Area Vice President, Sales Engineering

Datadog is looking for a visionary Senior Leader of Sales Engineering (SE) to lead and scale a high-performing team of SE Directors in North America across Enterprise, Majors, and Public Sector accounts. This is a strategic leadership role with regional and global impact. You will define the Sales Engineering strategy for North America and act as a regional voice in global discussions with Product Management, Engineering, and Go-To-Market teams—ensuring that customer needs in North America influence Datadog’s global direction. 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 Will Do Executive Leadership & Organizational Growth Recruit, develop, and lead a team 3rd line SE Directors, fostering a culture of technical excellence, customer-centricity, and continuous growth. Define and drive the technical sales strategy across North America, and globally. Set the vision, priorities, and operating model for Sales Engineering, ensuring alignment with Datadog’s business objectives and local market dynamics. Partner with Sales Leadership to align on revenue targets, go-to-market initiatives, and strategic customer engagement across the region. Represent North America Sales Engineering globally, ensuring regional perspectives and requirements are reflected in Datadog’s product roadmap and GTM planning. Customer Partnership & Advocacy Act as a trusted advisor to C-level and senior technical executives, demonstrating how Datadog solves critical observability, performance, and security challenges, especially given the rapid business adoption of AI. Provide executive support for high-stakes opportunities, offering guidance throughout complex sales cycles. Serve as an executive sponsor for strategic customers across North America. Promote value-based technica