Customer Architect, General Business

We are looking for a Customer Architect to work with our General Business segment who have made annual commitments guaranteeing their technical and strategic success throughout their journey with Elastic alongside our Self-Service Cloud customers. The ideal candidate will have a history working in a fast-paced environment helping guide customers as they scale and expand their use of technology platforms. This role combines strategic account management with deep technical expertise managing both assigned annual customer territories and supporting our pooled engagement model for Self-Service Cloud.

What you will be doing:

• Manage a portfolio of annual customers using high and low-touch engagement strategies based on customer needs and expansion potential
• Provide consultative guidance across both cloud SaaS and on-premises deployments including architectural recommendations implementation support and performance optimization
• Drive customer expansion and renewals through proactive health assessments business reviews and value demonstration aligned with customer success metrics
• Support at-scale customer engagement by handling inbound requests from Self-Service Cloud customers
• Contribute to customer success initiatives including knowledge base content webinars and workshops.

What you bring along:

• Bachelors degree or equivalent with at least 5-7 years of relevant experience in customer-facing technical roles
• Proven track record of managing customer relationships and driving technical success at scale
• The ability to articulate the benefits of modern platforms software and technology
• Strong technical foundation with ability to understand complex distributed systems architectures
• Demonstrated ability to manage multiple customer relationships simultaneously using structured approaches
• Strong presentation and communication skills for both technical and business audiences
• Self-starter who can analyze current processes and develop scalable customer engagement strategies.

Bonus points:

• Working knowledge of the Elastic Stack
• Experience with Search Observability or Security use cases in enterprise environments especially the intersection of Generative AI with these solutions (like Vector Search).
• Previous experience in a Customer Success Solutions Architecture or Technical Account Management role
• Experience covering customer portfolios in a high-growth technology company
• Familiarity with both cloud and on-premises deployment models
• Background in account management with annual contract customers
• Roles preferred location is Barcelona but will also consider candidates from France (Paris) and Germany (Munich)

Different people approach problems differently. We need that. Elastic is committed to diversity as well as inclusion. We are an equal opportunity employer and committed to the principles of affirmative action. Qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race color religion sex sexual orientation gender perception or identity national origin age marital status protected veteran status or disability status or any other basis protected by federal state or local law ordinance or regulation. If you require any reasonable accessibility support please complete our Candidate Accessibility Request Form.

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