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 a visionary leader ready to make a big impact? Elastic is seeking a dynamic VP of Services to lead our Americas organization. Reporting to the Global VP of Services, you’ll lead and inspire a team driving services sales and delivery to help customers realize the full power of Elastic.
As an Elastic VP of Professional Services, you will work with the Consulting Services team to service our global customer base on billable projects. Our customers include Fortune 100 companies, startups, government entities, and nonprofits researching some of the world's most interesting and complex search problems, and our consulting team assists our customers in the use of our products towards these efforts. The VP of Professional Services will be a customer-facing role for leading our consulting team, developing new business in the region, meeting financial targets, and building strong relationships both within Elastic and with our customers and partners. You will have the opportunity to work with a tremendous services, engineering, and sales team and wear many hats.
This is your chance to shape the future of Elastic Services in the Americas, scale a high-performing team, and ensure customers achieve extraordinary outcomes. If you thrive in high-growth SaaS environments and love building teams that deliver real impact, we want to hear from you!
What You’ll Be Doing- Lead, inspire, and scale a high-performing team of Services leaders across the Americas
- Define and execute a bold regional strategy aligned with our global vision
- Drive operational excellence while translating strategy into measurable results
- Track key metrics to maximize customer satisfaction, retention, and impact
- Foster a culture of innovation, collaboration, and continuous improvement
- Represent Elastic Services with credibility and influence to leadership, customers, and cross-functional partners
- Travel as needed to engage with customers and support regional initiatives
- 2nd or 3rd line leadership experience leading large, services teams in a software company with multi-billion dollar revenues
- Proven success leading large, dynamic teams in SaaS or high-growth software companies
- 12+ years in Professional Services or customer-facing services organizations
- Strong executive presence, with exceptional influencing, presentation, and business insight skills
- High integrity, authenticity, and humility
- Track record of building, scaling, and developing high-performing teams
- Experience designing and scaling services offerings that drive business growth
- Comfort engaging with executive sponsors and delivering impactful customer outcomes
- Strategic mentality with operational excellence and attention to detail
Join Elastic and be part of a team that powers customers to achieve more with our solutions every day.
Compensation for this role is in the form of base salary. This role does not have a variable compensation component.
The typical starting salary range for new hires in this role is listed below. In select locations (including Seattle WA, Los Angeles CA, the San Francisco Bay Area CA, and the New York City Metro Area), an alternate range may apply as specified below.
These ranges represent the lowest to highest salary 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 ranges may be modified in the future.
An employee's position within the salary 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.
Elastic believes that employees should have the opportunity to share in the value that we create together for our shareholders. 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 benefits offered with a holistic emphasis on employee well-being.
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 employer and is committed to creating an inclusive culture that celebrates different perspectives, experiences, and backgrounds. 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 [email protected]. We will reply to your request within 24 business hours of submission.
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)
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