Datadog

Director, Enterprise Sales

Datadog$165K — $220K *
US-Anywhere
+ 3 other locationsRemote
Enterprise Technology
5 - 7 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • 5+ years of experience in Enterprise sales, ideally within a B2B tech environment
  • Proven track record of managing high-performing sales teams
  • Expertise in navigating complex negotiations with Fortune 1000 companies
  • Strong ability to cultivate executive-level relationships, especially in IT
  • Familiarity with quota setting and performance management
  • Demonstrated success as an individual contributor in Enterprise sales
  • Willingness to travel regularly for client engagements

Responsibilities

  • Lead recruitment, training, and management of a high-performing sales team
  • Meet and exceed annual sales quotas through effective strategy execution
  • Monitor and enhance sales productivity metrics like deal size and win rate
  • Guide sales executives in forming relationships with enterprise clients
  • Shape and refine the go-to-market strategy for your designated region
  • Collaborate with cross-functional teams to create tailored marketing materials
  • Facilitate weekly sales forecasting meetings

Benefits

  • High income earning potential linked to personal performance
  • Stock equity options for new hires and employee stock purchase plan
  • Focus on continuous professional development and sales training
  • Access to a structured mentorship and networking program
  • Commitment to an inclusive workplace culture with community involvement
  • Comprehensive medical and retirement savings plans
  • Unique perks like pet adoption support and related insurance
Full Job Description
Director, Enterprise Sales

Our Director, Enterprise Sales will provide strategy, mentorship, and guidance for a team of Enterprise Sales Executives who are responsible for driving new business through the full sales cycle.

What You'll Do:
  • Manage, hire, train and ramp a team of Enterprise Sales Executives responsible for new and expansion bookings
  • Achieve annual Enterprise bookings quota with monthly and quarterly targets
  • Develop and manage Enterprise Sales Executives on productivity metrics such as deal size, win rate, and forecast accuracy as well as how to lead a customer through a proactive sales cycle
  • Coach Sales Executives through building executive relationships with Named Enterprise accounts in their territories and through complex Enterprise deals and negotiations
  • Shape the direction of the go-to market strategy and execution for your region
  • Work collaboratively with Marketing, Product and Success to build targeted messaging and collateral, and mapping a customer journey for the specific business needs of your region
  • Conduct weekly forecast meetings
  • Support direct reports by participating and leading in client and prospect meetings. Engaging other corporate resources as required

Who You Are:
  • Experienced in managing a high performing Enterprise Sales team for a B2B technology company
  • A strong relationship builder with 5+ years of overall Enterprise sales experience working with Fortune 1000 companies
  • Confident in managing complex sales processes with multiple stakeholders and negotiations with pricing based on business value, legal and procurement
  • Knowledgeable in selling to C-level executives in the IT space
  • Experienced in setting quotas and managing people against those quotas
  • Passionate about coaching others with a successful track record as an individual contributor and can share relevant and complex closing experience with a growing team
  • 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.

Datadog offers a competitive salary and equity package, and may include variable compensation. Actual compensation is based on factors such as the candidate's skills, qualifications, and experience. In addition, Datadog offers a wide range of best in class, comprehensive and inclusive employee benefits for this role including healthcare, dental, parental planning, and mental health benefits, a 401(k) plan and match, paid time off, fitness reimbursements, and a discounted employee stock purchase plan.

The reasonably estimated yearly salary for this role at Datadog is:

$165,000-$220,000 USD

About Datadog

Datadog is a monitoring and analytics platform for cloud-scale infrastructure and applications. The company was founded in 2010 by Olivier Pomel and Alexis Lê-Quôc and is headquartered in New York City. Datadog's platform assists organizations in improving agility, increasing efficiency, and providing end-to-end visibility across dynamic or high-scale infrastructures. The company's SaaS-based data analytics platform integrates and automates infrastructure monitoring, application performance monitoring, and log management to provide unified, real-time observability of customers' entire technology stack. Datadog's customers include Airbnb, Twilio, and The Washington Post.
Learn more about Datadog
Size
3,200 employees
Market Cap
$22.5 billion
Industry
Net Income
-$24.5 million
Founded
2010
Revenue
$603.4 million
NASDAQ

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