Commercial Account Executive (DACH)
At a glance
Mid-level Account Executive role at Datadog. Amsterdam · full-time.
Pay not stated
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What you'll do
- Win new customer accounts by focusing entirely on acquiring net new logos
- Take prospects through every stage of the sales process, from first contact to close
- Team up with Sales Engineers to deliver product demonstrations
- Use Sales Navigator and ZoomInfo to identify and reach target accounts
- Build account-entry plans aimed at CTOs, engineering and IT leaders, and technical users
What you bring
- A record of sales success, particularly in pursuing and closing new customer accounts
- German fluency for conversations with the DACH market
- Confidence making calls, writing creative outreach, and finding ways into target accounts
- Experience with SaaS or cloud products and Salesforce is useful
Who this fits
You’ll suit a commercially driven hunter who enjoys prospecting, account strategy, phone outreach, and closing. The role is based in Amsterdam and focuses on DACH accounts, with German fluency required. It is an individual sales role centered on net new business.
From the employer
About Datadog:
Datadog is a best-in-class SaaS business, delivering a rare combination of growth, profitability, and stock market appreciation. Built by engineers, for engineers, our monitoring and security platform is used by organizations of all sizes across a wide range of industries to enable digital transformation, cloud migration, and infrastructure monitoring of our customers’ entire technology stack. We’re dedicated to creating, developing, and supporting our product and customers, allowing for seamless collaboration and problem-solving among Dev, Ops, and Security teams globally. Come join the team for an exciting opportunity to learn from top-level leaders and colleagues and grow alongside the company as we rapidly expand.
The Team:
Our sales team works with a best-of-breed product that solves real problems for our customers. Sellers follow a well-defined methodology that helps them identify the customer's unique needs and clearly convey the value of the Datadog product. Whether you're looking to learn from the best or be the best, the Datadog sales team is dedicated to furthering personal development and team success.
The Opportunity:
Datadog is the monitoring and analytics platform for developers, IT teams and business users in the cloud age. We're scaling our Inside Sales team to help IT and Technology leaders recognize Datadog’s impact in their digital transformation and migration to the cloud. This is an opportunity to bring a proven product, loved by thousands of customers, to a multi-billion dollar market.
You Will:
- Focus 100% on net new logo acquisition
- Manage the full sales cycle
- Run and partner with Sales Engineers on demos
- Use tools such as Sales Navigator and ZoomInfo
- Strategically prospect into CTOs, Engineering/IT Leaders, & technical end users
You Are:
- Focused on hunting and closing net new logos
- A top performer with a history of success
- Bold on the phones, and creative in your emails
- Able to strategically map out and break into accounts
- Motivated, curious, hungry, and driven as a sales person
- Fluent in German
Bonus Points:
- Passionate about tech and the cloud space
- Experience with SaaS/Cloud and Salesforce
Why You Should Apply:
- Continuous career development and pathing opportunities
- Sales training in MEDDIC and Command of the Message
- Product training to develop an in-depth understanding of our product and space
- Best in breed onboarding
- Internal mentor and buddy program cross-departmentally
- New hire stock equity (RSUs) and employee stock purchase plan
- President’s Club for top performers
- Generous and competitive benefits
- Friendly and inclusive workplace culture
- Healthy work/life balance with discretionary unlimited paid time off
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.
Equal Opportunity at Datadog:
Datadog 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 other characteristics protected by law. We also consider qualified applicants regardless of criminal histories, consistent with legal requirements. Here are our Candidate Legal Notices for your reference.
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