Datadog Major Account Manager at Datadog focused on driving new business and expanding the footprint with largest strategic clients. Responsible for prospecting, nurturing client relationships, negotiating pricing, and ensuring accurate forecasting.
Responsibilities
Prospect into a targeted set of accounts while running an efficient sales process
Nurture existing client relationships and grow the Datadog footprint
Maintain, build and own specific relationship maps for your territory including existing relationships and aspirational contacts
Develop a deep comprehension of the customer's business
Negotiate favorable pricing and business terms by selling value and ROI
Demonstrate resourcefulness when faced with challenges
Determine necessary steps to close business and gain customer validation
Identify a robust set of business drivers behind all opportunities
Ensure high forecasting accuracy and consistency
Qualification
Required
Someone with 7+ years Enterprise software sales experience
Experienced in selling Fortune 100 companies with the ability to win new business
Experience managing a complex account team from multiple GTM Ecosystem partner functions to support Sales cycle
Experience/success selling new solutions into accounts already leveraging core technical products
Combination of leveraging existing customer contacts and net new PG to break into new BUs and sell net new products
Have consistently met/exceeded direct sales goals
Able to demonstrate methodology to prospect and build pipeline on your own
Experienced in working for an innovative tech company
Willingness to travel over 50% of the time
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.
