Regional Manager, Sales Engineering - UK
Lead a team of Sales Engineers at Datadog to drive customer success and technical expertise in a hybrid work environment.
Posted by employer 3 months ago
First seen on Joblaze 3 months ago
Last verified on the company career page 8 hours ago
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Requirements
- Experience
- 4+ years
Not disclosed in this posting: compensation, visa sponsorship.
Benefits
Joblaze summary
In the role of Regional Manager for Sales Engineering at Datadog, the individual will oversee a team of Sales Engineers, guiding them in technical sales presentations and customer engagements to drive pre-sales success. Key skills include a strong background in sales engineering, team leadership, and the ability to articulate both technical and business value propositions. This position is ideal for someone with several years of experience in client-facing roles, particularly those who have demonstrated success in team development and recruitment. Datadog emphasizes a collaborative office culture and offers a hybrid work model to support employee well-being.
Joblaze insights
- Listed about 3 months ago — first seen on Joblaze July 9, 2026. Last confirmed on Datadog's careers page October 8, 2026.
Quick facts
- Is the Regional Manager, Sales Engineering - UK role remote?
- It's hybrid — Datadog expects some on-site time in London, United Kingdom.
- How much experience is required?
- At least 4 years of relevant experience for this Regional Manager, Sales Engineering - UK role.
- Where is the role based?
- Datadog is hiring for this position in London, United Kingdom.
- What seniority level is this role?
- Datadog targets lead candidates for this position.
- Is this full-time or contract?
- Full-time for this Regional Manager, Sales Engineering - UK role at Datadog.
From the original posting
Datadog is seeking a Regional Manager, Sales Engineering to join our high-growth organization and world-class pre-sales team. You will manage a team of talented Sales Engineers to help qualify and close opportunities and coach the team on their approach to providing technical expertise through sales presentations, product demonstrations, and supporting technical evaluations (POCs). This is a hands-on management role where you will take the lead technical role in your region supporting customer facing activities and engagements for key accounts. Enable a strong partnership between the SE team and other organizations within Datadog.
What You’ll Do:
- Partner with the Sales Team to articulate the overall Datadog value proposition, vision and strategy to customers.
- Manage a team of leaders and individual contributors, helping to ensure customer success pre-sale;
- Assist recruiting efforts to find and hire top talent within your region. Mentor/coach new hires during on-boarding to ensure proper ramping of skills and capabilities
- Ensure that your team is enabled to support all required Datadog solutions along with key technical and soft skills
- Develop a close working relationship with Product Management, Support, and Enablement to ensure continuity between pre and post sales activities
- Deliver semi-annual performance reviews along with collaborating on and executing individual development plans
Who You Are:
- Experienced with 1-3+ years in a Sales Engineering team lead or mentorship role and 3+ years in a Sales Engineering or other equivalent client facing role
- Coachable, with a strong desire to improve and grow as a professional and a demonstrated ability to navigate through change
- Proven in your ability to grow and develop a team
- Experienced in recruiting both individual contributors and front line leaders
- Knowledgeable in current infrastructure and monitoring solutions and technologies
- Able to build and execute an evaluation plan with a customer and mentor others on how to do so
- Someone with strong written and oral communication skills. This role requires an ability to understand and articulate both the business benefits (value proposition) and technical advantages of our offering while also coaching others how to do so
- Able to think strategically and creatively about a wide variety of challenges
Benefits and Growth:
- Best-in-breed onboarding
- Generous global benefits
- Intra-departmental mentor and buddy program for in-house networking
- New hire stock equity (RSUs) and employee stock purchase plan (ESPP)
- Continuous professional development, product training, and career pathing
- An inclusive company culture, able to join our Community Guilds and Inclusion Talks
About Datadog:
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