Strategic Account Executive (Philippines OR Malaysia Market) ID-1314

November 25, 2024

Our Strategic Account Executives target and close new business with Datadog's largest, most strategic prospects across Philippines and/or Malaysia. In this role you'll be focused on uncovering the pain points organizations 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.

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What You'll Do:

Prospect into large Enterprise companies (>5000 employees) in Philippines OR Malaysia while running an efficient sales process
Maintain, build and own specific relationship maps for your territory including existing relationships and aspirational contacts
Develop a deep comprehension of customer's business
Negotiate favorable pricing and business terms with large commercial enterprises by selling value and ROI
Handle existing customer expectations while expanding reach and depth into assigned territory
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:

Prospect into large Enterprise companies (>5000 employees) in Philippines OR Malaysia while running an efficient sales process
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)
Experienced in selling into large Fortune 1000 companies with the ability to win new logos
You have business-level fluency, both in verbal and written communication, in Tagalog or Malay as you will be working with customers speaking this language and you are comfortable in English as this is our company's day to day communication language
Able to travel to and from client sites

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

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