# Enterprise Sales Executive (SLED)

**Company**: Datadog
**Location**: Washington
**Work arrangement**: remote
**Experience**: senior
**Job type**: full-time
**Salary**: $110,000-$120,000 USD
**Category**: Sales
**Industry**: Technology

**Apply**: https://job-boards.greenhouse.io/datadog/jobs/6379544?utm_source=yubhub.co&utm_medium=jobs_feed&utm_campaign=apply
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## Description

Our SLED sales team works with a best-of-breed product that solves real problems for customers. Sellers follow a well-defined methodology to identify unique customer needs and convey the value of the Datadog product.

We are searching for an experienced SLED Sales Executive with a passion for technology and the ability to deliver on bold revenue targets. This is a lucrative opportunity to break into new State, Local, and Education accounts within a rich territory.

**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

- Develop a deep comprehension of customer's business

- Negotiate favorable pricing and business terms with SLED enterprises

- Handle existing customer expectations while expanding reach and depth into assigned territory

- Demonstrate resourcefulness when faced with challenges

- Have an intuitive sense of necessary steps to close business and gain customer validation

- Identify a robust set of value drivers behind all opportunities

- Ensure high forecasting accuracy and consistency

**Who You Are:**

- Someone with 3+ years of closing experience in mid-market or enterprise sales

- Driven and have met/exceeded direct sales goals of $800k+

- 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)

- Experienced in selling into state, local, and education organizations

- Role requires regular travel to client sites

**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

- Inclusive company culture

- Generous and competitive medical benefits package

- Retirement savings match

- Pet adoption and insurance program

## Skills

### Required
- SaaS
- IT infrastructure
- sales
- relationship building
- forecasting

### Nice to have
- MEDDIC
- Command of the Message

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