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At a glance
What you'd actually do: Grow and win new business across a set of emerging and growth accounts, selling Elastic cloud SaaS through prospecting, inbound leads and partners.
Pay
$66k–$104k base · $131k–$207k OTE
50/50 base/variable split; OTE $131k-$207k plus equity
Where you work
Must live near Preferably based in Austin, Texas
Selling to
engineering and IT teams
How you'd sell
Mostly outbound (cold calls, emails)
Experience asked
2+ years
Tools you'll use
Salesforce, Clari, Outreach, ZoomInfo
Your game plan for this job
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Full job description
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 is searching for a General Business Territory Account Executive focusing on Emerging/Growth Accounts across the United States.
Our Territory Account Executives are individual contributors, focused on building new business and growing the Elastic footprint within a defined set of accounts based on a spend profile. These accounts have tremendous potential and will need an individual focused on ensuring our customers are successfully leveraging Elastic cloud solutions across their organization. Are you ready to leverage your creativity and innovation to help build and grow this exciting set of accounts? If so, we’d love to hear from you!
What You Will Be Doing
Building awareness and driving demand for Elastic solutions within this set of accounts, by developing and executing a territory strategy/partner plan to understand and grow these accounts
Serving as an evangelist of our technology leading with our new innovative offering such as GenAI, Vector Search, Security, and Observability
Identify and qualify new opportunities within existing accounts by leveraging your own creativity, inbound lead flow, personal prospecting efforts, contacts, and partners
Work cross-functionally with our sales development, marketing, partner, product and customer service teams to deliver outstanding results
Working thoughtfully with customers to identify new business opportunities, managing through the sales cycle and closing complex transactions
Building a robust business plan by utilizing tools like Salesforce, Clari, Outreach and ZoomInfo
What You Bring
2-3 years sales experience in the software industry preferred
A track record of success in selling SaaS subscriptions leveraging a sales methodology that has led you to excel in growing and managing current/net new customers and new use cases
Ability and have demonstrated consistent success in forecasting weekly, monthly, and quarterly cadence
Passion for building new customer relationships and working cross-functionally within a diverse team to deliver outstanding results
On-site in San Francisco, CA or San Jose, CA or New York, NY
AE$115k–$166k baseLarge company61 insiders to talk to
Still open · posted today
Technologically adept and business acumen focused with outstanding communication both written and oral, negotiation and presentation skills
This role will preferably be based out of Austin, Texas covering accounts across the United States
If you’re driven to build your own pipeline, master complex deal cycles, and help customers unlock the power of Search AI, we’d love to talk. Apply today!
Compensation for this role is in the form of base salary plus a variable component, that together comprise the On-Target Earnings (OTE). On-Target Earnings (OTE) are based on a 50/50 pay mix (base salary / target variable).
The typical starting OTE range for new hires in this role is listed below. This range represents the lowest to highest OTE we reasonably and in good faith believe we would pay for this role at the time of this posting. We may ultimately pay more or less than the posted range, and the range may be modified in the future.
An employee's position within the OTE range will be based on several factors including, but not limited to, relevant education, qualifications, certifications, experience, skills, geographic location, performance, and business or organizational needs.
Elastic believes that employees should have the opportunity to share in the value that we create together for our shareholders. Therefore, in addition to cash compensation, this role is currently eligible to participate in Elastic's stock program. Our total rewards package also includes a company-matched 401k with dollar-for-dollar matching up to 6% of eligible earnings, along with a range of other benefits offered with a holistic emphasis on employee well-being.
The typical starting salary range for this role is:
$65,600—$103,700 USD
The typical starting Target Variable range for this role is:
$65,500—$103,600 USD
The typical starting On-Target Earnings (OTE) range for this role is:
$131,100—$207,300 USD
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 candidate_accessibility@elastic.co. We will reply to your request within 24 business hours of submission.
Applicants have rights under Federal Employment Laws, view posters linked below: Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA) Poster; Pay Transparency Nondiscrimination Provision Poster; Employee Polygraph Protection Act (EPPA) Poster and Know Your Rights (Poster)
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