Enterprise Sales Executive

Datadog Datadog · Enterprise · FL · Remote · Enterprise Sales

This role is for an Enterprise Sales Executive at Datadog, a company that provides an observability and security platform for the AI era. The role focuses on closing new business with large, strategic customers by understanding their pain points in cloud environments and delivering Datadog solutions. While Datadog uses AI in its platform, this specific role is in sales and does not involve building or directly working with AI models.

What you'd actually do

  1. Prospect into large Fortune 1000 companies while running an efficient sales process
  2. Maintain, build and own specific relationship maps for your territory including existing relationships and aspirational contacts
  3. Develop a deep comprehension of customer's business
  4. Negotiate favorable pricing and business terms with large commercial enterprises by selling value and ROI
  5. Handle existing customer expectations while expanding reach and depth into assigned territory

Skills

Required

  • 3+ years closing experience (mix of field selling within mid-market or enterprise)
  • Proven track record of meeting/exceeding direct sales goals of 1M+
  • Experience operating with an average deal size of $100k+
  • Methodology to prospect and build pipeline on your own
  • Experience in selling into large Fortune 1000 companies
  • Ability to win new logos
  • Sales training in MEDDIC and Command of the Message

Nice to have

  • Innovative tech company experience (SaaS, IT infrastructure or similar preferred)
  • Ability to sit up to 4 hours
  • Traveling to and from client sites
  • Able to travel up to 70% of the time

What the JD emphasized

  • closing experience
  • met/exceeded direct sales goals of 1M+
  • operated with an average deal size of $100k+
  • selling into large Fortune 1000 companies
  • win new logos