States and Canada

Reports to: SVP, Global Public Safety, Geospatial & Physical Security

Role Overview

Executive Opportunity

Octave is seeking an experienced leader to drive the growth and success of our North America public safety and geospatial business.

As Vice President, North America, you will own regional business performance, customer outcomes and growth strategy across the United States and Canada. This leader will also develop a scalable operating model across sales, pre-sales, professional services, customer success and support.

The ideal candidate is a proven leader with deep public safety software expertise, strong commercial experience and the ability to operate successfully in complex, mission-critical environments.

Responsibilities

As the regional executive leader, you will:

Own your P&L performance
Drive revenue growth, customer retention, forecasting accuracy and operational excellence
Build trusted relationships with public safety agencies, government organizations and geospatial customers
Develop high-performing regional teams and partner with global teams to deliver scalable solutions

What Success Looks Like

Success in this role means:

Strong and sustainable business growth across North America
Improved customer satisfaction, retention and executive relationships
A predictable and scalable operating model
Increased adoption of modern technology solutions
A highly engaged team delivering exceptional results

Candidate Profile

We are looking for a commercially driven and operationally strong executive with experience leading technology sales organizations for public safety or government markets.

Education / Qualifications

10+ years of senior leadership experience in public safety, government technology, enterprise software or related industries
Proven P&L ownership with responsibility for revenue, profitability and business performance
Experience leading cross-functional teams across Sales, Pre-Sales, Services, Support and Customer Success
Strong understanding of public sector procurement processes and government customer environments
Experience with SaaS transformation, cloud adoption, managed services or digital modernization
Demonstrated success leading business transformation and organizational change
Bachelor’s degree required; MBA or equivalent preferred

Leadership Profile

You Are

A trusted executive who builds credibility
A strategic thinker with strong commercial judgment and proven success
Comfortable navigating complexity within a global matrix organization
A builder of strong teams and future leaders

About Octave

Octave provides mission-critical software that empowers organizations to make informed decisions across every stage of the asset lifecycle - Design, Build, Operate and Protect - where performance, safety, and reliability are non-negotiable and failure is not an option.

Turning complex operational data into actionable intelligence, Octave connects expertise, real-world conditions and enterprise-scale insight to improve performance, resilience and incident response where it matters most.

Octave has more than 7,000 employees in 45 countries. Learn more at octave.com and follow us on LinkedIn.

Why work for Octave?

All in. Always forward. That's the way we do things around here. We put trust in our people because we believe it's the best way to unleash potential, bring ideas to life, and keep moving ahead. And it's why we're committed to creating an environment that's truly supportive, providing you with the resources you need to support your ambitions, no matter who you are or where you are in the world.

Everyone is welcome

At Octave, we believe that diverse and inclusive teams are critical to the success of our people and our business. Here, everyone is welcome. As an inclusive workplace, we don't discriminate. In fact, we embrace differences and are fully committed to creating equal opportunities, an inclusive environment, and fairness for all.

Respect is the cornerstone of how we operate, so speak up and be yourself. You're valued here.

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