Datadog

Manager 1, Technical Account Management - Chicago/Denver

Datadog$146K — $213K *
Technical Services
5 - 7 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • 5+ years of experience in Presales, Post Sales, Consultancy, or similar customer-facing role
  • Proven leadership experience in people management or mentorship
  • Strong critical thinking skills with a client-centric consultative approach
  • Familiarity with current infrastructure and monitoring solutions
  • Experience in a fast-paced or startup environment
  • Degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or equivalent experience
  • Demonstrated success in implementing processes in fast-scaling companies

Responsibilities

  • Manage and mentor a team of Technical Account Managers (TAMs) and Technical Enablement Managers (TEMs)
  • Assist in recruiting and onboarding new team members
  • Oversee the development and training of TAMs and TEMs
  • Lead communication efforts with assigned Datadog customers
  • Collect and provide feedback on enablement sessions
  • Ensure technical training is delivered effectively for product adoption
  • Collaborate with other departments to address urgent matters and improve processes

Benefits

  • Best-in-breed onboarding
  • Generous global benefits
  • Intra-departmental mentoring and buddy programs for networking
  • New hire stock equity (RSUs) and employee stock purchase plan (ESPP)
  • Continuous professional development and career pathing
  • Inclusive company culture with community guilds and inclusion talks
Full Job Description
As a Manager 1 in Technical Account Management, you will lead and develop high-performing technical teams while influencing strategy, execution, and outcomes across customers, internal partners, and the broader organization.

Manager 1 leaders at Datadog are people-first managers, trusted collaborators, and operational owners. You will coach and mentor individual contributors, drive execution against team and organizational goals, and serve as a strong voice for customer needs and technical excellence.

What You'll Do:
  • Lead and coach a team of up to 6 Technical Account Managers, providing regular 1:1s, team meetings, and bi-annual performance feedback
  • Own and track team KPIs, including scheduling, utilization, productivity, and delivery outcomes
  • Partner closely with Sales, Customer Success, Presales, Product Management, Support, and Marketing to align post-sales strategy and execution
  • Lead and participate in customer-facing engagements when appropriate, including escalations, strategic reviews, and key account discussions
  • Drive account strategy discussions focused on product adoption, expansion, and services delivery
  • Actively participate in recruiting, hiring, and onboarding efforts across your team and the broader organization
  • Gather and synthesize customer feedback to influence product direction, process improvements, and internal initiatives
  • Lead multiple OKR initiatives annually, coordinating and delegating efforts across your team
  • Demonstrate thought leadership by identifying opportunities for improvement, proposing scalable solutions, and executing on initiatives that improve customer experience and team effectiveness
Who You Are:
  • An experienced people manager with 3+ years of management experience, ideally within a technical or post-sales organization
  • Comfortable leading teams of customer-facing technical professionals
  • A strong coach and mentor who invests in career development and builds inclusive, high-performing teams
  • Experienced in partnering cross-functionally to drive shared outcomes and resolve complex challenges
  • Confident leading customer-facing conversations and navigating escalations with empathy and clarity
  • Data-driven, with experience using metrics and KPIs to inform decisions and optimize performance
  • A clear communicator who can influence without authority and align stakeholders around common goals
  • Passionate about continuous improvement, operational excellence, and customer value
Benefits and Growth:
  • Best-in-breed onboarding and leadership enablement
  • Generous global benefits
  • Intra-departmental mentor and buddy programs
  • New hire stock equity (RSUs) and employee stock purchase plan (ESPP)
  • Ongoing professional development, leadership training, and career pathing
  • An inclusive company culture with access to Community Guilds and Inclusion Talks

Benefits and Growth listed above may vary based on the country of your employment and the nature of your employment with Datadog.

#LI-Hybrid

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:

$146,000-$213,000 USD

About Datadog

Datadog is a monitoring and analytics platform for cloud-scale infrastructure and applications. The company was founded in 2010 by Olivier Pomel and Alexis Lê-Quôc and is headquartered in New York City. Datadog's platform assists organizations in improving agility, increasing efficiency, and providing end-to-end visibility across dynamic or high-scale infrastructures. The company's SaaS-based data analytics platform integrates and automates infrastructure monitoring, application performance monitoring, and log management to provide unified, real-time observability of customers' entire technology stack. Datadog's customers include Airbnb, Twilio, and The Washington Post.
Learn more about Datadog
Size
3,200 employees
Market Cap
$22.5 billion
Industry
Net Income
-$24.5 million
Founded
2010
Revenue
$603.4 million
NASDAQ

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