Datadog

Mid Market Account Executive

Datadog • $90K — $95K *
Enterprise Technology
Less than 5 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • 5-7 years of experience in sales, specifically in technology or software sectors
  • Proven track record of acquiring and closing new logos
  • Strong strategic account mapping abilities
  • High level of motivation and curiosity
  • Excellent communication skills, especially over the phone and in writing
  • Willingness to travel up to 50% for client engagements

Responsibilities

  • Engage exclusively in acquiring new business accounts
  • Convert inbound leads into finalized sales
  • Utilize sales tools like Sales Navigator and DiscoverOrg for prospecting
  • Target and prospect CTOs, IT leaders, and technical end users
  • Collaborate with Sales Development Representatives to enhance sales funnel activity
  • Handle the complete sales process, including negotiations and product demonstrations

Benefits

  • High income potential tied to personal performance
  • Eligibility for Presidents Club recognition
  • Access to stock equity options and employee stock purchase plan
  • Opportunities for continuous professional development and training
  • Sales training focused on MEDDIC and Command of the Message methodologies
  • Mentor and buddy program to facilitate networking within the company
  • Inclusive company culture with various community engagement opportunities
  • Generous global employee benefits including healthcare and wellness support
Full Job Description
As a Mid-Market Account Executive on our Commercial Sales team, you will assist in Datadog's overall business growth by strategically engaging and closing net-new customers across mid-to-large size markets. Sellers follow a well-defined methodology, collaborate with internal stakeholders, identify the customer's unique needs, and clearly convey the value of the Datadog product. Mid-Market reps have the opportunity to grow their careers in Sales and continue contributing to Datadog team success.

What You'll Do:
  • Focus entirely on net-new logo acquisition
  • Convert inbound leads to closed opportunities
  • Leverage tools such as Sales Navigator and DiscoverOrg
  • Strategically prospect into Chief Technology Officers, Engineering/IT Leaders, and technical end users
  • Collaborate with Sales Development Representatives to drive top of funnel activity
  • Manage the full sales cycle, including negotiations and on-site technical demonstrations

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 experience, we encourage you to apply.

Who You Are:
  • Experienced in hunting and closing net new logos
  • Able to strategically map out and break into accounts
  • Curious, motivated, and driven as a sales person
  • Bold on the phones and creative in your emails
  • Able to sit up to 6 hours, traveling to and from client sites via auto, train, or air, up to 50% of the time

Benefits and Growth:
  • High income earning opportunities based on self performance
  • Opportunity for Presidents Club
  • 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 global benefits

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

#LI-Hybrid

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:

$90,000-$95,000 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
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