Full-Time

Customer Success Associate

Boston

Posted on 8/28/2024

Datadog

Datadog

5,001-10,000 employees

Cloud monitoring and analytics solutions provider

Data & Analytics
Enterprise Software
Cybersecurity

Compensation Overview

$60k - $73kAnnually

+ Equity + Variable Compensation

Entry, Junior

Boston, MA, USA

Hybrid workplace.

Category
Customer Success
Customer Success & Support
Customer Success Management
Sales & Account Management
Required Skills
Sales
Requirements
  • Customer-minded, always trying to provide the most value possible
  • Driven and motivated by a career in sales with a strong desire to grow a career in customer success
  • A strong communicator (written and verbal) with excellent attention to detail
  • Experienced in independently negotiating contract terms and overcoming pricing objections for up-sell/cross sell activities
  • A self-starter who can multitask and adapt to changing situations
  • Strong with time management and feel confident working in a high volume, high velocity role
Responsibilities
  • Identify and qualify opportunities to expand small customers existing Datadog footprint
  • Successfully execute full sales cycle for identified upsell opportunities with concentrated book of customers
  • Troubleshoot on issues to ensure a positive customer experience and continued product adoption
  • Proactively work with customers to find expansion opportunities and increase loyalty and retention
  • Collaborate cross-functionally with internal Datadog teams (support, product, finance, and legal)
  • Act as advisor to customers to ensure they’re leveraging the solution effectively

Datadog provides tools for monitoring and managing IT infrastructure in the cloud. Their services help organizations track various aspects of their operations, including application performance, security, and network activity. Datadog's products work by collecting data from different sources within an organization's IT environment, allowing users to analyze performance metrics, detect security threats, and ensure that applications run smoothly. Unlike many competitors, Datadog offers a wide range of monitoring solutions that cater to specific needs such as cloud migration, DevOps practices, and IoT monitoring, all within a single platform. The company's goal is to help businesses maintain efficient and secure IT operations through comprehensive monitoring and analytics.

Company Stage

IPO

Total Funding

$143.9M

Headquarters

New York City, New York

Founded

2010

Growth & Insights
Headcount

6 month growth

0%

1 year growth

3%

2 year growth

-1%
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Simplify's Take

What believers are saying

  • Growing demand for cloud-native solutions boosts Datadog's adoption.
  • AI-driven observability tools align with Datadog's recent AI-focused offerings.
  • IoT market expansion presents opportunities for Datadog's monitoring services.

What critics are saying

  • Increased competition from new entrants like Honeycomb and Grafana Labs.
  • Potential over-reliance on AWS could pose risks during outages.
  • New privacy regulations may increase compliance costs for Datadog.

What makes Datadog unique

  • Datadog offers comprehensive monitoring across servers, containers, and databases.
  • Their LLM Observability module supports monitoring of generative AI applications.
  • Datadog's Kubernetes Active Remediation provides end-to-end management of Kubernetes environments.

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Benefits

Health Insurance

Dental Insurance

Mental Health Support

401(k) Retirement Plan

401(k) Company Match

Company Equity

Employee Stock Purchase Plan

Professional Development Budget

Hybrid Work Options

Flexible Work Hours

Paid Vacation

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