Application Guide

How to Apply for Senior Director of Sales and Customer Success

at Hayden AI

🏢 About Hayden AI

Hayden AI stands out as a mission-driven technology company using computer vision specifically to solve urban transportation challenges for government agencies. Unlike generic AI companies, they focus exclusively on making transit safer, faster, and more sustainable through innovative mobile perception systems. Working here offers the chance to directly impact public infrastructure and urban development with cutting-edge technology.

About This Role

This Senior Director role is responsible for leading Hayden AI's expansion across state and local government agencies in the eastern U.S., managing the entire customer lifecycle from initial prospecting to long-term partnership growth. You'll combine enterprise sales strategy with customer success leadership to secure multi-year contracts with transportation, transit, and municipal parking agencies. Success means directly driving revenue while ensuring clients achieve their safety and sustainability goals through Hayden AI's solutions.

💡 A Day in the Life

A typical day involves strategizing outreach to specific transportation agencies in your eastern U.S. territory, leading virtual meetings with transit department executives to understand their pain points, collaborating with technical teams to tailor solutions for government clients, and reviewing customer success metrics for existing municipal partners. You'll balance prospecting new agencies with nurturing existing relationships to drive expansion opportunities.

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🎯 Who Hayden AI Is Looking For

  • Has 10+ years of enterprise sales experience specifically with state/local government agencies in transportation, transit, or public infrastructure sectors
  • Demonstrates deep understanding of public sector procurement processes and complex, lengthy sales cycles typical in government contracting
  • Possesses established relationships with key decision-makers at transportation departments, transit authorities, and municipal agencies in the eastern U.S.
  • Can show a track record of both acquiring new government clients and successfully managing long-term customer partnerships with expansion and renewal success

📝 Tips for Applying to Hayden AI

1

Quantify your government sales experience specifically - mention dollar amounts, contract lengths, and agency types you've worked with in transportation/transit

2

Highlight any experience with computer vision, AI, or smart city technologies in your resume, even if tangential

3

Research and reference specific Hayden AI deployments or case studies (like their bus lane enforcement systems) in your application materials

4

Emphasize your knowledge of eastern U.S. transportation ecosystems - mention specific states, cities, or agencies you have relationships with

5

Show how you've managed full customer lifecycles in previous roles, not just initial sales

✉️ What to Emphasize in Your Cover Letter

['Your specific experience selling technology solutions to state/local transportation agencies in the eastern U.S.', "How you've successfully navigated complex public sector procurement processes and long sales cycles", 'Your approach to combining sales leadership with customer success to ensure long-term partnership growth', "Why you're passionate about applying AI to solve urban transportation challenges specifically"]

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🔍 Research Before Applying

To stand out, make sure you've researched:

  • → Hayden AI's specific deployments and case studies (check their website and news articles about their bus lane enforcement systems)
  • → Current transportation challenges and initiatives in eastern U.S. states and major cities
  • → Competitors in the government transportation AI/computer vision space
  • → Recent public sector procurement trends for smart city and transportation technology

💬 Prepare for These Interview Topics

Based on this role, you may be asked about:

1 Walk us through your experience with a complex government transportation technology sale from prospecting to contract execution
2 How would you approach building relationships with transit agency decision-makers in a specific eastern state like New York or Florida?
3 Describe your strategy for ensuring customer success and expansion after the initial sale to a municipal parking agency
4 What do you see as the biggest challenges in selling AI solutions to government transportation departments?
5 How would you measure success in this role beyond just revenue numbers?
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⚠️ Common Mistakes to Avoid

  • Applying with only private sector sales experience and no government/transportation sector background
  • Generic sales accomplishments without specific metrics related to government contracts or transportation technology
  • Focusing only on sales acquisition without demonstrating customer success and long-term partnership management experience

📅 Application Timeline

This position is open until filled. However, we recommend applying as soon as possible as roles at mission-driven organizations tend to fill quickly.

Typical hiring timeline:

1

Application Review

1-2 weeks

2

Initial Screening

Phone call or written assessment

3

Interviews

1-2 rounds, usually virtual

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