Regional Manager, Sales Engineering, Security

Datadog

Confirmed live 8 days ago High trust
Remote

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Work type
Remote
Location
Remote
Salary
$150,000–$200,000 / yr
Posted
48 days ago
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Confirmed live 8 days ago

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This role $175k
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This role pays less than 58% of similar roles. Most pay $159,000–$220,000 — the shaded band above. At the midpoint, this role pays about $175k versus about $190k for comparable roles.

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About Datadog

Datadog, Inc. is an American company that provides an observability service for cloud-scale applications, providing monitoring of servers, databases, tools, and services, through a SaaS-based data analytics platform.

Datadog currently has 266 open roles on FindRole.

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TL;DR · Regional Manager, Sales Engineering, Security

As the Regional Manager, Sales Engineering - Security (NORAM), you will lead a team of Specialist Sales Engineers to drive technical execution and operational excellence across your region. You will be responsible for coaching and developing team members, managing regional operations like resource allocation and KPI tracking, and partnering with senior leadership on multi-quarter planning and strategy. Your daily work involves overseeing high-quality delivery during technical sales cycles, including evaluations and customer engagements, while collaborating cross-functionally with Product, Marketing, and Support teams. The role requires expertise in Security domains such as CNAPP, AppSec, or SIEM, alongside experience with Kubernetes, APM/tracing, developer experience, and observability. You will also be expected to utilize AI tooling to scale processes and improve team effectiveness while providing executive presence during high-impact opportunities to ensure technical credibility for the organization.

What you'll do

  • Lead, coach, and develop a team of Specialist Sales Engineers to drive performance and career growth.
  • Partner with senior leadership on regional strategy, multi-quarter planning, and forecast alignment.
  • Provide executive presence and technical credibility during high-impact sales opportunities in the field.
  • Oversee the quality of technical sales cycles, including evaluations and customer engagements.
  • Hire, onboard, and enable new talent for both individual contributor and management roles.
  • Manage regional operations including resource allocation, KPI tracking, and team productivity.
  • Drive operational excellence by improving processes and scaling evaluation frameworks.
  • Collaborate cross-functionally with Product, Marketing, and Support to align on go-to-market execution.

What we're looking for

  • 3+ years of experience leading Enterprise Sales Engineers or frontline leaders in a customer-facing technical organization.
  • 7+ years of experience in Sales Engineering, Solutions Engineering, or a technical customer-facing role.
  • Experience managing team performance, development, and scaling high-performing teams.
  • Proven ability to partner with senior leadership on regional strategy, long-range planning, and forecast alignment.
  • Ability to balance strategic multi-quarter planning with day-to-day operational execution.
  • Background in Security technologies such as CNAPP, AppSec, or SIEM.
  • Demonstrated capability of utilizing and scaling AI tooling.
  • Willingness to travel as needed to support customer engagements.

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