Sales Development Representative (Africa)

Sales Development Representative

As a Sales Development Representative (SDR), you will prospect, qualify, and generate customer leads to assist in Datadog’s overall business growth segment. By partnering with internal stakeholders, you will help IT and Technology innovators across markets recognize Datadog’s impact in their digital transformation and migration to the cloud. SDRs 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

• Collaborate cross-functionally with various Datadog teams
• Drive initial prospect qualification and schedule discovery meetings
• Develop, present, and implement strategies for acquiring new business
• Conduct outbound outreach by cold calling and emailing prospective customers 
• Learn to follow a well-defined methodology to help identify a customer's unique needs 

Who You Are

• Motivated by a career in sales
• Arabic is a plus, regional knowledge is a must have 
• Someone with an innate curiosity to learn
• Have a desire to succeed alongside teammates
• Proven in your written and verbal communication  
• Comfortable with being able to learn from rejection

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 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 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.