Director, Technical Account Management

Job description

Datadog is seeking a Director, Technical Account Management (TAM) for the EMEA region to join our high-growth organization and world-class Technical Post Sales (TPS) Team. You will own the strategy, growth, and execution of a team of 25–30 today, with a clear mandate to scale to 50–70+ over the next two to three years. You will be building organizational infrastructure, developing first-line leaders, and establishing scalable processes before they're needed. TAMs are technical experts who provide paid "white glove" technical services to our largest customers, supporting adoption and providing guidance across the comprehensive Datadog product suite. A TAM is held in high regard as an expert and trusted advisor for how IT Operations translates to business value. This is a senior leadership role where you will set the technical post-sales vision for all of EMEA, own executive relationships with key accounts, evangelize the TPS offering at scale, and grow services revenue across the region. 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: Scale the EMEA TAM organization from 25–30 to 50–70+, hiring first-line leaders, designing team structures, and building systems that sustain quality through rapid growth. Lead a team of managers and senior TAM ICs across EMEA, ensuring customer success, retention, and expansion at high standards of technical delivery. Own the commercial strategy for the TPS program, partnering with Sales to position, price, and sell TAM services as a core part of the Datadog value proposition. Define and execute regional OKRs aligned with global TPS goals, driving accountability through your leadership team each quarter. Lead executive-level recruiting and build a leadership pipeline from within, developing managers who can in turn scale their own teams. Serve as executive sponsor for strategic EMEA accounts, engaging at the C-suite level to reinforce value, resolve escalations, and identify expansion opportunities. Partner with global TPS, Product, Sales Engineering, CS, and Enablement to standardize and evolve the TAM offering, customizing for regional needs where warranted. Establish operational rigor: clear metrics, health scorec…