Regional Manager, Sales Engineering - Chicago

Datadog is seeking a Regional Manager, Sales Engineering to join our high-growth organization and world-class pre-sales team. You will manage a team of talented Sales Engineers to help qualify and close opportunities and coach the team on their approach to providing technical expertise through sales presentations, product demonstrations, and supporting technical evaluations (POCs). This is a hands-on management role where you will take the lead technical role in your region supporting customer facing activities and engagements for key accounts. Enable a strong partnership between the SE team and other organizations within Datadog.

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

Partner with the Sales Team to articulate the overall Datadog value proposition, vision and strategy to customers.

Manage a team of leaders and individual contributors, helping to ensure customer success pre-sale;

Assist recruiting efforts to find and hire top talent within your region. Mentor/coach new hires during on-boarding to ensure proper ramping of skills and capabilities

Ensure that your team is enabled to support all required Datadog solutions along with key technical and soft skills

Develop a close working relationship with Product Management, Support, and Enablement to ensure continuity between pre and post sales activities

Deliver semi-annual performance reviews along with collaborating on and executing individual development plans

Who You Are

Experienced with 1-3+ years in a Sales Engineering team lead or mentorship role and 3+ years in a Sales Engineering or other equivalent client facing role

Coachable, with a strong desire to improve and grow as a professional and a demonstrated ability to navigate through change

Proven in your ability to grow and dev