Datadog
Datadog
Datadog is a SaaS company focused on observability and cybersecurity. Its platform brings together infrastructure monitoring, application performance monitoring, cloud service visibility, log management, security monitoring, and operational analytics, helping engineering and security teams understand complex technology environments, improve reliability, and respond to threats in real time. Datadog supports organizations throughout the software delivery lifecycle by connecting telemetry and security data across applications, infrastructure, and digital experiences.

Datadog Strategic Account Executive - Italy Remote

Lead enterprise sales for Datadog’s observability and security platform in Italy. Build pipeline, negotiate value-based agreements, and grow strategic customer relationships.

Description

  • Win new business with Datadog’s largest strategic customers and prospects
  • Diagnose organizational challenges associated with operating in or migrating to cloud environments at scale
  • Recommend and deliver suitable Datadog solutions
  • Prospect within large Fortune 1000 organizations while maintaining an efficient sales process
  • Create and manage territory relationship maps covering current relationships and prospective contacts
  • Build a thorough understanding of each customer’s business
  • Negotiate pricing and commercial terms by demonstrating value and return on investment
  • Manage customer expectations while expanding account reach and depth across the assigned territory
  • Apply resourcefulness to complex and challenging business problems
  • Define the actions required to close opportunities and secure customer validation
  • Uncover the business drivers influencing each opportunity
  • Maintain accurate and consistent sales forecasts

Requirements

  • At least five years of closing experience, including field sales across mid-market and enterprise accounts
  • A record of meeting or exceeding direct sales targets above 1M, with an average deal size exceeding 100k
  • Ability to independently prospect and develop pipeline
  • Experience at an innovative technology company, preferably in SaaS, IT infrastructure, or a related field
  • Experience selling to large Fortune 1000 companies and securing new logos
  • Willingness to travel regularly to client sites within the area and other regions by car, train, or air as needed
  • This Quadro-classified position is governed by the applicable National Collective Bargaining Agreement for Trade Sector employees

Benefits

  • High earning potential tied to individual performance
  • New-hire stock equity through RSUs and an employee stock purchase plan
  • Ongoing professional development, product training, and career-path support
  • Sales training in MEDDIC and Command of the Message
  • Intra-department mentoring and a buddy program for internal networking
  • Inclusive company culture with opportunities to join Community Guilds
  • Comprehensive and competitive medical benefits
  • Employer match for retirement savings
  • Pet adoption and insurance support
  • Healthcare, pension contributions, family-planning support, paid time off, wellness or fitness reimbursements, and a discounted employee stock purchase plan may be available depending on employment circumstances

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