As the Director, Technology Alliances you will drive incremental revenue for Datadog by developing and advancing key strategic global technology partnerships. In this role, you, along with your team, will globally manage Datadog’s most strategic partners including AWS, Google, and Microsoft. The role reports into the VP, Channels & Alliances and works cross functionally with regional partner teams, marketing, sales, field enablement, product, sales ops, and legal to drive incremental revenue with key technology partners.
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:
- Hire, develop, and manage a high-performing team by recognizing exceptional talent and coaching them for success in their global role
- Ability to operate as a matrixed leader by listening, influencing, and supporting regional channels & alliances leaders and teams.
- Accelerate existing Datadog Partners’ business through business and technical enablement and successfully executing go-to-market activities
- Collaborate closely with Datadog’s global and regional enterprise and commercial sales organizations as well as marketing and customer success teams to drive incremental revenue for the region.
- Collaborate closely with product leaders to design GTM initiatives across the Datadog Platform.
- Develop and execute “Go Big” strategic initiatives with key technology partnerships
- Serve as executive sponsor for AWS, GCP, and Microsoft Azure.
- Own Technology Alliances global and regional metrics and reporting to Datadog leadership.
Who You Are:
- 5+ years of experience in leadership including hiring and developing sales and partner personnel
- 10+ years of experience in business development or strategic alliances at a cloud services or SaaS organization
- Confident in recruiting and building successful partnerships, including with multi-national and global organizations.
- Able to quickly understand technical concepts and architectural scenarios, and explain them to others verbally and in writing
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills, including interacting with and presenting to senior leadership, externally and internally.
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 skills, we encourage you to apply.
Datadog offers a competitive salary and equity package, and may include variable compensation. Actual compensation is based on factors such as the candidate's skills, qualifications, and experience. In addition, Datadog offers a wide range of best in class, comprehensive and inclusive employee benefits for this role including healthcare, dental, parental planning, and mental health benefits, a 401(k) plan and match, paid time off, fitness reimbursements, and a discounted employee stock purchase plan.
About Datadog:
Datadog (NASDAQ: DDOG) is a global SaaS business, delivering a rare combination of growth and profitability. We are on a mission to break down silos and solve complexity in the cloud age by enabling digital transformation, cloud migration, and infrastructure monitoring of our customers’ entire technology stacks. Built by engineers, for engineers, Datadog is used by organizations of all sizes across a wide range of industries. Together, we champion professional development, diversity of thought, innovation, and work excellence to empower continuous growth. Join the pack and become part of a collaborative, pragmatic, and thoughtful people-first community where we solve tough problems, take smart risks, and celebrate one another. 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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