Senior Manager, Product Design - Security

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New York, NY, USA
Hybrid
204K-255K Annually
Senior level
Artificial Intelligence • Cloud • Security • Software • Cybersecurity
We are building the monitoring and security platform for developers, IT ops teams and business users in the cloud age.
The Role
Lead product design across Datadog’s security products, managing and coaching designers across multiple offices. Set design direction, maintain quality, develop security-focused design systems, and partner with Product and Engineering leaders on roadmaps and cross-platform experiences. Drive product and business outcomes while bringing AI fluency to design workflows and software development. The role requires extensive design leadership, complex product experience, technical fluency, and hands-on use of AI coding tools.
Summary Generated by Built In

The Datadog Security design team (K9 Design, as we lovingly call it) is hiring a senior product design manager to lead design across our security products. This is a chance to shape an industry-leading experience for a new kind of Datadog user: security practitioners who need to catch threats where they start, stop them when they land, and shut down exposures before they turn into something worse.

You'll lead a team of designers at various stages of their careers across cloud, code and data security, turning an overwhelming amount of signal into something a security team can act on. The goal: build the security product people want to spend their day in. You'll own the design, push for excellence, and partner closely with Product and Engineering leadership to get there.

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 design direction across your team's products, and hold the bar for design excellence end to end: interactions, visual detail, consistency and cohesion.
  • You're in the work. Run critiques, give direct and useful feedback, and push the team toward bolder, more opinionated solutions rather than safe ones.
  • Coach and grow designers across our Paris, Madrid and New York offices, helping each of them do the best work of their careers.
  • Help define a security design system built on top of Datadog's existing components, with the security practitioner's workflows in mind.
  • Partner with Product and Engineering leaders to evolve cross-platform thinking, shape roadmaps, and to set how the three disciplines work together day to day.
  • Take accountability for the product and business outcomes your team's design work influences.
  • Bring AI fluency to how your team works, from how design gets explored and validated to how it gets shipped.
Who you are
  • 10+ years in design, including experience leading and growing high-performing teams.
  • A design leader first: a user advocate with a sharp eye for detail, strong taste and the willingness to get into the work and give direct feedback.
  • A track record of leveling up a team's output, with before-and-after examples of how your leadership transformed the design of a product.
  • You've led complex products or features: a zero-to-one launch, a reimagining of something established, or both.
  • A strong communicator who collaborates effectively with executive and cross-functional stakeholders.
  • Able to demonstrate AI fluency, either in your own work or in how you've led teams through it.
  • Comfortable navigating the technical complexity of modern software development and cloud infrastructure.
  • Ideally: Security domain experience, or a portfolio of information-dense, data-rich interfaces. Industry-leading work on complex B2B, B2C or consumer products counts for just as much here.
Benefits and Growth
  • Product training to develop an in-depth understanding of our product and space
  • Continuous career development and pathing opportunities for internal mobility
  • Intradepartmental mentor and buddy program for in-house networking
  • An inclusive company culture, ability to join our Community Guilds (Datadog employee resource groups)
  • New hire stock equity (RSUs) and employee stock purchase plan
  • Free global mental health benefit through Modern Health
  • Generous global benefits

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.

The reasonably estimated yearly salary for this role at Datadog is:
$204,000—$255,000 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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Skills Required

  • 10+ years of experience in design
  • Experience leading and growing high-performing design teams
  • Strong user advocacy, visual detail, design judgment, and willingness to provide direct feedback
  • Track record of improving a team's design output, supported by before-and-after examples
  • Experience leading complex products or features, including zero-to-one launches or major redesigns
  • Strong communication and collaboration with executive and cross-functional stakeholders
  • Demonstrated AI fluency in personal work or team leadership
  • Comfort navigating modern software development and cloud infrastructure
  • Ability to use AI coding tools in day-to-day workflows and validate, critique, and refine AI-generated output
  • Security domain experience or a portfolio of information-dense, data-rich interfaces
  • Experience pushing the boundaries of AI in software engineering best practices or building AI-enabled products

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Datadog Compensation & Benefits Highlights

  • Healthcare Strength — Health coverage is characterized as comprehensive and well-regarded, with robust medical, dental, and vision plans alongside accessible mental-health support for employees and dependents. Plan affordability and company contributions are noted as practical strengths.
  • Parental & Family Support — Parental leave is presented as fully paid and gender-neutral, complemented by family-forming benefits such as fertility, adoption, preservation, and surrogacy in eligible locations. Additional elements like childcare assistance and pet-related perks broaden the family support offering.
  • Equity Value & Accessibility — Equity participation is readily available through new-hire RSUs and a discounted employee stock purchase plan. This ownership pathway is paired with financial wellness resources that reinforce long-term value.

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The Company
HQ: New York, NY
6,500 Employees
Year Founded: 2010

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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