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A supply-chain security startup building a dedicated public-sector renewal function signals it is deliberately pursuing federal, state, and local government as a durable, budget-cycle-driven revenue base rather than treating government as an occasional add-on.
Chainguard is the trusted source for open source. By delivering hardened, secure, and production-ready builds of all the open source software engineers and AI agents rely on, Chainguard helps organizations build faster, stay compliant, and eliminate risk.
Our customers include Fortune 500 enterprises and global industry leaders, including Anduril, Canva, Fortinet, Hewlett Packard Enterprise, OpenAI, Snap Inc., and Snowflake.
Chainguard is venture-backed by leading investors, including Amplify, IVP, Kleiner Perkins, Lightspeed Venture Partners, Mantis VC, Redpoint Ventures, Sequoia Capital, and Spark Capital.
The role, in a nutshell:
As a Senior Renewal Manager, Public Sector at Chainguard, you will play a crucial role in ensuring the retention and long-term success of our Public Sector customers across federal, state, and local government, along with the systems integrators and partners who serve them. You will own the renewal process for a book of our largest and most complex public sector contracts, managing renewals from early planning through award while navigating government budget cycles, contract vehicles, and procurement requirements.
This role sits at the intersection of Customer Success, Sales, Partners, and Ops. By owning renewals, you enable Customer Success to focus on adoption and mission outcomes, and Sales to focus on expansion and new business. Your work ensures renewals are planned around fiscal year timing and funding realities, so customers keep their coverage in place without gaps, while supporting Chainguard’s broader revenue and retention goals.
You will act as a trusted partner to customers, resellers, and primes, guiding renewal conversations with clarity, patience, and confidence. Attention to detail, fluency in government contracting, and strong cross-functional collaboration are essential, as public sector renewals involve long lead times, many stakeholders, and little room for error.
What you’ll do:
What we're looking for:
Pay Range: Up to $195,000 70/30 OTE
If your experience is close, but doesn’t fulfill all requirements, please apply. Chainguard is on a mission to build the best team. To achieve our goal, we are focused on hiring Chainguardians with unique backgrounds, perspectives, and experiences.
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If your experience is close but doesn't fulfill all requirements, please apply. We're building the best team in technology and are focused on hiring "Chainguardians" with unique backgrounds, perspectives, and experiences.
Chainguard is an equal opportunity employer. We do not discriminate based upon race, religion, color, national origin, sex (including pregnancy, childbirth, reproductive health decisions, or related medical conditions), sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, age, status as a protected veteran, status as an individual with a disability, genetic information, political views or activity, or other applicable legally protected characteristics. We also consider qualified applicants with criminal histories, consistent with applicable federal, state and local law.
By submitting your application, you acknowledge that Chainguard will process your personal data in accordance with Chainguard's Global Candidate Privacy Notice.
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