Vice President, Global Enterprise Sales Engineering

Vice President, Global Enterprise Sales Engineering

New York, New York, USA; San Francisco, California, USA

Datadog is the unified observability security , and AI platform for cloud applications. Our SaaS solution integrates infrastructure monitoring, application performance monitoring, and log management to deliver real-time, end-to-end visibility into the entire technology stack.

Trusted by over 30,500+ organizations worldwide , from startups to global enterprises, Datadog helps drive digital transformation, accelerate cloud migration, and foster collaboration across development, operations, security, and business teams. Our platform enables faster time to market, shorter incident resolution cycles, deeper visibility into user behavior, improved application and infrastructure security, and insights into critical business metrics.

Customers include leading brands such as Peloton, Sweetgreen, Condé Nast, DoorDash, Nasdaq, Whole Foods, Samsung, Sonos, AARP, and Eventbrite. As businesses continue to prioritize digital agility and resilient cloud operations, Datadog remains at the forefront of innovation and growth.

Recent Highlights

• Named a Leader in the 2025 Gartner Magic Quadrant for Observability Platforms, marking five straight years of recognition based on both vision and execution.
• Added to the S&P500 index , effective July 9, 2025, replacing Juniper Networks, underscoring Datadog's scale, financial strength, and leadership in cloud-native infrastructure.
• Unveiled major innovations at DASH 2025 , including AIsecurity tools, LLM-powered observability features (like AI Agents Console, Bits AI, and internal developer portals), expanded automation and Kubernetes autoscaling, and long-term log retention and governance capabilities.
• Joined the Forbes Global 2000 List —a testament to Datadog's growing global impact and financial strength, driven by ~26% year-over-year revenue growth to $2.8B in trailing twelve months through March 2025.
• Expanding its global footprint , with a new India hub launching in Bengaluru and enhanced data center presence in Australia to meet customer demand and regulatory requirements in APJ
• Recognized as an AI beneficiary by Wall Street

analysts at Bank of America upgraded Datadog as a "top pick" based on strong AI-native revenue and projected durable growth.

Datadog is seeking a customer-centric, data-driven, and results-oriented Vice President of Enterprise Sales Engineering (ESE) to lead our global, high-performing Sales Engineering organization on the field. This individual will define the strategic vision, set a high bar for technical excellence, and scale both ESE and sales operations consistently across regions; all while ensuring flawless execution and delivering an exceptional customer experience.

In this role, you will lead and scale a high-impact team of ~300 Enterprise Sales Engineers worldwide who sit at the center of Datadog's enterprise go-to-market strategy. You'll shape how technical pre-sales drives growth, accelerates value delivery, and improves win rates across segments and geographies. This position blends strategic leadership, operational rigor, and deep customer engagement, and plays a critical role in defining how Datadog partners with customers at scale.

We are looking for a leader who embodies humility kindness , and a servant leadership mindset ; someone who prioritizes team success over individual spotlight, invests in developing others, and leads with empathy and integrity. You will actively engage in the field , working shoulder to shoulder with Sales peers to land and expand strategic, high-value customer relationships. Your presence in critical moments will elevate technical credibility, build executive trust, and model the behaviors that define the One Datadog culture of collaboration, accountability, inclusion, and shared success.

At Datadog, we deeply value our office culture , the collaboration it fosters, the relationships it builds, and the creativity it inspires. We operate as a hybrid workplace to empower our employees with the flexibility to create the work-life harmony that suits them best. The Vice President of ESE will lead a team of global leaders, including Area Vice Presidents (AVPs) and Senior Directors, who oversee Enterprise Sales Engineers across a dynamic, fast-paced environment. The ESE organization is a rapidly growing team composed of both field-based and in-office engineers. Our core hubs include :

Key Relationships

This role reports to the SVP of Worldwide Technical Solutions (TS) and partners closely with key internal teams, including Enterprise Sales, Commercial & Mid-Market Sales Engineering (CMSE), Product Solutions Architecture (PSA) & Field CTO, Enterprise Customer Success (ECS), Technical Post-Sales (TPS), Global Support Engineering (GSE), Engineering and Product Management (PM), Go-to-Market Strategy, Finance, People & Recruiting, among others.

Accountabilities

Set a strategic, long-term plan for the global ESE organization

Set the quality for all technical interactions with customers

Communicate Datadog's technical vision and goals

Cultivate a high-performance environment empowering the team to perform at their best

Who You Are :

Benefits and Growth :

Benefits and Growth listed above may vary based on the country of your employment and the nature of your employment with Datadog.

The reasonably estimated yearly salary for this role at Datadog is :

$260,000 — $380,000 USD

Datadog (NASDAQ : DDOG) is a global SaaS business, delivering a rare combination of growth and profitability. We are on a mission to break down silos and solve complexity in the cloud age by enabling digital transformation, cloud migration, and infrastructure monitoring of our customers' entire technology stacks. Built by engineers, for engineers, Datadog is used by organizations of all sizes across a wide range of industries. Together, we champion professional development, diversity of thought, innovation, and work excellence to empower continuous growth. Join the pack and become part of a collaborative, pragmatic, and thoughtful people-first community where we solve tough problems, take smart risks, and celebrate one another. 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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