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Director, Customer Engineering

Location

United States

Posted

55 days ago

Salary

$230.3K - $364.3K / year

Seniority

Lead

No structured requirement data.

Job Description

Director, Customer Engineering

Elastic

Role Description We are on the hunt for a Director of Customer Engineering for the Eastern United States to steer the direction for our customer architect team. At Elastic, our solutions are tailored to provide Observability, Cybersecurity, and Search AI, and we need a leader who is technically adept and can drive our teams to ensure our customers derive the most value from our offerings. In this leadership position, the ideal candidate is a unique blend of a people-focused, business-driven, and technically-savvy leader. You will directly lead all aspects of a high performing team of Customer Architects. Having an intimate understanding of our technical solutions is crucial to empathize with your team's challenges and derive strategic solutions. The Director of Customer Engineering plays a pivotal role in representing Elastic at the forefront. Given the intrinsic technical nature of our offerings, it's crucial for the Director to be proficient in the intricacies of our solutions, ensuring they can effectively communicate their value and drive consumption. This role requires frequent face-to-face engagements, making it essential for the candidate to excel at in-person presentations, discussions, and building strong relationships rooted in technical trust. With the need to partner with a wide array of customers, travel becomes inherent to this role. Candidates should be primed for 25% travel, geared towards promoting and amplifying the consumption of our Elastic solutions across the Americas. What you will be doing - Leadership: Lead and mentor Customer Architects, encouraging a culture of collaboration, innovation, and customer-centricity. - Technical Acumen: Serve as the technical pillar of leadership, ensuring that the region's strategies align with the technical nuances of our solutions. A background in sales engineering leadership is beneficial. - Strategic Planning: Employ both urgent and strategic approaches to address critical situations, instilling processes that address challenges at scale. Ensure that teams in the region are geared towards helping customers realize value and driving consumption. - Market Knowledge: Leverage your experience with distributed datastores, and areas such as observability, cybersecurity, or search to bring depth to the team's understanding of the market. Experience in Vectors, Machine Learning, and GenAI will be an added advantage. - Collaboration: Work in tandem with regional sales leaders, account teams, and other stakeholders to ensure seamless communication and alignment of objectives. Qualifications - Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, Information Systems, or a related field highly preferred. - Proven experience leading teams centered on consumption. - Technical expertise in distributed datastores, and areas like observability, cybersecurity, or search. Familiarity with Elastic solutions will be a significant advantage. - Familiarity or experience in the realms of Vectors, Machine Learning, and GenAI. - Strong interpersonal and communication skills, with the ability to articulate complex technical concepts to a varied audience. - Ability to balance urgency with strategic planning, ensuring teams are always aligned with company and customer objectives. Requirements - Compensation for this role is in the form of base salary plus a variable component, that together comprise the On-Target Earnings (OTE). On-Target Earnings (OTE) are based on a 70/30 pay mix (base salary / target variable). - The typical starting OTE range for new hires in this role is listed below. This range represents the lowest to highest OTE 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 range may be modified in the future. - An employee's position within the OTE 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. - The typical starting salary range for this role is: $161,300 — $255,100 USD - The typical starting Target Variable range for this role is: $69,000 — $109,200 USD - The typical starting On-Target Earnings (OTE) range for this role is: $230,300 — $364,300 USD Benefits - As a distributed company, diversity drives our identity. - 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 a minimum of 16 weeks of parental leave.

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