About the job
As a Strategic Account Executive at Datadog, you'll play a crucial role in targeting and securing new business with our most significant and strategic customers. Your primary focus will be to identify the challenges organizations face as they scale their operations or transition to a cloud environment, while effectively delivering tailored Datadog solutions.
At Datadog, we value a collaborative office culture that fosters relationships and creativity. We embrace a hybrid workplace model, allowing our team members to achieve a harmonious work-life balance that suits their individual needs.
Your Responsibilities:
- Engage with large Fortune 1000 companies while executing an efficient sales process.
- Develop and maintain comprehensive relationship maps for your territory, including current connections and prospective contacts.
- Gain a profound understanding of your customer's business dynamics.
- Negotiate advantageous pricing and terms with large enterprises by demonstrating value and ROI.
- Manage existing customer expectations while expanding your influence within the assigned territory.
- Exhibit resourcefulness in overcoming complex challenges.
- Possess an intuitive understanding of the steps required to close deals and secure customer validation.
- Identify key business drivers behind all opportunities.
- Ensure precise and consistent forecasting.

