# Enterprise Sales Executive (SLED)

**Company:** [Datadog](https://hotfix.jobs/companies/datadog)
**Location:** Illinois, Michigan, Texas
**Role:** Account Executive
**Salary:** $110k – $120k/yr
**Experience:** 3+ years
**Skills:** SaaS, MEDDIC, Command Of The Message, Prospecting, Pipeline Building, Forecasting, Negotiation, Roi Selling, Sled Sales, Relationship Mapping
**Posted:** 2026-02-05

> Enterprise Sales Executive targeting State, Local, and Education (SLED) organizations to prospect, build relationships, and close deals for Datadog's cloud monitoring SaaS product. Requires 3+ years closing experience with proven quota attainment.

## Job Description

## What You’ll Do:
- Prospect into State, Local, and Education organizations 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 SLED 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 value drivers behind all opportunities
- Ensure high forecasting accuracy and consistency

## Who You Are:
- Someone with 3+ years closing experience (mix of field selling within mid-market or enterprise)
- Driven and have met/exceeded direct sales goals of 800k+ and operated with an average deal size of $50k+
- 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 state, local, and education organizations 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.

## 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

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