Sales Development Representative (Africa)
Datadog
Salary undisclosed
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Description
Sales Development Representative
As a Sales Development Representative (SDR), you will prospect, qualify, and generate customer leads to assist in Datadog’s overall business growth segment. By partnering with internal stakeholders, you will help IT and Technology innovators across markets recognize Datadog’s impact in their digital transformation and migration to the cloud. SDRs have the opportunity to grow their careers in Sales and continue contributing to Datadog team success.
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.
What You’ll Do:
- Collaborate cross-functionally with various Datadog teams
- Drive initial prospect qualification and schedule discovery meetings
- Develop, present, and implement strategies for acquiring new business
- Conduct outbound outreach by cold calling and emailing prospective customers
- Learn to follow a well-defined methodology to help identify a customer's unique needs
Who You Are:
- Motivated by a career in sales
- Arabic is a plus, regional knowledge is a must have
- Someone with an innate curiosity to learn
- Have a desire to succeed alongside teammates
- Proven in your written and verbal communication
- Comfortable with being able to learn from rejection
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 experience, we encourage you to apply.
Benefits and Growth:
- High income earning opportunities based on self performance
- New hire stock equity (RSU) and employee stock purchase plan (ESPP)
- Continuous professional development, product training, and career pathing
- Sales training in MEDDIC and Command of the Message
- Intra-departmental mentor and buddy program for in-house networking
- An inclusive company culture, opportunity to join our Community Guilds
- Generous global benefits
Benefits and Growth listed above may vary based on the country of your employment and the nature of your employment with Datadog.
About Datadog:
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. It brings applications, infrastructure, data, models, and security into one place, using AI to detect and resolve issues before they impact customers. Trusted globally by Fortune 500 companies and high-growth AI leaders, Datadog enables businesses to move faster with clarity and confidence. Learn more about #DatadogLife on Instagram, LinkedIn, and Datadog Learning Center.
Equal Opportunity at Datadog:
Datadog is proud to offer equal employment opportunity to everyone regardless of race, color, ancestry, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, age, citizenship, marital status, disability, gender identity, veteran status, and other characteristics protected by law. We also consider qualified applicants regardless of criminal histories, consistent with legal requirements. Here are our Candidate Legal Notices for your reference.
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Benefits
- High income earning opportunities based on self performance
- New hire stock equity (RSU) and employee stock purchase plan (ESPP)
- Continuous professional development, product training, and career pathing
- Sales training in MEDDIC and Command of the Message
- Intra-departmental mentor and buddy program for in-house networking
- An inclusive company culture, opportunity to join our Community Guilds
- Generous global benefits
About this role
Datadog is hiring a Sales Development Representative focused on the Africa region, based in their Dublin office. In this role, you'll prospect and qualify leads for IT and technology companies exploring cloud migration and digital transformation, working cross-functionally to schedule discovery meetings and develop new business strategies. The work involves outbound outreach through cold calling and email, learning Datadog's sales methodology, and identifying customer needs to support the broader sales team.
The ideal candidate is motivated by a sales career, has strong written and verbal communication skills, and brings curiosity and resilience—particularly comfort with rejection as part of the learning process. Arabic language ability is valued, and regional knowledge of Africa is essential. Datadog emphasizes that you don't need to check every box on day one if you're passionate about technology and eager to grow.
You'll have access to formal sales training in MEDDIC and Command of the Message, mentorship through a buddy program, and clear career pathing within the sales organization. Compensation is performance-based with new hire stock equity, and the role operates in-office in Dublin as part of Datadog's hybrid workplace model.
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