Datadog

Principal Partner Manager - Channels (GSI)

Datadog$138K — $202K *
Enterprise Technology
8 - 10 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • 10+ years in partner-facing, quota-carrying roles in business development or channel sales within cloud services or SaaS.
  • Experience in sales from lead generation to closure, including negotiation and partnership building.
  • Exposure to working with leading Global and regional Systems Integrators (SIs).
  • Strong ability to grasp technical concepts and communicate them effectively to diverse audiences.
  • Willingness to travel 40-50% of the time.

Responsibilities

  • Identify and recruit new strategic Global SI partners to foster revenue growth.
  • Enable existing partners through training, planning, and collaborative selling activities.
  • Coordinate technical and marketing efforts for partnership launches.
  • Conduct regular business reviews to ensure partner accountability and track success metrics.
  • Collaborate with Datadog's sales teams to support partner-related opportunities.
  • Generate pipeline and revenue from partner sources.

Benefits

  • Entrepreneurial and initiative-driven culture.
  • Inclusive work environment that fosters diverse backgrounds.
  • Access to comprehensive healthcare, dental, and mental health benefits.
  • 401(k) plan with company match.
  • Flexible paid time off policies.
Full Job Description
We are looking for an experienced Partner Sales Manager to ignite partnerships by identifying and recruiting new partners for long-term success and nurture ongoing relationships with key strategic Global Systems Integrator partners. Our ultimate goal is building channels and alliances that drive new customer adoption and revenue. This is a great opportunity for you to join a high-growth cloud software company and help blaze the path for our company's expansion.

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 and recruit new strategic Global SI partners to drive revenue growth
  • Enable and activate existing GSI partners through training, planning and joint selling activities
  • Coordinate the technical and marketing aspects of integrated partnership launches
  • Host regular business reviews with partners to drive accountability and report on success metrics
  • Work hand-in-hand with Datadog's regional enterprise and commercial sales organizations
  • Generate partner-sourced net-new sales pipeline and revenue

Who You Are:
  • 10+ years of partner-facing, quota-carrying experience in business development, strategic alliances, or channel sales at a cloud services or software as a service organization
  • Proven experience in driving sales opportunities from lead generation to closure, effectively negotiating agreements and building long-lasting partnerships
  • Understanding of, and exposure to working with, the leading Global and regional SIs
  • Ability to quickly understand technical concepts and architectural scenarios, and explain them to others verbally and in writing
  • Willingness to travel 40-50% of the time

Bonus Points:
  • 10+ years of partner-facing, quota-carrying experience in business development, strategic alliances, or channel sales at a cloud services or software as a service organization
  • Proven experience in driving sales opportunities from lead generation to closure, effectively negotiating agreements and building long-lasting partnerships
  • Understanding of, and exposure to working with, the leading Global and regional SIs
  • Ability to quickly understand technical concepts and architectural scenarios, and explain them to others verbally and in writing
  • Willingness to travel 40-50% of the time
  • Entrepreneurial mindset with a passion for taking initiatives from ideation to impact
  • Passion for fast-paced, sometimes unpredictable growth culture and environment
  • Background in SaaS and / or consumption based software platforms
  • Experience in identifying market opportunities with a track record of initiating go-to-market plans and sales follow-through

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:
  • Entrepreneurial mindset with a passion for taking initiatives from ideation to impact
  • Passion for fast-paced, sometimes unpredictable growth culture and environment
  • Experience in identifying market opportunities with a track record of initiating go-to-market plans and sales follow-through
  • Background in SaaS and / or consumption based software platforms
  • Experience with systems management or monitoring
  • Experience with partnerships supporting Containers and/or DevOps, particularly in a cloud environment
  • Technical background/education

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:

$138,000-$202,000 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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