Enterprise Account Executive

Elastic

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$113,300–$179,200 / yr
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8 days ago
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Confirmed live yesterday

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Below market

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This role pays less than 72% of similar roles. Most pay $145,937–$256,193 — the shaded band above. At the midpoint, this role pays about $146k versus about $201k for comparable roles.

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Elastic is the company behind Elasticsearch and the Elastic Stack (Elasticsearch, Kibana, Beats, and Logstash). It sells search, observability, and security products built on that search engine, primarily through its Elastic Cloud managed service.

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TL;DR · Enterprise Account Executive

Enterprise Account Executive - PacNW joins the sales team to drive net-new revenue and expansion within strategic enterprise accounts. This individual will own a defined territory, building a proactive pipeline through outbound outreach while managing complex, multi-stakeholder deals in a consumption-based model. Key responsibilities include performing deep discovery using MEDDPICC frameworks, delivering tailored demos of search, observability, and security capabilities, and leading high-stakes contract negotiations for multi-year commitments. The ideal candidate possesses over five years of experience in SaaS quota-carrying roles and demonstrates technical fluency in cloud economics, usage-based pricing, and modern data architectures. They must be skilled at translating product features into measurable business outcomes while collaborating with cross-functional teams like Solutions Architecture and Customer Success to solve problems related to search, security, and observability for enterprise clients.

What you'll do

  • Execute a proactive outbound cadence to generate at least 50% of booked opportunities from your assigned territory.
  • Conduct deep discovery and qualification using the MEDDPICC framework to identify high-confidence deals.
  • Deliver tailored narratives and live demonstrations that map product capabilities to measurable business outcomes.
  • Develop formal close plans with customers while maintaining high accuracy in CRM forecasting.
  • Lead high-stakes contract negotiations and pricing discussions to secure multi-year consumption commitments.
  • Position the platform by communicating fluently about cloud economics, usage-based pricing, and modern data architectures.
  • Collaborate with internal teams like Solutions Architects and Customer Success to accelerate deals and improve outcomes.

What we're looking for

  • Proven success in closing complex Enterprise deals with at least 5 years of experience.
  • Experience selling in a consumption-based or usage-model environment.
  • Demonstrated ability to use MEDDPICC or equivalent frameworks for discovery and qualification.
  • Ability to deliver executive-level presentations and demos that link product capabilities to business outcomes.
  • Proficiency in negotiating multi-year, high-ACV contracts while protecting profit margins.
  • Technical fluency in observability, security, vector/traditional search, and cloud cost optimization.
  • Experience working with open-source communities or selling within an open-source context is preferred.
  • Familiarity with observability (logs, metrics, traces) or security analytics (SIEM/XDR) is a plus.

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