Strategic Account Executive, North Carolina

Our Enterprise Sales Executives target and close new business with Datadog’s largest, most strategic customers and prospects. In this role you’ll be focused on uncovering the pain points organizations face as they operate in or migrate to a cloud environment at scale as well as delivering the appropriate Datadog solution. 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: Prospect into large Fortune 1000 companies while running an efficient sales process Maintain, build and own specific relationship maps for your territory including existing relationships and aspirational contacts Develop a deep comprehension of customer's business Negotiate favorable pricing and business terms with large commercial enterprises by selling value and ROI Handle existing customer expectations while expanding reach and depth into assigned territory Demonstrate resourcefulness when faced with challenges that defy easy solution Have intuitive sense of necessary steps to close business and gain customer validation Identify robust set of business drivers behind all opportunities Ensure high forecasting accuracy and consistency Who You Are: Someone with 3+ years closing experience (mix of field selling within mid-market or enterprise) Driven and have met/exceeded direct sales goals of 1M+ and operated with an average deal size of $100k+

At Snowflake, we are powering the era of the agentic enterprise. To usher in this new era, we seek AI-native thinkers across every function who are energized by the opportunity to reinvent how they work. You don’t just use tools; you possess an innate curiosity, treating AI as a high-trust collaborator that is core to how you solve problems and accelerate your impact. We look for low-ego individuals who thrive in dynamic and fast-moving environments and move with an experimental mindset — who rapidly test emerging capabilities to discover simpler, more powerful ways to deliver results. At Snowflake, your role isn't just to execute a function, but to help redefine the future of how work gets done. We are seeking experienced professionals with a strong background in Artificial Intelligence, Machine Learning, and Cloud Architecture to join our Services Delivery team to help create exciting new offerings and capabilities for our customers! In this strategic role, you will help customers expand their use of the Snowflake Data Cloud to bring AI/ML pipelines from ideation to full production. Leveraging Snowflake’s native features and extensive partner ecosystem, you will advise clients on best practices for scaling production-ready workloads. You will design tailored AI/ML solutions, coordinate closely with customer teams and Systems Integrators, and provide the technical leadership and oversight needed to ensure successful outcomes. AS A PRINCIPAL SOLUTIONS ARCHITECT AT SNOWFLAKE, YOU WILL: Be a technical expert on all aspects of Snowflake in relation to the AI/ML workload and provide customers with best practices given Snowflakes technology stack. Work with customers to understand their AI/ML use case, discover key requirements, and architect a Snowflake-centric solution to be delivered by Services Delivery. Understand how to build, deploy and AI and ML pipelines using Snowflake features and/or Snowflake ecosystem based on customer requirements. Work hands-on where neede

We believe that the way people interact with their finances will drastically improve in the next few years. We’re dedicated to empowering this transformation by building the tools and experiences that thousands of developers use to create their own products. Plaid powers the tools millions of people rely on to live a healthier financial life. We work with thousands of companies like Venmo, SoFi, several of the Fortune 500, and many of the largest banks to make it easy for people to connect their financial accounts to the apps and services they want to use. Plaid’s network covers 12,000 financial institutions across the US, Canada, UK and Europe. Founded in 2013, the company is headquartered in San Francisco with offices in New York, Seattle, Washington D.C., Raleigh, London, and Amsterdam. The SMB sales team is a core part of Plaid’s mission to unlock financial freedom for everyone. We believe that by empowering small and medium-sized businesses, we contribute directly to creating a more inclusive and accessible financial ecosystem. Our team is dedicated to building meaningful relationships with our clients, providing innovative solutions that drive growth, and ensuring that Plaid's products enable businesses to thrive. We work collaboratively across teams to meet ambitious revenue goals, all while fostering a culture of continuous learning and development to align with Plaid's vision of financial accessibility and empowerment. As a Sales Manager, you will lead a team of Account Executives, driving them toward achieving ambitious revenue targets. You will focus on developing talent within your team, fostering a high-performance culture, and ensuring each team member has the resources they need to succeed. You will leverage your deep understanding of transactional and strategic sales cycles to guide your team through new customer acquisitions and account management in a hyper-growth environment. Responsibilities Lead, coach, and develop a team of SMB Account Executiv

