sales
Posted Jun 18Inside Account Executive (Hunter)
at Elastic
Austin, United StatesOn-site
Responsibilities
- Develop and build a territory plan for ~500 accounts that you will actively own, call, and manage in a defined territory
- Create a strategic prospecting strategy that you will execute daily to gain introductions, solve business challenges, and effectively position our technology
- Identify and qualify new opportunities leveraging your own creativity, inbound lead flow, personal prospecting efforts, contacts, existing accounts and partners
- Negotiate pricing and contractual terms as required to close the sale
Requirements
- 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
- Are you someone who is a go-getter that has to drive to excel in a fast-growing segment of new accounts? If so, we’d love to hear from you!
- experience in sales roles, that are defined as hunting or creating new accounts
- Strong ability to plan and execute strategies related to driving pipeline in whitespace accounts
- The desire and ability to operate and thrive in an ambitious, self-starting environment
- experience at an open-source or developer‐centric infrastructure company.
- Familiarity with observability (logs, metrics, traces) or security analytics (SIEM/XDR) use cases.
- 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!
- An employee's position within the OTE range will be based on several factors including, but not limited to, relevant education, qualifications, certifications, experience, skills, geographic location, performance, and business or organizational needs.
- Ability to craft your calendar with flexible locations and schedules for many roles
- If you are located in or are a national of one of the listed countries or regions, an export license may be required as a condition of your employment in this role.
Experience
- Accurately forecast profitable and predictable territory performance and required resources through adherence of our sales process What You Bring 2+ years of
Benefits
- Technologically adept and business acumen focused with outstanding communication both written and oral, negotiation and presentation skills Bonus Points Prior
- Compensation for this role is in the form of base salary plus a variable component, that together comprise the On-Target Earnings (OTE). On-Target Earnings (OTE) are based on a 50/50 pay mix (base salary / target variable).
- Therefore, in addition to cash compensation, this role is currently eligible to participate in Elastic's stock program. Our total rewards package also includes a company-matched 401k with dollar-for-dollar matching up to 6% of eligible earnings, along with a range of other
- The typical starting salary range for this role is: $65,600 — $103,700 USD The typical starting Target Variable range for this role is: $65,500 — $103,600 USD The typical starting On-Target Earnings (OTE) range for this role is: $131,100 — $207,300 USD Additional Information - We Take Care of Our People
- Competitive pay based on the work you do here and not your previous salary
- Health coverage for you and your family in many locations
- Generous number of vacation days each year Increase
- your impact - We match up to $2000 (or local currency equivalent) for financial donations and service
- Embracing parenthood with minimum of 16 weeks of parental leave
- Applicants have rights under Federal Employment Laws, view posters linked below: Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA) Poster; Pay Transparency Nondiscrimination Provision Poster; Employee Polygraph Protection Act (EPPA) Poster and Know Your Rights (Poster)
Contact
- To request an accommodation during the application or the recruiting process, please email candidate_accessibility@elastic.co . We will reply to your request within 24 business hours of submission.
Additional details
- As a Hunter Inside Sales Representative, you will be a pivotal part of Elastic’s growth focusing on selling, managing, and growing net new accounts within our Commercial segment.
- Our Hunter Virtual Sales Reps are individual contributors, focused on building new business, within a set of whitespace accounts.
- Within this role you will have the opportunity to engage and partner with large Commercial accounts solving critical business needs for those customers while positioning our suite of products across (Search, Observability, and Search).
- Ideal candidates will be based near Austin, TX; New York, NY; or Arlington, VA, and be available to work from the office as needed.
- Work cross-functionally with our sales development, marketing, partner, product and customer service teams to deliver outstanding results
- A collaborative and inventive approach to problem-solving
- The typical starting OTE range for new hires in this role is listed below. This range represents the lowest to highest OTE we reasonably and in good faith believe we would pay for this role at the time of this posting. We may ultimately pay more or less than the posted range, and the range may be modified in the future.
- Elastic believes that employees should have the opportunity to share in the value that we create together for our shareholders.
- benefits offered with a holistic emphasis on employee well-being.
- As a distributed company, diversity drives our identity.