Enterprise Sales Executive

Datadog Datadog · Enterprise · Charlotte, NC +2 · Remote · Enterprise Sales

Enterprise Sales Executive role at Datadog, focused on closing new business with large strategic customers. The role involves understanding customer pain points in cloud environments and delivering Datadog solutions, which include observability and security platforms that leverage AI. The company itself is described as being in the 'AI era' and using AI to enhance its product.

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
  • SaaS, IT infrastructure or similar preferred
  • ability to win new logos
  • demonstrate methodology to prospect and build pipeline on your own

Nice to have

  • field selling within mid-market or enterprise
  • working for an innovative tech company
  • traveling to and from client sites
  • travel up to 70% of the time
  • Sales training in MEDDIC and Command of the Message

What the JD emphasized

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