Strategic Account Executive

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About the role

  • Strategic Account Executive selling Datadog’s observability and security platform to Fortune 1000 companies. Building enterprise pipelines, closing new logos, expanding territories, and forecasting sales.

Responsibilities

  • Target and close new business with Datadog’s largest, most strategic customers and prospects
  • Uncover organizational pain points in cloud environments and migrations at scale
  • Deliver the appropriate Datadog solution
  • Prospect into large Fortune 1000 companies while running an efficient sales process
  • Maintain, build, and own relationship maps for the territory
  • Develop a deep comprehension of customers’ businesses
  • Negotiate favorable pricing and business terms by selling value and ROI
  • Manage existing customer expectations while expanding reach and depth into the assigned territory
  • Demonstrate resourcefulness when facing complex challenges
  • Identify the steps needed to close business and gain customer validation
  • Identify business drivers behind opportunities
  • Ensure high forecasting accuracy and consistency

Requirements

  • 5+ years closing experience (mix of field selling within mid-market and enterprise)
  • Met/exceeded direct sales goals of 1M+ and operated with an average deal size of $100k+
  • Ability to demonstrate methodology to prospect and build pipeline independently
  • Experience working for an innovative tech company (SaaS, IT infrastructure or similar preferred)
  • Experience selling into large Fortune 1000 companies with the ability to win new logos
  • Role requires regular travel to client sites, within your area and other regions, using various modes of transportation (car, train, air), depending on business needs

Benefits

  • High income earning opportunities based on self performance
  • New hire stock equity (RSU) and employee stock purchase plan (ESPP)
  • Continuous professional development, product training, and career pathing
  • Sales training in MEDDIC and Command of the Message
  • Intra-departmental mentor and buddy program for in-house networking
  • An inclusive company culture, opportunity to join our Community Guilds
  • Generous and competitive medical benefits package
  • Retirement savings match
  • Pet adoption and insurance program

Job type

Full Time

Experience level

Mid levelSenior

Salary

Not specified

Degree requirement

No Education Requirement

Tech skills

Cloud

Location requirements

HybridTorontoCanada

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