Senior Account Executive – Defence & Public Safety (Nordics)

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.

About Elastic Elastic is the Search AI Company, helping organisations find answers in real time, across all their data, at scale. Trusted by more than half of the Fortune 500, our platform underpins mission-critical operations in security, observability, and search. Across the Nordics, we are building out our presence in Public Safety & Defence, sectors where performance, security, and data integrity are not preferences, but requirements.

The Role

We are looking for a Senior Account Executive to own and grow Elastic's business across the Defence and Police in Sweden, Norway, and Finland. You will work with the Armed Forces, Ministries of Defence, Police authorities, and related national security agencies, driving pipeline, building relationships, and closing complex deals in some of the most demanding buying environments that exist. This role is not for generalists. It is for someone who has been in this world long enough to understand how it works, and who has the network, credibility, and patience to succeed in it.

Eligibility for national security clearance is a hard requirement.

What You Will Do

Own strategic accounts across Defence, Armed Forces, and Police in all three countries

Engage senior stakeholders across IT, operations, intelligence, and leadership

Navigate government procurement, tenders, and compliance frameworks with conf