Senior Manager, Solutions Architecture - NY Metro

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.

We are searching for a Manager of Solutions Architecture to lead an Enterprise Solutions Architecture team in the US East region.

This leader will assume responsibility for a growing team of highly specialized and expert Solution Architects. This leader is responsible for managing the technology evaluation stage of the sales process, working in conjunction with regional sales teams as a key technical advisor and evangelist of our products.

This leader will drive recruiting, hiring and enablement of a diverse team who will strive to overachieve on our growth targets. Key to your success will be adopting a bottom-up and "Cloud-first" approach with our users, and continually be thinking in terms of solutions, rather than products.

What You Will Be Doing:

• Lead, mentor and grow the Solutions Architecture (Pre-Sales Engineering) team.
• Provide the growing team with onboarding support, training and self-directed education programs.
• Drive the value proposition for Elastic Solutions within our community and customers.
• Communicate and align key product insights across our business functions.
• Help our Product and Engineering teams prioritize features that mean the most to our users.
• Formulate and drive the partner engagement strategy to overachieve regional goals.

What You Bring With You:

• 2+ years leading an Enterprise Solutions Architect team is a requirement.
• Proven success leading a team towards exceeding monthly objectives while building long-term business plans
• Evidence of the ability to articulate and sell the benefits of modern platforms and technologies, preferably in the space of Search, Security, APM, and Logging.
• A strong grasp of distributed systems and cloud platforms.
• Ability to "own the room" while presenting and selling with audiences both large and small.
• Servant Leader with a sincere interest in continuous growth in yourself and to the growth of those you serve.
• Travel: 30-50% within the region

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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:$129,000—$204,000 USDThe typical starting Target Variable range for this role is:$55,200—$87,400 USDThe typical starting On-Target Earnings (OTE) range for this role is:$184,200—$291,400 USD

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 a