The Team + The Role Pendo's Business Development team fuels our go-to-market motion. The team is often the first point of contact for companies that may become Pendo's next customers, and it plays a critical role in building qualified pipeline. This team moves fast, thinks strategically, and serves as both a pipeline engine and a talent funnel for Pendo. As a Business Development Representative, you will build real sales skills, learn a category-defining product, and work directly with Account Executives to drive revenue. You will research and engage companies across the SaaS and web application space through outbound campaigns across phone, email, social, and marketing events. You will learn MEDDPICC and Command of the Message, sharpen your prospecting instincts, and contribute to pipeline that converts. This role is based in our Raleigh office. What this looks like day-to-day Pipeline generation: Generate new, high-quality sales-qualified meetings for Account Executives. Your goal is pipeline that converts, not activity for its own sake. Strategic outbound: Research and target strong-fit companies and the right personas within them. You will use available sales data to recognize trends, inform outreach decisions, and operate with ownership. Multi-channel campaigns: Create and run outbound campaigns across cold calling, email, social selling, marketing follow-up, and other channels. You will engage prospects where they are and tailor outreach to drive meaningful conversations. AE partnership: Work directly with Account Executives to align on target accounts, pipeline generation strategies, and follow-up priorities. You will help ensure handoffs are clean and Account Executives are set up for success. Platform fluency: Build enough fluency in the Pendo platform to speak credibly with prospective customers. You will learn how to communicate why the product matters and the value customers gain from it. CRM hygiene: Log activity accurately in Salesforce and use data to

The Team + The Role Pendo’s Commercial Sales organization drives revenue growth by helping Mid-Market customers understand, adopt, and expand the value they get from Pendo. The team partners closely with customers and internal stakeholders to create durable growth across new business, renewals, retention, and expansion. This work matters because it helps customers maximize the impact of Pendo’s products while supporting the company’s continued growth. As an Account Director, you will own a full-cycle, quota-carrying sales motion across net-new revenue, existing account growth, renewals, and upsell opportunities. You will identify and engage new accounts and stakeholders, manage a portfolio of existing customers, and build executive relationships that support long-term adoption and expansion. You will also partner with Customer Success, Finance, Legal, Leadership, and other cross-functional teams to execute deals smoothly and deliver customer-first outcomes. This role is based in our Raleigh office. What this looks like day-to-day Prospect, land, and expand: Identify and engage new accounts and stakeholders to drive net-new revenue across the Mid-Market segment. Grow Pendo’s footprint within existing accounts by creating and advancing expansion opportunities. Own the full sales cycle: Drive product-led deals from prospecting and solution presentations through quoting, negotiation, and close. Manage each stage with clear next steps, strong deal discipline, and a consultative customer-first approach. Manage renewals and expansion: Use customer data, contract details, and business goals to support renewals, retention, and upsell opportunities. Build account strategies that align customer outcomes with Pendo’s growth opportunities. Plan strategically across accounts: Conduct regular account reviews to understand customer priorities, assess product adoption, and identify paths for growth. Translate those insights into clear account plans and actionable opportunities. Coll

The Team + The Role Pendo’s Commercial Sales organization drives revenue growth across growth-stage and SMB customer segments. The team helps customers understand, adopt, and expand the value they get from Pendo while creating a consistent revenue motion across prospecting, acquisition, account management, renewals, expansions, and retention. This work matters because it connects customer outcomes directly to Pendo’s long-term growth. As a Sr. Account Executive, you will own the full customer lifecycle within a primary territory of growth-stage businesses with more than 300 employees, with secondary focus on small to mid-sized businesses. You will serve as the primary point of contact for customers in your book of business, leading net-new acquisition, account management, renewals, expansions, and churn mitigation. You will partner with Customer Success, Solutions Engineering, Legal, and Finance to deliver long-term customer value while achieving quarterly sales and retention targets. This role is based in our Raleigh office. What this looks like day-to-day Develop product expertise: Build deep understanding of Pendo’s products and how they solve customer challenges. Use that knowledge to guide discovery, shape solutions, and support both net-new and existing customer conversations. Own the full sales cycle: Manage net-new prospects and current customers from discovery through close. Lead expansion and renewal strategies within your book of business while maintaining clear accountability across the customer journey. Generate pipeline consistently: Build consistent weekly pipeline generation in partnership with business development. Identify new opportunities across your territory and create steady momentum toward pipeline creation and bookings targets. Manage forecast and targets: Own a rolling forecast and maintain clear visibility into pipeline health. Track progress against pipeline creation, bookings, renewal, and retention goals with accuracy and discipline. Le