Description
As a Hunter Inside Sales Representative, you will be a pivotal part of Elastic's growth focusing on selling, managing, and growing net new accounts within our Commercial segment.
Our Hunter Virtual Sales Reps are individual contributors, focused on building new business, within a set of whitespace accounts. Within this role you will have the opportunity to engage and partner with large Commercial accounts solving critical business needs for those customers while positioning our suite of products across (Search, Observability, and Security).
Are you someone who is a go-getter that has to drive to excel in a fast-growing segment of new accounts? If so, we'd love to hear from you!
Ideal candidates will be based near Austin, TX; New York, NY; or Arlington, VA, and be available to work from the office as needed.
Key Responsibilities:
- Develop and build a territory plan for ~100 to 150 accounts that you will actively own, call, and manage in a defined territory
- Focusing entirely on Whitespace Accounts
- Create a strategic prospecting strategy that you will execute daily to gain introductions, solve business challenges, and effectively position our technology
- Identify and qualify new opportunities leveraging your own creativity, inbound lead flow, personal prospecting efforts, contacts, existing accounts and partners
- Work cross-functionally with our sales development, marketing, partner, product and customer service teams to deliver outstanding results
- Negotiate pricing and contractual terms as required to close the sale
- Accurately forecast profitable and predictable territory performance and required resources through adherence of our sales process
Requirements:
- 2+ years of experience in sales roles, that are defined as hunting or creating new accounts
- Strong ability to plan and execute strategies related to driving pipeline in whitespace accounts
- A collaborative and inventive approach to problem-solving
- The desire and ability to operate and thrive in an ambitious, self-starting environment
- Technologically adept and business acumen focused with outstanding communication both written and oral, negotiation and presentation skills
Bonus Points:
- Prior experience at an open-source or developer‐centric infrastructure company.
- Familiarity with observability (logs, metrics, traces) or security analytics (SIEM/XDR) use cases.
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