Senior Enterprise AE at Datadog – MEDDIC Sales Career in Columbus
Career & Market Insight
This is a senior enterprise sales role at one of the most respected infrastructure SaaS companies globally. Datadog's stock performance and customer growth trajectory make this a high-upside position for experienced account executives.
Compensation signals: No OTE is listed, but Datadog Strategic AEs in comparable markets typically earn $250,000–$400,000+ OTE (base + commission), with RSU grants adding significant long-term upside. The emphasis on "high income earning opportunities based on self performance" confirms an uncapped or high-ceiling commission structure.
Skills you'll build:
- MEDDIC and Command of the Message — two of the most sought-after enterprise sales methodologies, highly transferable across the industry
- Cloud/observability domain expertise — a growing market with strong long-term demand
- Fortune 1000 relationship management and complex deal navigation ($100k+ average deal size)
Culture signals: Datadog is a publicly traded, high-growth company (NYSE: DDOG) with a structured enablement culture — mentorship programs, career pathing, and product training indicate investment in employee development. The hybrid model suggests some in-office expectations.
Green flags: Strong brand in the observability/AI ops space, structured sales methodology training, RSU compensation. Watch for: Enterprise sales quotas at this level are aggressive — the $1M+ quota expectation signals high performance pressure. Candidates should clarify ramp periods and territory definition in interviews.
Our Strategic Account Executives target and close new business with Datadog's largest, most strategic customers and prospects. 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.
What You'll Do:
- Prospect into large Fortune 1000 companies 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:
- Someone with 5+ years closing experience (mix of field selling within mid-market and enterprise)
- 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
- 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.
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 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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