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      <Title>Enterprise Account Executive - Bay Area</Title>
      <Description><![CDATA[<p>We&#39;re looking for a high-energy Enterprise Account Executive to drive net-new revenue and expansion within strategic Enterprise accounts. You&#39;ll be the owner of a defined territory where you&#39;ll build your own pipeline, tell the Elastic Search AI story, and close complex, multi-stakeholder deals in a consumption-based model.</p>
<p>This role sits at the intersection of sales execution, technical fluency, and cross-functional collaboration,and is critical to our growth in the Enterprise segment.</p>
<p>Key Responsibilities:</p>
<p>Own your territory &amp; build pipeline: Develop and execute a proactive outbound cadence (email, call, social) that generates ≥50 % of your booked opportunities.</p>
<p>Deep discovery &amp; qualification: Uncover pain, business impact, budget, and decision criteria using frameworks like MEDDPICC so you chase only the highest-confidence deals.</p>
<p>Value storytelling &amp; demos: Craft and deliver tailored narratives and live demos that map Elastic’s Search, Observability, and Security capabilities to measurable business outcomes.</p>
<p>Mutual deal strategy &amp; forecast accuracy: Collaborate with customers to build formal close plans and keep your CRM up-to-date, maintaining ≥90 % forecast accuracy within ±10 %.</p>
<p>Executive negotiation &amp; closing: Lead high-stakes contract and pricing discussions,defend your value, structure give/get trades, and land multi-year consumption commitments.</p>
<p>Domain &amp; cloud acumen: Position Elastic as the Search AI platform of choice by speaking fluently about cloud economics, usage-based pricing, and modern data architectures.</p>
<p>Cross-functional partnership: Work hand-in-glove with Solutions Architects, Customer Success, Marketing, and RevOps to accelerate deals and drive exceptional customer outcomes.</p>
<p>Requirements:</p>
<p>Proven SaaS quota-carrying success: 5+ years closing complex Enterprise deals, consistently overachieving targets in a consumption-based or usage-model environment.</p>
<p>Expert discovery &amp; qualification skills: Demonstrated ability to apply MEDDPICC or equivalent frameworks to drive disciplined pipeline and eliminate low-probability deals.</p>
<p>Compelling value storytellers: Track record of delivering executive-level presentations and demos that tie product capabilities to real dollars saved, revenue gained, or risk mitigated.</p>
<p>Strong negotiation chops: History of landing multi-year, high-ACV contracts while protecting margin and securing executive stakeholder buy-in.</p>
<p>Technical &amp; cloud fluency: Comfortable discussing a broad range of technical topics including observability, security, vector/traditional search, and cloud cost optimization.</p>
<p>Collaborative mindset &amp; coachability: A learner who partners effectively with internal teams, incorporates feedback, and embodies Elastic’s values of community and openness.</p>
<p>Open Source enthusiasm: Genuine appreciation for open-source communities and the Elastic model,bonus if you’ve sold or advocated in an OSS context.</p>
<p>Bonus Points:</p>
<p>Prior experience at an open-source or developer-centric infrastructure company.</p>
<p>Familiarity with observability (logs, metrics, traces) or security analytics (SIEM/XDR) use cases.</p>
<p>If you’re driven to build your own pipeline, master complex deal cycles, and help customers unlock the power of Search AI, we’d love to talk. Apply today!</p>
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      <Jobtype>full-time</Jobtype>
      <Experiencelevel>executive</Experiencelevel>
      <Workarrangement>remote</Workarrangement>
      <Salaryrange>$113,300-$179,200 USD</Salaryrange>
      <Skills>SaaS, Enterprise sales, Cloud economics, Usage-based pricing, Modern data architectures, Observability, Security, Vector/traditional search, Cloud cost optimization, Open-source communities, Elastic model, OSS context</Skills>
      <Category>Sales</Category>
      <Industry>Technology</Industry>
      <Employername>Elastic</Employername>
      <Employerlogo>https://logos.yubhub.co/elastic.co.png</Employerlogo>
      <Employerdescription>Elastic is a Search AI company that enables everyone to find the answers they need in real time, using all their data, at scale.</Employerdescription>
      <Employerwebsite>https://www.elastic.co/</Employerwebsite>
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      <Applyto>https://job-boards.greenhouse.io/elastic/jobs/7554566</Applyto>
      <Location>San Francisco, CA</Location>
      <Country></Country>
      <Postedate>2026-04-18</Postedate>
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