About the job
As a Strategic Account Executive at Datadog, you will play a pivotal role in driving growth by targeting and securing new business opportunities with our most influential and strategic clients. Your primary focus will be on identifying the challenges faced by organizations in their cloud operations or migrations, and providing tailored Datadog solutions to address these pain points.
At Datadog, we value our vibrant office culture, fostering relationships and collaboration that ignite creativity. Our hybrid work model allows Datadogs to achieve a harmonious balance between work and personal life.
Key Responsibilities:
- Engage with large Fortune 1000 companies and manage a streamlined sales process.
- Build and manage comprehensive relationship maps for your territory, encompassing existing and prospective contacts.
- Gain in-depth knowledge of customers' business environments.
- Negotiate competitive pricing and favorable terms by emphasizing value and ROI to large enterprises.
- Meet existing customer expectations while broadening your influence within the designated territory.
- Exhibit creativity and resourcefulness in overcoming complex challenges.
- Possess a strong intuition for the steps needed to finalize deals and secure customer endorsements.
- Identify and articulate the key business drivers for all sales opportunities.
- Ensure accurate and consistent sales forecasting.

