Manager, Mid-Market Sales (South EMEA)
Key Skills
Job Description
Manager, Mid-Market Sales
As a Manager, Mid-Market Sales, you will provide strategy, mentorship, and guidance for a team of Mid-Market Account Executives. This role impacts one of the largest lines of business in the company, ultimately bringing a proven product to a multi-billion dollar market and selling into companies from 1,000 to 5,000 employees.
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:
- Motivate your team to exceed objectives
- Develop and maintain accurate team forecasts
- Hire, oversee, and train a team of Mid-Market Account Executives
- Drive lead generation, high activity standards, and pipeline management
- Facilitate the ramp up for all new team members, coaching them to success
- Monitor the sales funnel from prospect to close and create metrics to improve performance
Who You Are:
- Experienced in tech industry direct sales
- Familiar with SaaS/Cloud and Salesforce
- Able to accurately forecast team performance
- Passionate about coaching, mentorship, and team management
- Motivated by helping people grow with a desire to continue learning
- A self-starter who thrives in a high-growth, rapidly changing marketplace
- Proven in overseeing an outbound sales team in all areas of the sales cycle
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 experience, we encourage you to apply.
Benefits and Growth:
- High income earning opportunities based on performance
- Opportunity for Presidents Club
- 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 global benefits
Benefits and Growth listed above may vary based on the country of your employment and the nature of your employment with Datadog.
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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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Core Responsibilities
You will lead, mentor, and motivate a team of Mid-Market Account Executives to exceed sales objectives and drive revenue growth. This involves managing the full sales funnel, from lead generation to closing, while ensuring accurate forecasting and team development.
Requirements
The ideal candidate has proven experience in tech industry direct sales and managing outbound sales teams. You should be proficient in SaaS/Cloud environments, skilled in Salesforce, and passionate about coaching and team leadership.
Benefits
- High income earning opportunities
- Presidents Club
- New hire stock equity
- Employee stock purchase plan
- Professional development
- Product training
- Career pathing
- Sales training
- Mentor and buddy program
- Inclusive company culture
- Global benefits
About Datadog
Industry: Software Development
Company size: 1,001-5,000 employees
Datadog is the essential monitoring platform for cloud applications. We bring together data from servers, containers, databases, and third-party services to make your stack entirely observable. These capabilities help DevOps teams avoid downtime, resolve performance issues, and ensure customers are getting the best user experience.