Description
We are looking for a high-energy Account Executive to drive net-new revenue and expansion within strategic accounts across key FSI and enterprise accounts. You will be the owner of a defined territory where you will build your own pipeline, tell the Elastic Search AI story, and close complex, multi-stakeholder deals in a consumption-based model.
As an Account Executive, you will be responsible for developing and executing a proactive outbound cadence that generates at least 50% of your booked opportunities. You will uncover pain, business impact, budget, and decision criteria using frameworks like MEDDPICC to chase only the highest-confidence deals. You will craft and deliver tailored narratives and live demos that map Elastic's Search, Observability, and Security capabilities to measurable business outcomes.
You will collaborate with customers to build formal close plans and keep your CRM up-to-date, maintaining at least 90% forecast accuracy within ±10%. You will lead high-stakes contract and pricing discussions, defend your value, structure give/get trades, and land multi-year consumption commitments.
You will position Elastic as the Search AI platform of choice by speaking fluently about cloud economics, usage-based pricing, and modern data architectures. You will work hand-in-glove with Solutions Architects, Customer Success, Marketing, and RevOps to accelerate deals and drive exceptional customer outcomes.
In this role, you will require proven SaaS quota-carrying success, expert discovery and qualification skills, compelling value storytelling abilities, strong negotiation chops, and technical and cloud fluency. You will also need a collaborative mindset and coachability, as well as a genuine appreciation for open-source communities and the Elastic model.