Strategic Account Executive

Elastic

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Work type
On-site
Location
TX
Salary
$113,300–$179,200 / yr
Posted
35 days ago
Freshness
Confirmed live yesterday

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Salary context

Below market

How this pay compares to similar roles

Similar $201k
This role $146k
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This role pays less than 82% of similar roles. Most pay $155,300–$246,150 — the shaded band above. At the midpoint, this role pays about $146k versus about $201k for comparable roles.

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About Elastic

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.

Elastic currently has 240 open roles on FindRole.

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TL;DR · Strategic Account Executive

As a Strategic Account Executive - West, you will join the AI Native Accounts team to manage a highly selective portfolio of globally strategic AI-native customers. You will serve as a trusted advisor to executive and technical leaders, helping them solve complex challenges involving search, data, and artificial intelligence while accelerating adoption of the Elastic Search AI Platform. Your daily responsibilities include leading sophisticated enterprise sales cycles, developing comprehensive account plans, and collaborating with cross-functional teams like Engineering and Product Management to influence product strategy. To succeed, you must possess expertise in large language models, AI infrastructure, developer platforms, and cloud-native architectures. You will utilize skills in executive engagement, value-based selling, and structured methodologies like MEDDPICC to drive results within the specialized domain of building and scaling innovative AI technologies.

What you'll do

  • Build and maintain trusted relationships with executive leaders at high-growth AI-native organizations.
  • Lead complex enterprise sales cycles from initial discovery through to contract negotiation and adoption.
  • Develop comprehensive account plans to identify expansion opportunities and strategic positioning.
  • Collaborate with cloud providers and technology partners to expand the Elastic ecosystem.
  • Provide market intelligence and customer feedback to influence product management and engineering roadmaps.
  • Achieve revenue targets through disciplined pipeline management and accurate forecasting.

What we're looking for

  • Proven track record of exceeding quota while managing complex enterprise software sales cycles with global organizations.
  • Strong understanding of the AI landscape, including LLMs, AI infrastructure, and cloud-native architectures.
  • Ability to engage in strategic technical conversations with engineering and AI leaders.
  • Demonstrated success building trusted relationships with C-level executives and technical decision-makers.
  • Ability to develop long-term account strategies and navigate complex organizations for multi-year customer plans.
  • Proficiency in structured sales methodologies such as MEDDPICC.
  • Experience collaborating across cross-functional teams including Product Management, Engineering, and Marketing.
  • Export controls.

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