Manager, Mid Market Sales

Datadog Datadog · Enterprise · Tokyo, Japan · Mid-Market Sales

Manager, Mid-Market Sales role at Datadog, a company described as an observability and security platform for the AI era. The role focuses on strategy, mentorship, and guidance for a team of Account Executives, impacting a major line of business. Responsibilities include team motivation, forecasting, hiring, training, driving lead generation, pipeline management, and monitoring the sales funnel. Requires experience in hi-tech direct sales, SaaS/Cloud familiarity, and proven team management skills.

What you'd actually do

  1. Motivate your team to exceed objectives
  2. Develop and maintain accurate team forecasts
  3. Hire, oversee, and train a team of Mid-Market Account Executives
  4. Drive lead generation, high activity standards, and pipeline management
  5. Facilitate the ramp up for all new team members, coaching them to success
  6. Monitor the sales funnel from prospect to close and create metrics to improve performance

Skills

Required

  • hi-tech direct sales experience
  • SaaS/Cloud familiarity
  • Salesforce familiarity
  • accurate team forecasting
  • coaching
  • mentorship
  • team management
  • outbound sales team management
  • sales cycle management

Nice to have

  • MEDDIC sales training
  • Command of the Message sales training

What the JD emphasized

  • strategy
  • mentorship
  • guidance
  • proven product
  • multi-billion dollar market
  • 1,000 to 5,000 employees
  • Motivate your team to exceed objectives
  • Develop and maintain accurate team forecasts
  • Hire, oversee, and train a team of Mid-Market Account Executives
  • Drive lead generation, high activity standards, and pipeline management
  • Facilitate the ramp up for all new team members, coaching them to success
  • Monitor the sales funnel from prospect to close and create metrics to improve performance
  • Experienced in hi-tech direct sales
  • Familiar with SaaS/Cloud
  • Able to accurately forecast team performance
  • Proven in overseeing an outbound sales team in all areas of the sales cycle