Strategic Account Executive

Datadog
Delhi, India
On-siteCareer-pivot friendly

Who this role is best for

Geared toward enterprise sales professionals comfortable with large Fortune India 500 companies and cloud migration challenges, with a focus on strategic relationship-building and high-impact deal negotiation.

Best fit for

  • Candidates with a track record of closing large enterprise deals and navigating complex sales cycles
    — “5+ years closing experience; mix of field selling within enterprise”
  • Individuals who can independently generate sales pipeline and manage high-value opportunities
    — “Able to demonstrate methodology to prospect and self-generate pipeline”
  • Professionals experienced in selling SaaS or IT infrastructure solutions to large-scale organizations
    — “Experienced in working for an innovative tech company (SaaS, IT infrastructure or similar preferred)”

Things to consider

  • The role involves significant travel and client interaction, which may require flexibility in time and location
    — “Role requires regular travel to client sites, within your area and other regions”
  • Candidates must be able to collaborate effectively with cross-functional and overseas teams
    — “Comfortable and confident working with cross functional, overseas teams”

How to stand out

  • Emphasize your experience with enterprise accounts and your ability to articulate ROI in your resume and interview
    — “Negotiate favourable pricing and business terms with large commercial enterprises by selling value and ROI”
  • Highlight your proven success in acquiring new logos and your ability to identify business drivers
    — “Identify robust set of business drivers behind all opportunities”
  • Demonstrate your ability to maintain forecasting accuracy and consistency in your sales process
    — “Ensure high forecasting accuracy (minimum 90%) and consistency”
Pace · Fast PacedCollaboration · MediumAutonomy · HighDecision Impact · Individual

Derived from job-description analysis by Serendipath's career intelligence engine.

What success looks like

  • Closing enterprise strategic new logos
Typical background
Experience in enterprise sales, preferably in technology

Skills & requirements

Required

Enterprise SalesAccount ManagementNegotiationProspectingClient Relationship ManagementSales Forecasting

Preferred

Saas SalesIT Infrastructure Sales

Stack & domain

Enterprise SalesField SellingClosing DealsProspectingRelationship BuildingNegotiationROICustomer ValidationForecastingResourcefulnessClosing BusinessBusiness DriversSales TrainingMeddicCommand Of The MessageCross-functional TeamsClient SitesTransportationDrivenExceeding Sales GoalsComfortableConfidentWorking With Cross Functional TeamsTravelSales

About the role

Original posting from Datadog

As a Strategic Account Executive, the primary responsibility is to target and close enterprise strategic new logos across India. In this role you’ll be focused on uncovering the pain points organisations face as they operate in or migrate to a cloud environment at scale as well as delivering the appropriate Datadog solution.

What You’ll Do:

Prospect into large Fortune India 500 companies while running an efficient sales process

Maintain, build and own specific relationship maps for your territory including existing relationships and aspirational contacts

Develop a deep comprehension of customer's business

Negotiate favourable pricing and business terms with large commercial enterprises by selling value and ROI

Manage both customer & prospect expectations while expanding & hunting reach and depth into assigned territory, respectively

Demonstrate resourcefulness when faced with challenges that defy easy solutions

Have intuitive sense of necessary steps to close business and gain customer validation

Identify robust set of business drivers behind all opportunities

Ensure high forecasting accuracy (minimum 90%) and consistency

Who You Are: 

Someone with 5+ years closing experience; mix of field selling within enterprise (as defined by Datadog, which is companies with more than 5000 employees)

Driven and must have exceeded direct sales goals of 1M+ and operated with an average deal size of $100k+

Able to demonstrate methodology to prospect and self-generate pipeline

Experienced in working for an innovative tech company (SaaS, IT infrastructure or similar preferred)

Experienced in selling into large Fortune India 500 companies with proven ability to win new logos

Comfortable and confident and working with cross functional, overseas teams

Role requires regular travel to client sites, within your area and other regions, using various modes of transportation (car, train, air), depending on business needs.

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: 

High income earning opportunities based on self performance

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

Continuous professional development, product training, and career pathing 

Sales training in MEDDIC and Command of the Message 

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

An inclusive company culture, opportunity to join our Community Guilds

Generous and competitive medical benefits package

Retirement savings match

Pet adoption and insurance program

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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