About this role.
Datadog seeks an individual-contributor Partner Manager to recruit, enable, and grow strategic channel, reseller, and professional-services partnerships. The role focuses on partner-sourced pipeline and revenue, joint selling, integrated launch coordination, and quarterly business reviews. Candidates need at least five years of SaaS or cloud channel, alliance, or business-development experience and must be comfortable negotiating agreements and explaining technical concepts. The position partners closely with regional enterprise and commercial sales teams and requires 25–50% travel. It is remote in Illinois, Michigan, Minnesota, Ohio, or Texas.
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I define an ideal partner profile using customer overlap, technical capabilities, market coverage, sales maturity, and expected revenue potential. I build a target list, validate mutual value through discovery, and use a structured onboarding plan with agreed milestones for enablement, pipeline creation, and executive sponsorship.
I align on target accounts, solution positioning, and shared sales plays, then establish clear attribution rules and pipeline targets. I review progress regularly through CRM reporting and partner check-ins, removing enablement or technical blockers quickly and adjusting activities based on conversion data.
I would assess the partner's technical readiness and customer base, then coordinate product training, certification, use cases, and joint account planning. I would also connect their delivery leaders with Datadog technical resources so they can confidently scope, position, and support customer outcomes.
I begin by understanding each party's commercial goals, risks, and non-negotiables, while keeping the customer outcome central. I use transparent data, propose options that preserve mutual value, and document owners and next steps so the final agreement supports a sustainable long-term relationship.
I translate technical capabilities into the business problem they solve, using a relevant customer scenario and simple outcome-based language. I confirm understanding, provide concise supporting materials, and involve technical specialists when deeper architecture validation is needed.
Individual Contributor JD:
We are looking for an experienced Channel & Alliances sales professional to build and accelerate growth with our channel partners by identifying and recruiting new partners for long-term success as well as manage ongoing relationships with key strategic partners, including professional services partners and resellers. Our ultimate goal is developing alliances that drive both customer adoption and new revenue. This is a great opportunity for you to join a cloud software company and help blaze the path for our company’s growth.
What You’ll Do:
- Identify and recruit new strategic partners to drive revenue growth
- Enable and activate existing partners through training, enablement and joint selling
- Coordinate the technical and marketing aspects of integrated partnership launches
- Host quarterly business reviews with partners to drive accountability and report on success metrics
- Work hand-in-hand with Datadog’s regional enterprise and commercial sales organizations
- Generate partner-sourced net-new sales pipeline and revenue
Who You Are:
- 5+ years of experience in business development, strategic alliances, or channel sales at a cloud services or software as a service organization
- Proven experience in driving sales opportunities from lead generation to closure, effectively negotiating agreements and building long-lasting partnerships
- Ability to quickly understand technical concepts and architectural scenarios, and explain them to others verbally and in writing
- Willingness to travel 25-50% of the time
Bonus points:
- Experience with systems management or monitoring
- Experience with partnerships supporting DevOps, particularly in a cloud environment
- Technical background/education
- Entrepreneurial mindset with a passion for taking initiatives from ideation to impact
- Passion for fast-paced, sometimes unpredictable growth culture and environment
- Experience in identifying market opportunities with a track record of initiating go-to-market plans and sales follow-through
Datadog values people from all walks of life. We understand not everyone will meet all the above qualifications on day one. That’s okay. If you’re passionate about technology and want to grow your skills, we encourage you to apply.
Benefits and Growth:
- Continuous Sales training and career growth
- New hire stock equity (RSUs) and employee stock purchase plan
- Generous and competitive global and US benefits
- Friendly and inclusive workplace culture
Benefits and Growth listed above may vary based on the country of your employment and the nature of your employment with Datadog.
Datadog offers a competitive salary and equity package, and may include variable compensation. Actual compensation is based on factors such as the candidate’s skills, qualifications, and experience. In addition, Datadog offers a wide range of best in class, comprehensive and inclusive employee benefits for this role including healthcare, dental, parental planning, and mental health benefits, a 401(k) plan and match, paid time off, fitness reimbursements, and a discounted employee stock purchase plan.
The reasonably estimated yearly salary for this role at Datadog is:
$82,000—$109,000 USD
About Datadog:
Datadog is the leading observability and security platform for the AI era, providing businesses with unified visibility across the technology stack to manage complexity at scale. It brings applications, infrastructure, data, models, and security into one place, using AI to detect and resolve issues before they impact customers. Trusted globally by Fortune 500 companies and high-growth AI leaders, Datadog enables businesses to move faster with clarity and confidence. 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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