Key Accounts Executive - EMEA

Datadog; Greater London; Hybrid; GBP 90,000 - 150,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

New hire RSU stock equity

Employee stock purchase plan (ESPP)

Continuous professional development

Mentor and buddy program

Generous benefits package

Career development

Job summary

Datadog is seeking a Key Accounts Executive to target and close new business within Fortune 100 prospects. You will understand pain points in cloud migrations at scale and demonstrate Datadog solutions to solve them.

The role emphasizes outbound prospecting, cross-functional collaboration with marketing and solutions engineering, and achieving high-velocity growth in large enterprises. Hybrid work culture supports work-life harmony.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of enterprise sales experience selling into Fortune 100 accounts.
• Proven track record of meeting/exceeding direct sales goals (1M+).
• Demonstrated ability to prospect and build pipeline independently.

Responsibilities

• 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.
• 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.

Skills

Enterprise sales to Fortune 100

New logo acquisition

Pipeline development

SaaS/IT infrastructure sales

Travel readiness

Job description

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.

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:

• Someone with 5+ years Enterprise Sales experience selling into Fortune 100 companies with the ability to win new logos
• Driven and have met/exceeded direct sales goals of 1M+ and operated with an average deal size of $100k+
• Able to demonstrate methodology to prospect and build pipeline on your own
• Experienced in working for an innovative tech company (SaaS, IT infrastructure or similar preferred)
• Self-starter mindset and resourceful by nature
• Coachable and willing to adapt your sales motion as needed
• Able to sit up to 4 hours, traveling to and from client sites
• Able to travel via auto, train or air up to 70% 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.

Benefits and Growth:

• New hire stock equity (RSU) and employee stock purchase plan (ESPP)
• Continuous professional development, product training, and career pathing
• Intra-departmental mentor and buddy program for in-house networking
• An inclusive company culture, opportunity to join our Community Guilds
• Generous and competitive benefits package
• Continuous career development and pathing opportunities

Benefits and Growth listed above may vary based on the country of your employment and the nature of your employment with Datadog.

About Datadog:

Datadog is the leading observability and security platform for the AI era, providing businesses with unified visibility across the technology stack to manage complexity at scale. It brings applications, infrastructure, data, models, and security into one place, using AI to detect and resolve issues before they impact customers. Trusted globally by Fortune 500 companies and high-growth AI leaders, Datadog enables businesses to move faster with clarity and confidence. Learn more about #DatadogLife on Instagram, LinkedIn, and Datadog Learning Center.

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