Strategic Account Executive

Datadog
Mumbai, India
On-site

Who this role is best for

Strong fit for enterprise sales professionals who prospect and build relationships with Fortune 1000 companies, operating in a hybrid work arrangement with a high travel commitment.

Best fit for

  • Candidates with experience in enterprise sales and a proven track record of winning new logos
    — “Experienced in selling into large Fortune 1000 companies with the ability to win new logos”
  • Individuals who thrive in high-travel environments and can manage complex client relationships
    — “Able to travel via auto, train or air up to 70% of the time”
  • Professionals with a strong grasp of sales methodologies and a focus on value-driven selling
    — “Sales training in MEDDIC and Command of the Message”

Things to consider

  • The role demands a high level of self-direction and pipeline-building capability
    — “Able to demonstrate methodology to prospect and build pipeline on your own”

How to stand out

  • Highlight your experience in SaaS or IT infrastructure sales with Fortune 1000 companies
    — “Experienced in working for an innovative tech company (SaaS, IT infrastructure or similar preferred)”
  • Quantify your sales performance with metrics like revenue goals and deal sizes
    — “Driven and have met/exceeded direct sales goals of 1M+ and operated with an average deal size of $100k+”
  • Demonstrate your ability to identify and articulate business drivers behind opportunities
    — “Identify robust set of business drivers behind all opportunities”
  • Showcase experience in managing complex client relationships and territory ownership
    — “Maintain, build and own specific relationship maps for your territory including existing relationships and aspirational contacts”
  • Emphasize your forecasting accuracy and consistency in sales performance
    — “Ensure high forecasting accuracy and consistency”
Pace · Fast PacedCollaboration · MediumAutonomy · MediumDecision Impact · Team

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What success looks like

  • large enterprise sales
  • strategic account management
  • sales forecasting
  • customer validation
Typical background
enterprise salesIT infrastructure

Skills & requirements

Required

Sales ProcessRelationship ManagementNegotiationForecastingSales Methodology

Preferred

Cloud InfrastructureIT Infrastructure

About the role

Original posting from Datadog

Our Strategic Account Executives target and close new business with Datadog’s largest, most strategic customers and prospects. In this role you’ll be focused on uncovering the pain points organizations face as they operate in or migrate to a cloud environment at scale as well as delivering the appropriate Datadog solution.

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:

Prospect into large Fortune 1000 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 favorable pricing and business terms with large commercial enterprises by selling value and ROI

Handle existing customer expectations while expanding reach and depth into assigned territory

Demonstrate resourcefulness when faced with challenges that defy easy solution

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 and consistency

Who You Are: 

Someone with 8+ years closing experience within enterprise

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

Able to demonstrate methodology to prospect and build pipeline on your own

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

Experienced in selling into large Fortune 1000 companies with the ability to win new logos

Able to sit up to 4 hours, traveling to and from client sites

Able to travel via auto, train or air up to 70% of the time

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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