About this role
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, the Search Analytics company, is seeking a dynamic Public Sector Account Executive to lead our growth into State Government and High Education - a significant market opportunity for Elastic.This is a critical hire for our business, we need someone with a genuine track record selling into State Government and/or High Education, the instincts of a Challenger seller, and the hustle to build pipeline and create new opportunities in complex, multi stakeholder accounts. Always driving value for the customers we serve. To excel as an Account Executive at Elastic, you need a blend of high-level technical curiosity and the gravitas of a value-based seller. Because Elastic isnt just a product, but a versatile search,observability, and security platform, the role requires moving beyond simple transactions to solving complex data problems. As a Public Sector Account Executive, you will be an integral part of our growth strategy. You will drive net-new revenue and expansion within Public Sector Accounts in an assigned territory. This is an opportunity for those passionate about empowering government and education through innovative search technology and analytics, enabling them to unlock the full potential of their data.
What You Will Be Doing
● Prospect; Create Opportunities: Proactively build and self generate pipeline in net new government/higher education accounts through outbound prospecting, event and network driven activity and creative account penetration - this is a build role, not a farm role. ● Drive Adoption: Fuel the adoption of Elastic’s AI-powered search solutions, Observability and Security solutions within (new) Enterprise accounts while deepening engagement with existing ones. ● Be a Trusted Advisor: Assist users and customers in harnessing the full power of search analytics to transform data into actionable insights. ● Sovereignty; Compliance Fluency: Speak credibly to the data sovereignty, security clearance, and compliance requirements that shape how government and Education clients evaluate and procure technology, and position Elastics platform accordingly. ● Identify New Use Cases: Showcase how Elastic's solutions enable users to work more efficiently and i