Elastic, the Search AI Company, enables everyone to find the answers they need in real time, using all their data, at scale — unleashing the potential of businesses and people. The Elastic Search AI Platform, used by more than 50% of the Fortune 500, brings together the precision of search and the intelligence of AI to enable everyone to accelerate the results that matter. By taking advantage of all structured and unstructured data — securing and protecting private information more effectively — Elastic’s complete, cloud-based solutions for search, security, and observability help organizations deliver on the promise of AI.

What Is The Role

Elastic, the Search Analytics company, is seeking a dynamic Public Sector Account Executive to support our growth into Federal and Higher Education accounts - a significant market opportunity for Elastic.This is a critical hire for our business, we need someone with a genuine track record selling into Federal and Higher Education clients, the instincts of a Challenger seller, and the hustle to build pipeline and create new opportunities in complex, multi stakeholder accounts. Always driving value for the customers we serve.

To excel as an Account Executive at Elastic, you need a blend of high-level technical curiosity and the gravitas of a value-based seller. Because Elastic isn't just a "product" but a versatile search, observability, and security platform, the role requires moving beyond simple transactions to solving complex data problems.

As a Public Sector Account Executive, you will be an integral part of our growth strategy. You will drive net-new revenue and expansion within Public Sector Accounts in an assigned territory. This is an opportunity for those passionate about empowering government and education through innovative search technology and analytics, enabling them to unlock the full potential of their data.

What You Will Be Doing

Prospect & Create Opportunities: Proactively build and self generate pipeline in net new Federal and Higher Education accounts through outbound prospecting, partner, event and network driven activity and creative account penetration - this is a build role, not a farm role.
Drive Adoption: Fuel the adoption of Elastic’s AI-powered search solutions, Observability and Security solutions within (new) accounts while deepening engagement with existing ones.
Be a Trusted Advisor: Assist users and customers in harnessing the full power of search analytics to transform data into actionable insights.
Sovereignty & Compliance Fluency: Speak credibly to the data sovereignty, security clearance, and compliance requirements that shape how Federal clients evaluate and procure technology, and position Elastic's platform accordingly.
Solve Complex Problems: Help customers get ahead of exploding data volumes and emerging agentic AI-driven threats by giving them the observability and visibility to see, secure, and act on what's happening across their environment.
Champion Open Source: Articulate the value of our advanced commercial features while advocating for our Open-Source offerings.
Identify New Use Cases: Showcase how Elastic’s solutions enable users to work more efficiently and intelligently.
Strategic Planning: Develop comprehensive business plans using community, customer, and partner ecosystems to drive significant territory growth.
Navigate Sales Cycles: Proactively identify new opportunities and successfully manage complex sales cycles.
Deep discovery & qualification: Uncover pain, business impact, budget, and decision criteria using frameworks like MEDDPICC so you chase only the highest-confidence deals.
Cross-functional partnership: Work hand-in-glove with Solutions Architects, Customer Success, Marketing, and RevOps to accelerate deals and drive exceptional customer outcomes.

What You Bring

The Right Blend: A combination of high-level technical curiosity and the grit of a value-based seller.
Proven Track Record: For this role we are specifically focusing on people who do have a proven selling track record with Federal and Higher Education accounts.
Challenger Mentality: You lead with insight, not features. You help customers learn something new about their business, tailor your message to different stakeholders and can respectfully have a point of view and can drive a conversation.
Value Storytelling: The ability to craft tailored narratives that link Elastic’s technical capabilities (Search, Observability, Security) to outcomes that matter for government and education - citizen, staff, student experience, tools and cost consolidation, and risk, compliance and public trust.
Executive negotiation & closing: Lead high-stakes contract and pricing discussions
Executive Communicator: Confident presenting to and influencing C-suite and senior stakeholders, translating technical detail in a clear, credible business case.
Technical & cloud fluency: Comfortable discussing a broad range of technical topics including security, observability, vector/traditional search, and cloud cost optimization.
Relationship Building: Adept at establishing credibility with both technical developers and executive leadership.
Mutual deal strategy & forecast accuracy: Consistent, predictable and accurate sales forecasting skills. Collaborate with customers to build formal close plans and keep your CRM up to date.
Cross-Team Alignment: Ability to create alignment across teams to accelerate deals
AI Mentality: Use new technologies for performance advantage and deal structuring
Open-Source Appreciation: Enthusiasm for the Open-Source model and the community relying on our solutions.

Compensation for this role is in the form of base salary plus a variable component.

At Elastic, our compensation philosophy aims to provide fair, competitive and transparent remuneration. Salary ranges are established based on a combination of external market benchmarks, internal pay equity considerations, and the responsibilities and complexity associated with each role. This approach helps ensure consistency across comparable roles while remaining competitive within the relevant labour markets.

The final compensation offered within the applicable range will be determined based on several objective factors, including relevant professional experience, level of skills and expertise, alignment with the role requirements, and the overall scope and complexity of the position.

The typical starting On-Target Earnings range (Base Salary + Variable) for this role is:

€158.200—€250.200 EUR

Additional Information - We Take Care of Our People

As a distributed company, diversity drives our identity. Whether you’re looking to launch a new career or grow an existing one, Elastic is the type of company where you can balance great work with great life. Your age is only a number. It doesn’t matter if you’re just out of college or your children are; we need you for what you can do.

We strive to have parity of benefits across regions and while regulations differ from place to place, we believe taking care of our people is the right thing to do.

Competitive pay based on the work you do here and not your previous salary
Health coverage for you and your family in many locations
Ability to craft your calendar with flexible locations and schedules for many roles
Generous number of vacation days each year
Increase your impact - We match up to $2000 (or local currency equivalent) for financial donations and service
Up to 40 hours each year to use toward volunteer projects you love
Embracing parenthood with minimum of 16 weeks of parental leave

Different people approach problems differently. We need that. Elastic is an equal opportunity employer and is committed to creating an inclusive culture that celebrates different perspectives, experiences, and backgrounds. Qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, ethnicity, color, religion, sex, pregnancy, sexual orientation, gender perception or identity, national origin, age, marital status, protected veteran status, disability status, or any other basis protected by federal, state or local law, ordinance or regulation.

We welcome individuals with disabilities and strive to create an accessible and inclusive experience for all individuals. To request an accommodation during the application or the recruiting process, please email [email protected]. We will reply to your request within 24 business hours of submission.

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The typical starting On-Target Earnings range (Base Salary + Variable) for this role is: 158200 - 250200 EUR

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