Public Sector Account Executive (Education)

WinsAbove; Australia; Remote; AUD 120,000 - 160,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health coverage

Flexible location policy

Generous vacation days

Parental leave

Charitable donation match

Volunteer time

Job summary

Elastic is seeking a Public Sector Account Executive to accelerate growth into State Government and Higher Education. You will lead net-new revenue and expansion within assigned public sector accounts, combining technical curiosity with value-based selling.

This role requires navigating sovereignty, compliance, and complex multi-stakeholder buying processes. As part of Elastic's growth strategy, you will build pipeline, drive adoption of AI-powered search, observability, and security platforms,

Qualifications

• Has proven selling track record with State Government and/or Higher Education accounts.
• Ability to lead with insight and drive value-based conversations with multiple stakeholders.
• Strong storytelling to connect Elastic capabilities (Search, Observability, Security) to government/education outcomes.

Responsibilities

• Prospect and build net-new pipeline in public sector (state government and higher education) accounts.
• Drive adoption of Elastic’s AI-powered search, observability, and security solutions in new and existing enterprise accounts.
• Act as a trusted advisor to translate data insights into business value for stakeholders.
• Navigate data sovereignty, security clearance, and compliance requirements in government/education contexts.
• Identify new use cases and complex problems to position Elastic solutions effectively.
• Collaborate with Solutions Architects, Customer Success, Marketing, and RevOps to accelerate deals.

Skills

Challenger mentality

Executive communicator

Relationship building

Technical & cloud fluency

Strategic planning

Cross-functional collaboration

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.

What Is The Role

Elastic, the Search Analytics company, is seeking a dynamic Public Sector Account Executive to leadour 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 Executor 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 solvingcomplex data problems.As a Public Sector Account Executor, you will be an integral part of our growth strategy. You willdrive net-new revenue and expansion within Public Sector Accounts in an assigned territory. This isan opportunity for those passionate about empowering government and education through innovativesearch 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, Observabilityand 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 searchanalytics 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 clientsevaluate and procure technology, and position Elastics platform accordingly.
• Identify New Use Cases: Showcase how Elastic's solutions enable users to work more efficiently and intelligently.
• Solve Complex Problems: Help customers get ahead of exploding data volumes and emerging agentic AI-driven threats by giving them the observability and visibility to see, secure, and act on what's happening across their environment.
• Champion Open Source: Articulate the value of our advanced commercial features while advocating for our Open-Source offerings.
• Strategic Planning: Develop comprehensive business plans using community, customer, and partner ecosystems to drive significant territory growth.
• Navigate Sales Cycles: Proactively identify new opportunities and successfully managecomplex sales cycles.
• Deep discovery; qualification: Uncover pain, business impact, budget, and decisioncriteria using frameworks like MEDDPICC so you chase only the highest-confidence deals.
• Cross-functional partnership: Work hand-in-glove with Solutions Architects, CustomerSuccess, Marketing, and RevOps to accelerate deals and drive exceptional customer outcomes.

What You Bring

• The Right Blend: A combination of high-level technical curiosity and the grit of a value-based seller.
• Proven Track Record: For this role we are specifically focusing on people who do have aproven selling track record with State Government and/or Higher Education accounts
• Challenger Mentality: You lead with insight, not features. You help customers learnsomething new about their business, tailor your message to different stakeholders and can respectfully have a point of view and can drive a conversation.
• Value Storytelling: The ability to craft tailored narratives that link Elastic’s technicalcapabilities (Search, Observability, Security) to outcomes that matter for government and education - citizen, staff, student experience, tools and cost consolidation, and risk, compliance and public trust. Executive negotiation & closing: Lead high-stakes contract and pricing discussions
• Executive Communicator: Confidant presenting to and influencing C-suite and seniorstakeholders, translating technical detail in a clear, credible business case.
• Technical & cloud fluency: Comfortable discussing a broad range of technical topicsincluding security, observability, vector/traditional search, and cloud cost optimization.
• Relationship Building: Adept at establishing credibility with both technical developers andexecutive leadership.
• Mutual deal strategy & forecast accuracy: Consistent, predictable and accurate salesforecasting skills. Collaborate with customers to build formal close plans and keep your CRM up to date.
• Cross-Team Alignment: Ability to create alignment across teams to accelerate deals
• AI Mentality: Use new technologies for performance advantage and deal structuring
• Open-Source Appreciation: Enthusiasm for the Open-Source model and the community

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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

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