✦ Luna Orbit — Sales & Business Development

Regional Manager, Sales Engineering - Chicago

at Datadog

📍 Illinois, USA, Remote; Minnesota, USA, Remote Remote Posted March 28, 2026
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Position Details

Type Full-Time
Experience lead
Exp. Years 3+ years in Sales Engineering or client-facing role
Education Not specified
Category Sales & Business Development

About this role

This role involves managing a sales engineering team, providing technical expertise during customer engagements, and supporting pre-sales activities for Datadog's SaaS platform.

Key Responsibilities

  • Manage sales engineering team
  • Coach and mentor team members
  • Support customer technical evaluations
  • Collaborate with sales and product teams
  • Deliver technical presentations

Technical Overview

The technical environment includes infrastructure and monitoring solutions, with a focus on SaaS cloud platforms and technical demonstrations.

Ideal Candidate

The ideal candidate is a sales engineering professional with 1-3+ years in team leadership or mentorship roles, and 3+ years in client-facing technical roles. They possess strong communication skills and experience with infrastructure and monitoring solutions, capable of coaching teams and engaging customers effectively.

Must-Have Skills

1-3+ years in Sales Engineering team lead or mentorship role3+ years in Sales Engineering or client-facing roleStrong written and oral communication skillsExperience with infrastructure and monitoring solutionsAbility to articulate business benefits and technical advantages

Nice-to-Have Skills

Experience recruiting technical talentKnowledge of SaaS solutionsExperience with product demonstrationsCoaching and mentoring skills

Tools & Platforms

DatadogProduct Demonstration Tools

Required Skills

Sales EngineeringTechnical ExpertiseCustomer EngagementProduct DemonstrationsPre-sales SupportTeam ManagementMentoringInfrastructure and Monitoring Solutions

Hard Skills

Sales EngineeringTechnical ExpertiseCustomer EngagementProduct DemonstrationsPre-sales SupportTeam ManagementMentoringRecruitingInfrastructure and Monitoring Solutions

Soft Skills

CommunicationLeadershipTeamworkProblem-solvingStrategic ThinkingCreativityMentorship

Industry & Role

Industry SaaS
Job Function Lead technical pre-sales support and team management in a SaaS environment
Role Subtype Sales & Business Development

Keywords for Your Resume

Sales EngineerTechnical ExpertiseCustomer EngagementProduct DemonstrationsPre-sales SupportTeam ManagementMentoringInfrastructure solutionsMonitoring solutionsClient facingSales & Business DevelopmentRemoteHybridCloud solutionsSaaSTechnical expertiseCustomer engagementproduct demonstrationspre-sales supportteam managementmentoringinfrastructure solutionsmonitoring solutionsclient facing

Deal Breakers

Less than 1 year experience in sales engineering leadership, Lack of experience with infrastructure or monitoring solutions, Poor communication skills

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