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Enterprise Sales Executive (SLED)

110k – 120kIllinoisMichiganTexasHybrid3+ YOE
Summary

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.

About the role

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
Skills
SaaSMEDDICCommand of the MessageProspectingPipeline BuildingForecastingNegotiationROI SellingSLED SalesRelationship Mapping
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