About the job
As a Strategic Account Executive at Datadog, you will play a crucial role in driving new business opportunities with our most significant and strategic customers. Your focus will be on identifying and addressing the challenges organizations face during their cloud migration and operations, while delivering effective Datadog solutions.
At Datadog, we cherish our workplace culture, which fosters collaboration and creativity. Our hybrid work model ensures that our employees can achieve a healthy work-life balance that suits their individual needs.
Key Responsibilities:
- Engage with large Fortune 1000 companies, executing an efficient sales process.
- Establish and nurture relationship maps for your territory, focusing on both existing and potential contacts.
- Gain a thorough understanding of the customer’s business landscape.
- Negotiate competitive pricing and favorable terms by emphasizing value and return on investment.
- Manage customer expectations while expanding reach and depth within your assigned territory.
- Show ingenuity in overcoming complex challenges.
- Utilize your intuition to identify the necessary steps to close deals and secure customer validation.
- Recognize the key business drivers behind various opportunities.
- Provide accurate forecasts and maintain consistency in reporting.
