Commercial Account Executive (Hong Kong Market)
Datadog · Singapore, Singapore · Commercial Sales · listed May 15, 2026
The shape of it
Seniority
Not stated
Where
Hybrid
Requirements listed
6
Length
642 words
In the posting’s own words
As an Account Executive (AE) on our Commercial Sales team, you will assist in Datadog’s overall business growth by strategically engaging and closing net-new customers across Commercial businesses (1-999 employees). 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. AEs have the opportunity to grow their careers in Sales and continue contributing to Datadog team success. This is a hunter sales role where you’ll be responsible for the entire Sales process.
What it asks for · 6
- Candidates should have at least one year of full sales-cycle experience from prospecting to closing deals, as well as a minimum of one year selling a complex and technical product or service.
- Curious, driven,motivated and creative as a sales person in how you map and break into accounts
- Able to learn from feedback and champion a growth mindset
- Comfortable operating in a highly technical, fast paced environment
- Experienced in carrying quota, with a proven track record of success
- Ideally, candidates should have Cantonese or Business Mandarin proficiency and prior tech-sales closing experience in the Hong Kong market to effectively partner with clients in those regions.
What the job covers
- Focus on net-new logo acquisition via outbound pipeline generation activity
- Become a Datadog expert through continued product and sales trainings
- Manage the full sales cycle, including technical demonstrations and negotiation
- Strategically prospect into Chief Technology Officers, Engineering/IT Leaders, and technical end-users
Tools and skills named
Cloud & infra
- Datadog6×
Go to market
- Outbound2×
- Negotiation
- Pipeline generation
- Quota
Words the posting leans on
- sales7×
- technical4×
- closing3×
- experience3×
- product3×
- value3×
- account2×
- business2×
- commercial2×
- customer2×
- full2×
- grow2×
- growth2×
- net-new2×
- strategically2×
- success2×
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