Senior Security Sales Engineer

Responsibilities

• Own the sales process in partnership with Account Executives by leading and shaping the technical strategy across opportunities from PG to Closed Won
• Lead customer discovery to uncover technical challenges, business goals, and success criteria, then translate those needs into tailored Datadog solutions and measurable business outcomes
• Deliver engaging product demos, technical presentations, and solution workshops that connect platform capabilities to customer outcomes for diverse stakeholder audiences including executives
• Full ownership of the technical evaluations (POVs) end-to-end: scoping use cases and requirements, defining competitive success criteria, building a project plan with clear timelines, and holding all participants accountable to the process
• Identify, develop, and leverage technical champions across multi-stakeholder environments, building a structured plan for champion cultivation and influence throughout the deal cycle
• Contribute to product direction through active participation in structured product and engineering field feedback sessions, bringing field insights and customer patterns to PM and engineering teams
• Drive operational excellence by ensuring activity, deal progress, and customer interactions are accurately documented and up to date in related systems
• Identify and proactively resolve technical and organizational blockers by collaborating across Product
• Support, and GTM teams before customers are impacted
• Contribute to team enablement by mentoring peers, sharing best practices, and creating reusable assets that scale knowledge across the region

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