Director, Enterprise Sales

This is a Director, Enterprise Sales (Public Sector) role with Datadog based in Sydney, NSW, AU
== Datadog ==

Role Seniority - director

More about the Director, Enterprise Sales (Public Sector) role at Datadog

Our Director, Enterprise Sales will provide strategy, mentorship, and guidance for a team of Enterprise Sales 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.

What You'll Do: 

• Manage, hire, train and ramp a team of Enterprise Sales Executives responsible for new and expansion bookings within the Public Sector industry in ANZ. 

• Achieve annual Enterprise bookings quota with monthly and quarterly targets

• Develop and manage Enterprise 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 Named Enterprise accounts in their territories and 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 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

Who You Are:

• 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 public sector customers in ANZ 

• 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

• Willing to travel domestically and internationally (2-3 times a quarter) 

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: 

• 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

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 (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. Learn more about #DatadogLife on Instagram, LinkedIn, and Datadog Learning Center.

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. Here are our Candidate Legal Notices for your reference.

Your Privacy:

Any information you submit to Datadog as part of your application will be processed in accordance with Datadog's Applicant and Candidate Privacy Notice.

Before we jump into the responsibilities of the role. No matter what you come in knowing, you'll be learning new things all the time and the Datadog team will be there to support your growth.

Please consider applying even if you don't meet 100% of what's outlined

Key Responsibilities

• Managing a team
• Achieving sales targets
• Coaching sales executives

Key Strengths

• Enterprise sales management
• Relationship building
• Coaching and mentoring
• Sales strategy development
• Forecasting
• Collaboration

Why Datadog is partnering with Hatch on this role. Hatch exists to level the playing field for people as they discover a career that's right for them. So when you apply you have the chance to show more than just your resume.

A Final Note: This is a role with Datadog not with Hatch.

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