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About the role
At Datadog, we place value in our office culture - the relationships and collaboration it builds and the creativity it brings to the table. We operate as a hybrid workplace to ensure our Datadogs can create a work-life harmony that best fits them. Datadog values people from all walks of life. We understand not everyone will meet all the above qualifications on day one. That's okay. If you’re passionate about technology and want to grow your skills, we encourage you to apply. Found on 1752vc Careers, the job board for startup and VC roles.
What they're looking for
- Experienced in managing a high performing Enterprise Sales team for a B2B technology company
- A strong relationship builder with 5+ years of overall Enterprise sales experience working with Fortune 100 companies
- Confident in managing complex sales processes with multiple stakeholders and negotiations with pricing based on business value, legal and procurement
- Knowledgeable in selling to C-level executives in the IT space
- Experienced in setting quotas and managing people against those quotas
- Passionate about coaching others with a successful track record as an individual contributor and can share relevant and complex closing experience with a growing team
More about this role
Our Director, Key Accounts provides strategy, mentorship, and guidance for a team of Key Account Executives who are responsible for driving new business through the full sales cycle.
At Datadog, we place value in our office culture - the relationships and collaboration it builds and the creativity it brings to the table. We operate as a hybrid workplace to ensure our Datadogs can create a work-life harmony that best fits them.
- Manage, hire, train and ramp a team of Key Account Executives responsible for new bookings from prospecting into a target list of key, high potential prospects
- Achieve annual Enterprise bookings quota with monthly and quarterly targets
- Develop and manage Key Account Executives productivity metrics such as deal size, win rate, and forecast accuracy as well as how to lead a customer through a proactive sales cycle
- Coach Key Account Executives through building executive relationships within a target list of key, high potential prospect accounts through complex Enterprise deals and negotiations
- Shape the direction of the go-to market strategy and execution for your region
- Work collaboratively with Marketing, Product and Success to build targeted...
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