What Is The Role Elastic, the Search AI company, is building a new Mid-Market Sales team to capture the immense potential of the German Mittelstand, with a special focus on manufacturing and winning new logos. In that position you will get a unique opportunity to shape Elastic’s go-to-market strategy for the German mid-market, drive new logo acquisition, and become member of a high-performance environment. What You Will Be Doing Own your territory & build pipeline: Develop and execute a proactive outbound cadence (email, call, social) that generates ≥50 % of your booked opportunities. Deep discovery & qualification: Uncover pain, business impact, budget, and decision criteria using frameworks like MEDDPICC so you chase only the highest-confidence deals. Value storytelling & demos: Craft and deliver tailored narratives and live demos that map Elastic’s Search, Observability, and Security capabilities to measurable business outcomes. Mutual deal strategy & forecast accuracy: Collaborate with customers to build formal close plans and keep your CRM up-to-date, maintaining ≥90 % forecast accuracy within ±10 %. Executive negotiation & closing: Lead high-stakes contract and pricing discussions Domain & cloud acumen: Position Elastic as the Search AI platform of choice by speaking fluently about cloud economics, usage-based pricing, and modern data architectures. Cross-functional partnership: Work hand-in-glove with Solutions Architects, Customer Success, Marketing, and RevOps to accelerate deals and drive exceptional customer outcomes. What You Bring Proven track record in opening up New Accounts, consistently overachieving targets in a consumption-based or usage-model environment. Good understanding of the German " Mittelstand" Expert discovery & qualification skills: Demonstrated ability to apply MEDDPICC or equivalent frameworks to drive disciplined pipeline and eliminate low-probability deals. Compelling value storytellers: Track record of delivering executive-level presentations and demos that tie product capabilities to real dollars saved, revenue gained, or risk mitigated. Strong negotiation chops: History of creating New Logos Technical & cloud fluency: Comfortable discussing a broad range of technical topics including observability, security, vector/traditional search, and cloud cost optimization. Collaborative mindset & coachability: A learner who partners effectively with internal teams, incorporates feedback, and embodies Elastic’s values of community and openness. Native German speaker Bonus Points Prior 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!