The Applied AI Products organization at Datadog is responsible for delivering AI-driven solutions that power the next generation of our product offerings. We are looking for a Director of Product Management to lead and shape the roadmap and delivery of AI-driven product capabilities at Datadog.
In this role, you will bring a combination of technical expertise, product management experience, and an understanding of AI technologies to help position Datadog as a leader in the AI observability and security space. You will lead a team of product managers and collaborate with senior leadership in engineering and design.
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:
- Own the vision and strategy for AI-driven products, ensuring alignment with overall company goals and customer needs. This will include managing our embed program to enhance the capabilities of existing products as well as developing dedicated and independent AI products.
- Lead and mentor a team of product managers, helping them grow and advance their careers while ensuring the delivery of high-quality, AI-powered features.
- Collaborate with cross-functional teams including engineering, data science, marketing, and sales to deliver AI product solutions that meet customer needs and business objectives.
- Identify new opportunities for AI product innovation and drive them from concept to execution, ensuring they have a measurable impact on our customers and the business.
- Work closely with customers and stakeholders to deeply understand their pain points, ensuring that AI solutions are delivering tangible value and solving real-world problems.
- Define AI product roadmaps and manage the prioritization of features and initiatives to ensure the team’s efforts are aligned with business goals.
- Drive a culture of data-driven decision-making by working closely with data science and analytics teams to inform product strategy and validate assumptions.
- Promote a product-first mindset across the organization, ensuring that the user experience and business value are central to every product decision.
- Foster a culture of innovation and excellence in AI product development, ensuring that Datadog remains a leader in AI-powered observability and security solutions.
Who You Are:
- You have proven experience in AI product management, with a track record of successfully leading the development and delivery of AI-driven products and solutions.
- You have deep technical knowledge of AI technologies and a strong understanding of machine learning, data science, and related fields, with the ability to translate these capabilities into compelling product experiences.
- You have successfully led product teams, including mentoring and developing product managers, while balancing the need for leadership and hands-on execution.
- You are skilled at prioritizing and delivering complex product roadmaps, balancing short-term needs with long-term strategic goals.
- You are experienced in collaborating with cross-functional teams, including engineering, design, data science, and business stakeholders, to deliver high-impact AI products.
- You have a customer-first mindset, always striving to understand and solve customer pain points through innovative AI-driven solutions.
- You are a strong communicator and influencer, capable of building relationships with senior leadership, engineering teams, and external stakeholders to drive alignment and move initiatives forward.
- You have a proven ability to manage large-scale AI product initiatives, balancing technical feasibility, user experience, and business impact.
If you’re passionate about shaping the future of AI products and driving innovation at scale, we’d love to hear from you!
Datadog values people from all walks of life. We know 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 experience, we encourage you to apply.
Benefits & Growth:
- New hire stock equity (RSUs) and employee stock purchase plan (ESPP)
- Continuous professional development, product training, and career pathing
- Intra-departmental mentor and buddy program for in-house networking
- An inclusive company culture, ability to join our Community Guilds
- Access to Inclusion Talks, our Internal panel discussions
- Free, global Spring Health benefits for employees and dependents age 6+
- Competitive global benefits
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:$300,000—$385,000 USDAbout 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.
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