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Sales Operations Analyst - Public Sector

Join Elastic as a Sales Operations Analyst to support sales strategy and analysis for the US Public Sector.

Location
United States
Compensation
$89.1k–$140.9k/yr
Level
junior
Type
full time · Hybrid

Posted by employer 3 months ago

First seen on Joblaze 3 months ago

Last verified on the company career page 19 hours ago

Requirements

Experience
2+ years

Not disclosed in this posting: visa sponsorship.

Benefits

401k Match Flexible Work Schedule Equity/Stock Options Generous Vacation Days Health Insurance Parental Leave

Joblaze summary

The Sales Operations Analyst at Elastic plays a crucial role in supporting sales strategy and planning for the US Public Sector, focusing on pipeline dynamics and conversion rates. This entry-level position requires skills in data analysis, forecasting, and cross-functional collaboration, particularly with tools like Salesforce and Tableau. Ideal candidates have a background in sales operations or strategy, and are comfortable in a fast-paced environment. The role is part of a growing team that emphasizes alignment across various departments to drive company growth.

Joblaze insights

  • Listed about 3 months ago — first seen on Joblaze July 14, 2026. Last confirmed on Elastic's careers page November 1, 2026.
  • Salary band is below the typical range for Sales/Marketing roles (median ~$142,000).
  • Starts above 94% of 17 comparable junior sales/marketing roles in United States that list Sales we track (median $55,000 across 13 companies). See Sales salary trends
  • Sales appears in 11.2% of 285 comparable junior sales/marketing roles in United States; Sales Development appears in 0.7% of 285 comparable junior sales/marketing roles in United States.

Quick facts

Is the Sales Operations Analyst - Public Sector role remote?
It's hybrid — Elastic expects some on-site time in United States.
What's the salary range?
Elastic lists $89,100–$140,900 for this role.
How much experience is required?
At least 2 years of relevant experience for this Sales Operations Analyst - Public Sector role.
Where is the role based?
Elastic is hiring for this position in United States.
What's the tech stack?
Joblaze extracted these technologies from the posting: SaaS, Sales, Sales Development, Sales Engineering, Sales Operations, Sales Strategy.
What seniority level is this role?
Elastic targets junior candidates for this position.
Is this full-time or contract?
Full-time for this Sales Operations Analyst - Public Sector role at Elastic.

From the original posting

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.

What is The Role:

To support our growth and enable us to scale efficiently, we are seeking an outstanding entry level Sales Ops Professional to drive all sales strategy, planning, reporting, and analysis efforts for our US Public Sector Civilian and SLED Sales Areas. In addition, this role will also work cross functionally to help support our Sales Development, Sales Engineering and overlay sales organizations.

This role will provide the analysis needed to evolve our understanding of our pipeline dynamics and conversion rates; from the very top of the sales funnel all the way through to bookings. They will work very closely with Marketing, Finance, and Sales Strategy to provide targets and recommendations that help align cross functional teams towards our company’s growth objectives while developing early warning indicators to track progress.

What You Will Be Doing:

  • Responsible for providing strategic, operational, and tactical support to multiple sales leaders across the Public Sector Geo
  • Own all monthly sales pipeline related KPIs (e.g. website visits, contacts, leads, opportunities, conversion rates, won/loss analysis, etc)
  • Drive the pipeline budget and forecast, along with monthly actual to plan variance analysis to provide an understanding of the deltas and drivers
  • Support territory carving and GTM resource planning to optimize our coverage model across top markets and our incentive comp strategy across all GTM roles
  • Implement early warning systems to help proactively manage the growth of the business (i.e. customer churn, pipeline, conversions, pricing, etc.)
  • Work cross-functionally with Area Vice Presidents, Finance, and our Marketing teams to help identify areas of concern (e.g. lack of pipeline to support growth) and both short term and long term initiatives to address them
  • Drive critical initiatives including capacity planning, pipeline management and country- specific go-to-market plans. Work cross-functionally to develop growth plans for new geographies and market segments
  • Support our overlay sales teams to continuously evolve our resourcing model

What You Bring:

  • 4 years work experience in Sales, Sales Operations, Strategy, FP&A, Management Consulting, or similar field in SaaS organizations with strong exposure to go-to-market strategy
  • Proven ability to structure complex problems, develop solutions, and craft recommendations and results into easily digestible messages, communications, and executive presentations
  • Experience forecasting bookings, rep attainment, and generally building complex and dynamic models for scenario planning
  • Excellent communication and engagement skills
  • Highly collaborative style and the ability to adjust on the fly to new demands with a sense of urgency
  • Ability to thrive in a fast paced start-up environment
  • Experience with the Salesforce.com platform
  • Power user proficiency with the MS Office suite (especially MS Excel and MS Powerpoint)
  • Familiarity with reporting and business intelligence tools (especially Tableau)

Bonus Points:

  • Experience supporting Public Sector leaders and market
  • Big 4 consulting experience
  • Understanding of Channel or Resellers, MSP or FSI companies and how they operate in the space


Compensation for this role is in the form of base salary. This role does not have a variable compensation component.

The typical starting salary range for new hires in this role is listed below. In select locations (including Seattle WA, Los Angeles CA, the San Francisco Bay Area CA, and the New York City Metro Area), an alternate range may apply as specified below.

These ranges represent the lowest to highest salary 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 ranges may be modified in the future.

An employee's position within the salary 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.

$89,100—$140,900 USD
The typical starting salary range for this role in the select locations listed above is:
$106,800—$168,900 USD

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