Datadog is looking for a Senior Director of Product Marketing to lead product marketing across Application Performance Monitoring (APM), Digital Experience Monitoring (DEM), and Developer Tools. You will lead the teams responsible for defining how these products compete, go to market, and grow. As a second-line leader, you will turn product strategy, competitive intelligence, market dynamics, customer needs, and product maturity into focused, full-funnel marketing strategies. This is an opportunity to own Product Marketing for three of Datadog’s fastest-growing product areas while helping define a new category we are entering.
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:
- Lead and develop the Product Marketing organizations responsible for APM, DEM, and Developer Tools, coaching people managers and building high-performing teams capable of scaling with the business.
- Own portfolio-level product marketing strategy across three distinct businesses, using market, customer, competitive, funnel, and financial insights to identify growth levers, prioritize investments, and establish clear strategies to win.
- Partner with C-level executives and senior Product, Sales, and Marketing leaders to shape major product narratives, influence go-to-market priorities, and align product positioning with Datadog’s broader platform strategy.
- Set the go-to-market direction for each product line, determining the right mix of launches, campaigns, content, customer programs, sales enablement, and other marketing tactics based on product maturity, audience, business objectives, and performance data.
- Build a deep understanding of complex technical products, customers, and markets so you can challenge assumptions, strengthen positioning, guide teams through technical narratives, and connect product capabilities to measurable customer and business value.
- Establish a culture of operational excellence, talent development, and accountability across the organization, including hiring, leadership development, organizational planning, prioritization, and continuous improvement of Product Marketing practices.
Who You Are:
- An experienced Product Marketing leader with significant experience leading complex technical product portfolios and operating at senior leadership level; the Senior Director career path typically reflects 12+ years of related experience with a Bachelor’s degree, 10 years with a Master’s degree, or equivalent experience.
- A proven second-line leader with 5+ years of leadership experience and meaningful experience managing and developing people managers, building organizations, hiring exceptional talent, and growing future leaders.
- A business-oriented leader who understands growth levers, business and financial performance, full-funnel marketing, and how to use quantitative and qualitative data to make portfolio-level decisions.
- Deeply experienced in go-to-market strategy, with the judgment to select different positioning, launch, campaign, enablement, customer, and demand-generation approaches for products at different stages of maturity.
- Technically credible and able to develop a strong command of sophisticated infrastructure, application, developer, or adjacent technologies, translating complex concepts into differentiated narratives and business value.
- An influential executive communicator who can navigate ambiguity, align senior stakeholders, challenge constructively, make clear tradeoffs, and establish trusted partnerships across Product, Sales, Marketing, and other functions.
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 & Growth:
- Generous and competitive benefits package
- New hire stock equity (RSUs) and employee stock purchase plan
- Continuous career development and pathing opportunities
- Employee-focused best in class onboarding
- Internal mentor and cross-departmental buddy program
- 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.
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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.
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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Skills Required
- Significant experience leading complex technical product portfolios at a senior leadership level
- Typically 12+ years of related experience with a bachelor's degree, 10 years with a master's degree, or equivalent experience
- 5+ years of leadership experience
- Experience managing and developing people managers
- Experience building organizations, hiring exceptional talent, and developing future leaders
- Understanding of growth levers, business and financial performance, full-funnel marketing, and quantitative and qualitative data
- Deep experience in go-to-market strategy, positioning, launches, campaigns, enablement, customer programs, and demand generation
- Technical credibility with infrastructure, application, developer, or adjacent technologies
- Ability to translate complex technical concepts into differentiated narratives and business value
- Executive communication and cross-functional stakeholder management skills
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Datadog Compensation & Benefits Highlights
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Healthcare Strength — Health coverage is described as comprehensive, with medical, dental, and vision plans plus added mental-health resources and wellness support. Feedback suggests virtual-care options and fitness reimbursements further strengthen this area.
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Parental & Family Support — Paid parental leave and broad family-forming benefits (e.g., fertility, adoption, surrogacy) are consistently highlighted. Feedback suggests extras like childcare help and pet-related benefits reinforce an inclusive family focus.
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Equity Value & Accessibility — Employees have access to equity via new-hire grants and a discounted Employee Stock Purchase Plan. Feedback suggests these ownership programs materially enhance total rewards for many roles.
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What We Do
Datadog (NASDAQ: DDOG) is a global SaaS business, delivering a rare combination of growth and profitability. We are on a mission to break down silos and solve complexity in the cloud age by enabling digital transformation, cloud migration, and infrastructure monitoring of our customers' entire technology stacks. Built by engineers, for engineers, Datadog is used by organizations of all sizes across a wide range of industries. Together, we champion professional development, diversity of thought, innovation, and work excellence to empower continuous growth. Join the pack and become part of a collaborative, pragmatic, and thoughtful people-first community where we solve tough problems, take smart risks, and celebrate one another.
Why Work With Us
At Datadog, we learn from and celebrate each other daily - each win is a team win. Datadogs solve tough problems, innovate pragmatically, and grow together. We promote from within, provide mentorship and opportunities for career development, and support our colleagues in the process. Best of all? We truly love what we do.
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We operate as a hybrid workplace to ensure our Datadogs can create a work-life harmony that best fits them and their team.
