Business Strategy Developer - International

Elastic Elastic · Enterprise · Netherlands · Field Leadership

This role is a Business Development Consultant for Elastic International, focusing on shaping and executing business strategy to drive growth in international markets. It involves partnering with senior leaders, collaborating with cross-functional teams, conducting financial analyses, and establishing KPIs to measure progress and drive revenue and operational efficiency. The role requires strong quantitative and financial modeling skills, strategic clarity, and a solid grasp of the technology market, particularly enterprise software and SaaS dynamics.

What you'd actually do

  1. Shape strategy that sticks. Partner directly with executives to design short- and long-term business plans, refine business models, and develop go-to-market strategies that are grounded in data and built to scale.
  2. Connect the dots across the business. Collaborate with cross-functional teams — from Sales and Marketing to Product and Finance — to align goals, remove friction, and drive strategic initiatives from concept to execution.
  3. Make the numbers talk. Conduct financial analyses, business valuations, and profitability assessments that turn strategy into something we can actually fund, build, and defend.
  4. Define what success looks like. Establish KPIs that give us an honest read on progress, and have the judgment to recommend pivots when the data calls for it.
  5. Drive growth. Develop and implement initiatives that tangibly move the needle on revenue and operational efficiency — not just slides, but outcomes.

Skills

Required

  • 2–5 years of experience in a consulting firm for Tech sector or a SaaS corporate sales strategy internal function
  • Strong quantitative and financial modelling skills
  • Strategic clarity
  • Solid grasp of the technology market
  • Ability to structure ambiguous problems
  • Ability to communicate findings to senior stakeholders

Nice to have

  • MBA or equivalent advanced degree from a top business school

What the JD emphasized

  • shape how we grow across our international markets
  • turn complex business challenges into clear plans with measurable outcomes
  • grounded in data and built to scale
  • align goals, remove friction, and drive strategic initiatives from concept to execution
  • turn strategy into something we can actually fund, build, and defend
  • Establish KPIs that give us an honest read on progress
  • recommend pivots when the data calls for it
  • tangibly move the needle on revenue and operational efficiency
  • 2–5 years of experience in a consulting firm for Tech sector or a SaaS corporate sales strategy internal function
  • structure ambiguous problems and communicate findings to senior stakeholders
  • Strong quantitative and financial modelling skills
  • tell a story with data
  • Strategic clarity
  • operate at both the 30,000-foot level and in the weeds when needed
  • solid grasp of the technology market
  • understand enterprise software, SaaS dynamics, and what drives growth in this space