On-site
SaaS
greenhouse
🇳🇱 Dutch
About this role
Mid-Market Account Executive
As an Account Executive on our Mid-Market Sales team, you will assist in Datadog’s overall business growth by strategically engaging and closing net-new customers across mid-to-large size organizations. Sellers follow a well-defined methodology, collaborate with internal stakeholders, identify the customer's unique needs, and clearly convey the value of the Datadog product. Mid-Market reps have the opportunity to grow their careers in Sales and continue contributing to Datadog team success.
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:
- Focus entirely on net-new logo acquisition
- Convert inbound leads to closed opportunities
- Leverage tools such as Sales Navigator and DiscoverOrg
- Strategically prospect into Chief Technology Officers, Engineering/IT Leaders, and technical end users (SRE, DevOps, DevSecOps)
- Multi-thread into different departments of a complex organization
- Collaborate with Sales Development Representatives to drive top of funnel activity
- Manage the full sales cycle, including negotiations and on-site technical demonstrations
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.
Who You Are:
Selling Motion
Sales Cycle
Mid-Market
1–6 month cycles, moderate deal complexity
Prospecting
Hybrid
Mix of inbound leads and outbound prospecting
Buyer Persona
C-Suite
Selling to executive decision-makers
Territory
Greenfield
Build territory from scratch — net-new logos
Requirements at a Glance
Typical Day — Account Executive
Estimates based on role type and selling motion — actual may vary by company.
Role Signals
Green Flags
Warm leads provided
SaaS — Interview Intel
Typical Sales Cycle
30–90 days (SMB) · 3–9 months (Mid-Market) · 6–18 months (Enterprise)
Common Buyer Objections
- "We're locked into a contract with [competitor]"
- "We built something in-house already"
- "We don't have budget until next quarter"
- "Our team won't adopt another tool"
Key Industry Metrics
Hot Topics to Reference
- • AI-native product disruption
- • PLG vs sales-led motion debate
- • Vertical SaaS consolidation
- • Usage-based pricing models
Use these insights to speak the buyer's language in interviews.
Tags
Walk me through your discovery process.
Template questionHow do you handle a prospect who goes silent mid-deal?
Template questionTell me about your largest closed deal and the sales cycle.
Template questionHow do you build business cases for stakeholders?
Template questionDescribe a deal you lost and what you learned.
Template questionThis Account Executive position at Datadog involves managing the full sales cycle from prospecting through close.
SaaS sales roles typically involve consultative selling with longer deal cycles.
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