On-site
SaaS
greenhouse
🇳🇱 Dutch
About this role
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 Jnr Public Sector Account Exec. You’ll own a greenfield Dutch public sector territory: municipalities, healthcare, education and research. This is a hunter seat with loads of potential, Elastic has the momentum in this segment. You’ll open doors, build champions, and turn Search, Observability and Security use cases into new projects, with a main focus on applying AI.
What You Will Be Doing
- Build and run a territory plan that prioritizes where to hunt first, using account tiering and contact coverage.
- Generate your own pipeline through outbound, events, partners and public sector networks. Many accounts have no contacts yet, so you’ll build coverage from scratch.
- Run full-cycle deals with MEDDPICC discipline: economic buyer, champion, decision process, paper process.
- Naviga
Selling Motion
Prospecting
Channel / Partner
Sell through partners, resellers, or alliances
Buyer Persona
C-Suite
Selling to executive decision-makers
Territory
Greenfield
Build territory from scratch — net-new logos
Requirements at a Glance
Typical Day — Account Executive
Estimates based on role type and selling motion — actual may vary by company.
SaaS — Interview Intel
Typical Sales Cycle
30–90 days (SMB) · 3–9 months (Mid-Market) · 6–18 months (Enterprise)
Common Buyer Objections
- "We're locked into a contract with [competitor]"
- "We built something in-house already"
- "We don't have budget until next quarter"
- "Our team won't adopt another tool"
Key Industry Metrics
Hot Topics to Reference
- • AI-native product disruption
- • PLG vs sales-led motion debate
- • Vertical SaaS consolidation
- • Usage-based pricing models
Use these insights to speak the buyer's language in interviews.
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Walk me through your discovery process.
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Template questionTell me about your largest closed deal and the sales cycle.
Template questionHow do you build business cases for stakeholders?
Template questionDescribe a deal you lost and what you learned.
Template questionThis Account Executive position at Elastic involves managing the full sales cycle from prospecting through close.
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