Public Sector Account Executive (Education)

Elastic
London
Workplace: OnsiteFull timeFunction: SalesSkills: ["Value-based selling","Relationship building","Executive communication","Negotiation","Sales forecasting"]

Own the full sales cycle for expanding Elastic’s footprint in the education public sector, from cold outreach through close. Drive adoption of AI-powered search, observability, and security solutions across new mid-market accounts while deepening relationships with existing customers. Use technical fluency and value storytelling to position Elastic with cloud economics, modern architectures, and open-source offerings—partnering with Solutions Architects, Customer Success, Marketing, and RevOps to deliver measurable outcomes.

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Elastic
Elastic
2 months ago

Public Sector Account Executive (Education)

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Job Summary

Own the full sales cycle for expanding Elastic’s footprint in the education public sector, from cold outreach through close. Drive adoption of AI-powered search, observability, and security solutions across new mid-market accounts while deepening relationships with existing customers. Use technical fluency and value storytelling to position Elastic with cloud economics, modern architectures, and open-source offerings—partnering with Solutions Architects, Customer Success, Marketing, and RevOps to deliver measurable outcomes.
Location: London
Workplace: Onsite
Employment Type: Full time
Job Function: Sales
Seniority: Mid level

Key Responsibilities

  • •Drive adoption of Elastic’s AI-powered search solutions, observability, and security within new mid-market accounts while deepening engagement with existing ones.
  • •Own the full sales cycle—from cold outreach to close—focused on acquiring new logos.
  • •Use deep discovery and qualification (e.g., MEDDPICC) to uncover pain, impact, budget, and decision criteria and pursue high-confidence deals.
  • •Develop comprehensive business plans leveraging community, customer, and partner ecosystems to drive territory growth.
  • •Partner cross-functionally with Solutions Architects, Customer Success, Marketing, and RevOps to accelerate deals and drive customer outcomes.

Pay and Benefits

Perks:Health InsurancePaid LeaveParental Leave

Key Requirements

  • •Success in SaaS subscription sales within the education sector, with evidence of overachievement.
  • •A pure focus on acquiring new logos, with a proven track record.
  • •Ability to craft tailored value narratives linking Elastic (Search, Observability, Security) to measurable business outcomes.
  • •Comfort discussing security, observability, vector/traditional search, and cloud cost optimization.
  • •Strong executive negotiation and closing skills, plus consistent and accurate sales forecasting.
Experience:SaaSEducation sectorOpen source
Skills:Value-based sellingRelationship buildingExecutive communicationNegotiationSales forecasting
Languages:English
Tech Stack:SearchObservabilitySecurityVector searchTraditional searchCloud cost optimizationCRMOpen-SourceMEDDPICC

Company Brief

Elastic
Builds the Elastic Stack (Elasticsearch, Kibana, Beats, Logstash) and provides search, observability, and security solutions that enable organizations to search, analyze, and protect data in real time across applications, infrastructure, and enterprises.
Industry: Data Infrastructure
Company Size: Enterprise (1,001+ employees)
Revenue: USD 1B+
Growth: Public Company
Valuation: Public Company (Market Cap in USD)
Funding: IPO / Publicly Listed
Headquarters: Amsterdam, Netherlands
Founded: 2012
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