Director, Technical Account Management

<p>We are Datadog's in-house product experts. The technical solutions team enables Datadog's worldwide growth by educating potential clients and ensuring that existing customers are happy and successful. A Director of Technical Account Management will lead the TAM team to provide hands-on technical services to our largest customers by supporting, adopting and providing guidance over the comprehensive suite of products and features available at Datadog. The TAM team is held in high regard as experts and trusted advisors for how IT Operations translates to business value.</p> <p><em>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.</em></p> <p><strong>What You’ll Do:</strong></p> <ul> <li>Lead and develop a team of Technical Account Managers and first line managers, helping to ensure customer success post-sale.</li> <li>Assist recruiting efforts to find and hire top talent within your region. Coach new hires during on-boarding to ensure proper ramping of skills and capabilities.</li> <li>Work closely with the wider Datadog leadership on strategic initiatives as we scale our team globally</li> <li>Implement and enforce processes and procedures necessary to scale a successful global Technical Account Management team.</li> <li>Deliver consistent feedback and&nbsp; performance reviews along with collaborating on and executing individual development plans. Help relevant individual contributors grow to leaders as you successfully scale the growing team throughout the region.&nbsp;</li> <li>Conduct regular 1:1’s with team members to provide constructive feedback and skills development.</li> </ul> <p><strong>Who You Are:</strong></p> <ul> <li>Someone with 5+ years experience in leading and at least 3+ years leading leaders in a field facing capacity.</li> <li>Experienced in successful implementation of process and procedure in a scaling region.</li> <li>Professional experience growing account adoption, knowledge and / or expansion in accounts</li> <li>Able to sit up to 4 hours, traveling to and from client sites&nbsp;</li> <li>Able to travel via auto, train or air up to 30% of the time&nbsp;</li> <li>Currently lead a team of technical account managers, solutions architects or equivalent in the field</li> </ul> <p><em>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 skills, we encourage you to apply.</em></p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p><strong>Benefits and Growth:</strong></p> <ul> <li>Best-in-breed onboarding</li> <li>Generous global benefits</li> <li>Intra-departmental mentor and buddy program for in-house networking</li> <li>New hire stock equity (RSUs) and employee stock purchase plan (ESPP)</li> <li>Continuous professional development, product training, and career pathing</li> <li>An inclusive company culture, able to join our Community Guilds and Inclusion Talks</li> </ul> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p><em>Benefits and Growth listed above may vary based on the country of your employment and the nature of your employment with Datadog.</em></p><div class="content-conclusion"><hr> <p><strong>About Datadog:&nbsp;</strong></p> <p>Datadog is the leading observability and security platform for the AI era, providing businesses with unified visibility across the technology stack to manage complexity at scale. 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