Datadog
Director, Enterprise Sales Engineering - US Central
$180K–$240K
Illinois, USA, Remote +7 · Remote · Director · Full-time · Posted Aug 18, 2026
- Location
- Illinois, USA, Remote
Michigan, USA, Remote
Texas, USA, Remote
Austin, Texas, United States
Chicago, Illinois, United States
Dallas, Texas, United States
Detroit, Michigan, United States
Remote - Texas - Experience
- 5+ years leading frontline SE leaders; 10+ years in Sales Engineering, Solutions Engineering, or a technical customer-facing role.
About the job
Leads regional enterprise Sales Engineering teams and operations, partnering with Sales leadership to improve deal execution, customer outcomes, and team performance.
What you'll do
- Own regional execution for strategic opportunities and oversee technical sales cycles, evaluations, and deal progression.
- Lead, coach, hire, and develop Sales Engineering leaders and teams; manage regional resources, KPIs, and operational effectiveness.
- Partner with Sales and cross-functional leaders on regional strategy, planning, go-to-market execution, and customer experience.
What they ask for
- 5+ years leading frontline Sales Engineering leaders in a customer-facing technical organization.
- 10+ years in Sales Engineering, Solutions Engineering, or another technical customer-facing role.
- Demonstrated success leading solution engineering teams and driving technical sales success at scale.
- Strong leadership, communication, stakeholder management, and cross-functional influencing skills.
Nice to have
- Background in public cloud (AWS, Azure, GCP), Kubernetes, APM/tracing, security, developer experience, observability, or adjacent SaaS technology.
- Knowledge of MEDDICC, Command of Message (CoM), or similar sales methodologies.
Pay
$180,000 — $240,000 USD yearly salary (base salary)
Tools
AWS, Azure, GCP, Kubernetes, APM/tracing, MEDDICC, Command of Message (CoM)
AI focus
Develop repeatable methods to show customers measurable outcomes from observability and security solutions in a world increasingly shaped by Agentic AI; demonstrate capability using and scaling AI tooling.
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