What are the responsibilities and job description for the Key Accounts Executive (East) position at Datadog?
Our Key Accounts Executive will target and close new business within the largest, most strategic prospects in key, high potential companies. In this role you’ll be focused on understanding and uncovering the pain points these companies face as they operate in or migrate to a cloud environment at scale as well as delivering the appropriate Datadog solution.
Read on to find out what you will need to succeed in this position, including skills, qualifications, and experience.
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.
What You’ll Do :
- Develop and execute an outbound prospecting strategy tailored to specific Fortune 100 accounts
- Drive a strategic, multi-threaded sales motion spanning multiple stakeholders and product suites
- Cross-sell and navigate throughout complex accounts
- Create, own, and grow your own accounts, demonstrating the value of the Datadog platform
- Develop a deep comprehension of customer's business
- Work cross-functionally with marketing, and solutions engineering to drive coordinated efforts that support the outbound prospecting strategy
- Negotiate favorable pricing and business terms with large commercial enterprises by selling value and ROI
- Demonstrate resourcefulness when faced with challenges that defy easy solution
- Have intuitive sense of necessary steps to close business and gain customer validation
- Identify robust set of business drivers behind all opportunities
- Ensure high forecasting accuracy and consistency
Who You Are :
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.
Benefits and Growth :
Benefits and Growth listed above may vary based on the country of your employment and the nature of your employment with Datadog.
Datadog offers a competitive salary and equity package, and may include variable compensation. Actual compensation is based on factors such as the candidate's skills, qualifications, and experience.
The reasonably estimated yearly salary for this role at Datadog is :
135,000 — $150,000 USD
Datadog (NASDAQ : DDOG) is a global SaaS business, delivering a rare combination of growth and profitability. We are on a mission to break down silos and solve complexity in the cloud age by enabling digital transformation, cloud migration, and infrastructure monitoring of our customers’ entire technology stacks. Built by engineers, for engineers, Datadog is used by organizations of all sizes across a wide range of industries. Together, we champion professional development, diversity of thought, innovation, and work excellence to empower continuous growth. Join the pack and become part of a collaborative, pragmatic, and thoughtful people-first community where we solve tough problems, take smart risks, and celebrate one another.
Equal Opportunity at Datadog :
Datadog is an Affirmative Action and Equal Opportunity Employer and is proud to offer equal employment opportunity to everyone regardless of race, color, ancestry, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, age, citizenship, marital status, disability, gender identity, veteran status, and more. We also consider qualified applicants regardless of criminal histories, consistent with legal requirements.
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Salary : $135,000 - $150,000
