Drimva

Datadog

Regional Manager, Sales Engineering - Key Accounts (East)

$150K–$200K

New York, USA, Remote +1 · Remote · Manager · Full-time · Posted Oct 29, 2026

Location
New York, USA, Remote
New York, United States
Experience
3+ years leading Sales Engineers and/or frontline leaders; 7+ years in Sales Engineering, Solutions Engineering, or a technical customer-facing role.

About the job

Leads and develops a regional Sales Engineering organization, partnering with Sales leadership to plan strategy and deliver technical execution across key accounts.

What you'll do

  • Coach, develop, hire, and onboard Sales Engineers and frontline leaders.
  • Partner with senior Sales leadership on regional strategy, planning, forecasting, and resourcing.
  • Oversee strategic customer opportunities, technical sales cycles, and regional operations and process improvements.

What they ask for

  • 3+ years leading Sales Engineers and/or frontline leaders in a customer-facing technical organization.
  • 7+ years in Sales Engineering, Solutions Engineering, or a technical customer-facing role.
  • Ability to partner with senior Sales leadership on strategy, long-range planning, and forecast alignment.
  • Willingness to travel as needed to support customer engagements.

Nice to have

  • Background in public cloud (AWS, Azure, GCP), Kubernetes, APM/tracing, security, developer experience, or observability.
  • Demonstrated capability of utilizing AI tooling and scaling it.

Pay

$150,000 — $200,000 USD yearly salary (base salary)

Tools

AWS, Azure, GCP, Kubernetes

AI focus

Utilize AI tooling and scale its use; the company describes its platform as using AI to detect and resolve issues before they impact customers.

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First seen Oct 30, 2026 · Last verified Nov 6, 2026 (UTC)