Datadog · 9 hours ago
Director, Enterprise Sales (SLED West)
California, United States
Full-time
Hybrid
Lead/Staff, Director/Executive
$190K/yr - $200K/yr
5+ years expDatadog is a global SaaS business on a mission to enable digital transformation and infrastructure monitoring. They are seeking an experienced Director of Enterprise Sales (SLED) to provide strategy and mentorship for a team responsible for driving new business in the Public Sector. This role involves managing sales executives, achieving quotas, and collaborating with various departments to support customer needs.
AnalyticsCloud ComputingCloud Data ServicesCloud InfrastructureData ManagementDevOpsProductivity ToolsSaaS
Responsibilities
Manage, hire, train and ramp a team of Enterprise SLED Sales Executives responsible for new and expansion bookings
Achieve annual SLED bookings quota with monthly and quarterly targets
Develop and manage Enterprise SLED Sales Executives on 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 Sales Executives through building executive relationships with Public Sector accounts in their territories and through complex SLED deals and negotiations
Work collaboratively with Marketing, Product and Success to build targeted messaging and collateral, and mapping a customer journey for the specific business needs of your region
Conduct weekly forecast meetings
Support direct reports by participating and leading in client and prospect meetings. Engaging other corporate resources as required
Qualification
Required
Experienced in managing a high performing SLED Sales team for a B2B technology company
A strong relationship builder with 5+ years of overall Public Sector Sales experience working with SLED Agencies
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
Role requires regular travel to client sites, within your area and other regions, using various modes of transportation (car, train, air), depending on business needs
Benefits
High income earning opportunities based on self performance
New hire stock equity (RSU) and employee stock purchase plan (ESPP)
Continuous professional development, product training, and career pathing
Sales training in MEDDIC and Command of the Message
Intra-departmental mentor and buddy program for in-house networking
An inclusive company culture, opportunity to join our Community Guilds
Generous and competitive medical benefits package
Retirement savings match
Pet adoption and insurance program
Healthcare, dental, parental planning, and mental health benefits
A 401(k) plan and match
Paid time off
Fitness reimbursements
Discounted employee stock purchase plan
Company
Datadog
Datadog is an observability and security platform that offers infrastructure, applications, software development, and monitoring services.
1001-5000 employees
H1B Sponsorship
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Funding
Current Stage
Public CompanyTotal Funding
$1.02BKey Investors
ICONIQ GrowthIndex VenturesOpenView
2024-12-09Post Ipo Debt· $870M
2020-05-28Post Ipo Debt
2019-09-19IPO
Leadership Team
Olivier Pomel
Co-founder, CEO
Alexis Le-Quoc
Co-founder & CTO
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