Customer Success Associate (Commercial Accounts)

Datadog
Bangalore, India
On-siteCareer-pivot friendly

Who this role is best for

A natural match if you have experience managing customer accounts and driving product adoption.

Best fit for

  • Candidates with 2+ years in customer-facing roles and a drive to grow in Customer Success
    — “2+ years of experience in a customer account facing role and desire to grow a career in Customer Success”
  • Professionals skilled in navigating sales cycles and handling technical and billing inquiries
    — “Identify target opportunities, manage the full sales cycle and proactively build strategic relationships with customers and focus on retention.”
  • Individuals who can adapt account strategies and collaborate across departments
    — “Pivot account management strategy based on different customer requirements and needs seamlessly and efficiently”

Things to consider

  • Hybrid work model may require some in-office presence despite flexibility
    — “We operate as a hybrid workplace to ensure our Datadogs can create a work-life harmony that best fits them”
  • The role demands cross-functional collaboration with teams like support, product, and finance
    — “Collaborate cross-functionally with internal Datadog teams (support, product, finance, and legal)”

How to stand out

  • Emphasize experience in up-selling and cross-selling through contract negotiations
    — “Experienced in independently negotiating contract terms and overcoming pricing objections for up-sell/cross sell activities”
  • Highlight your ability to monitor usage trends and identify renewal risks
    — “Monitor and identify usage trends to uncover renewal risks and support greater adoption rates”
Pace · SteadyCollaboration · HighAutonomy · MediumDecision Impact · Team

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What success looks like

  • successful customer retention
  • high customer satisfaction
Typical background
2+ years of experience in a customer account facing role

Skills & requirements

Required

Customer Relationship ManagementSales Cycle ManagementTechnical Support EscalationBilling Questions HandlingDocumentation Requests

Preferred

Negotiation SkillsCross-functional Collaboration

Stack & domain

Customer SuccessSalesTechnical SupportBillingDocumentationEnablementAccount ManagementNegotiationContract TermsPricing ObjectionsUp-sell/cross-sellCustomer-mindedDrivenMotivatedCommunicationAttention To Detail

About the role

Original posting from Datadog

As a Customer Success Associate, you will  focus on the long term strategic relationship with our customers, drive adoption, and identify growth opportunities across a high volume of Datadog customers to ensure successful product use and retention. You’ll be an advocate for the customer internally and focus on providing a positive experience for a high volume of accounts. Associates follow a well-defined methodology to identify the customer’s unique needs and clearly convey the value of the Datadog product. As we scale our Customer Success team, furthering personal development and team success is a top priority.

At Datadog, we place value in our office culture - the relationships and collaboration it builds and the creativity it brings to the table. We operate as a hybrid workplace to ensure our Datadogs can create a work-life harmony that best fits them

What You’ll Do:

Identify target opportunities, manage the full sales cycle and proactively build strategic relationships with customers and focus on retention.  

Manage requests from your book of business such as but not limited to technical support escalations, billing questions, documentation/enablement requests to ensure a positive customer experience

Pivot account management strategy based on different customer requirements and needs seamlessly and efficiently

Act as an advisor to customers to ensure they’re leveraging the solution effectively

Monitor and identify usage trends to uncover renewal risks and support greater adoption rates

Collaborate cross-functionally with internal Datadog teams (support, product, finance, and legal)

Who You Are:

Customer-minded, always trying to provide the most value possible

Driven and motivated by a career in sales with a strong desire to grow a career in Customer Success.

A strong communicator (written and verbal) with excellent attention to detail

Experienced in independently negotiating contract terms and overcoming pricing objections for up-sell/cross sell activities

2+ years of experience in a customer account facing role and desire to grow a career in Customer Success

Passionate about building long term and lasting relationships

Datadog values people from all walks of life. We understand not everyone will meet all the above qualifications on day one. That's okay. If you’re passionate about technology and want to grow your skills, we encourage you to apply.

Benefits and Growth:

Best-in-breed onboarding

Sales training in MEDDIC and Command of the Message 

An inclusive company culture, opportunity to join our Community Guilds

Intra-departmental mentor and buddy program for in-house networking 

Continuous professional development, product training, and career pathing 

New hire stock equity (RSU) and employee stock purchase plan (ESPP)

Generous global benefits

Benefits and Growth listed above may vary based on the country of your employment and the nature of your employment with Datadog.

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About Datadog: 

Datadog is the leading observability and security platform for the AI era, providing businesses with unified visibility across the technology stack to manage complexity at scale. It brings applications, infrastructure, data, models, and security into one place, using AI to detect and resolve issues before they impact customers. Trusted globally by Fortune 500 companies and high-growth AI leaders, Datadog enables businesses to move faster with clarity and confidence. Learn more about #DatadogLife on Instagram, LinkedIn, and Datadog Learning Center.

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Datadog is proud to offer equal employment opportunity to everyone regardless of race, color, ancestry, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, age, citizenship, marital status, disability, gender identity, veteran status, and other characteristics protected by law. We also consider qualified applicants regardless of criminal histories, consistent with legal requirements. Here are our Candidate Legal Notices for your reference. 

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