Junior Account Executive (Public Sector)

Elasticsearch B.V.; London; On-site; USD 35,000 - 65,000

Job description

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.

Elastic, the Search Analytics company, is seeking a dynamic Junior Account Executive to engage with our Public Sector customers to ensure they are successful as they leverage our solutions for Search AI, Observability and Security use cases across their business. Our ideal candidate enjoys engaging with customers to help them with their issues and journey with Elastic, whilst working with our Account Managers to further develop Elastic's service offerings within key government departments. They are curious and empathetic and understand the opportunity technology has to change the world for the better. They are focused on process and structure but are not afraid to think outside of the box as needed to achieve success for yourself and the team.

What You Will Be Doing:

• Cultivate sales by nurturing inbound leads and leveraging a multi-channel, multi-touch outbound prospecting strategy
• Converting trial users to subscription customers by demonstrating the immense value within the Elastic Stack
• Providing onboarding assistance during the Elastic Cloud trial conversion process
• Prioritizing outreach activities based on available analytics and telemetry data from Elastic Cloud
• Over time, focus on existing install base to up-sell/cross-sell additional service offerings
• Collaborating with your broader team to identify strategies to achieve sales goals and uncover new, high-value opportunities
• Updating sales activities in Salesforce to provide accurate, real-time forecasts for the business

What We Are Looking For:

• 3+ years of experience in Sales, preferably with SaaS products
• Public Sector experience
• Technical curiosity and strong business acumen
• A collaborative and inventive approach to problem-solving
• A creative approach in thinking about driving efficiency and pipeline growth
• The desire and ability to operate and thrive in an ambitious, self-starting environment
• Whether through work or life experience, you have demonstrated success in working with people across cultures and countries. Remember, Elastic is a highly-distributed company and values diversity and an open mind.

Additional Information - We Take Care of Our People

As a distributed company, diversity drives our identity. Whether you’re looking to launch a new career or grow an existing one, Elastic is the type of company where you can balance great work with great life. Your age is only a number. It doesn’t matter if you’re just out of college or your children are; we need you for what you can do.

We strive to have parity of benefits across regions and while regulations differ from place to place, we believe taking care of our people is the right thing to do.

• Competitive pay based on the work you do here and not your previous salary
• Health coverage for you and your family in many locations
• Ability to craft your calendar with flexible locations and schedules for many roles
• Generous number of vacation days each year
• Increase your impact - We match up to $2000 (or local currency equivalent) for financial donations and service
• Up to 40 hours each year to use toward volunteer projects you love
• Embracing parenthood with minimum of 16 weeks of parental leave

Different people approach problems differently. We need that. Elastic is an equal opportunity/affirmative action employer committed to diversity, equity, and inclusion. Qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, ethnicity, color, religion, sex, pregnancy, sexual orientation, gender perception or identity, national origin, age, marital status, protected veteran status, disability status, or any other basis protected by federal, state or local law, ordinance or regulation.

We welcome individuals with disabilities and strive to create an accessible and inclusive experience for all individuals. To request an accommodation during the application or the recruiting process, please email [e-mail] We will reply to your request within 24 business hours of submission.