Datadog

Senior Product Manager - Observability Data Platform

Datadog$192K — $240K *
Enterprise Technology
5 - 7 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • 5+ years of product management experience, especially in developer-focused SaaS, infrastructure, or data products.
  • Strong ability to navigate cross-organizational dynamics effectively.
  • Deep understanding of distributed data infrastructure and scalability.
  • Proficient in translating complex architecture into actionable insights for various stakeholders.
  • Collaborative mindset with a strong opinion on product direction, adaptable based on new evidence.
  • Thrives in fast-paced, high-growth environments with evolving scopes.
  • Customer-focused, detail-oriented, and committed to high-quality outcomes.

Responsibilities

  • Develop a robust understanding of ODP customers and their infrastructure challenges.
  • Define product direction across ODP components by articulating clear goals and collaborating with engineering.
  • Lead validation conversations with customers to gather feedback and guide product development.
  • Understand and integrate unit economics into pricing discussions for the platform.
  • Monitor market trends related to AI-native infrastructure and translate insights into product strategy.
  • Facilitate discussions among engineering, product, and commercial teams to ensure unified direction.
  • Engage with customers to communicate value and roadmap of the product.

Benefits

  • New hire stock equity (RSUs) and employee stock purchase plan (ESPP).
  • Continuous professional development opportunities and structured career growth.
  • Intra-departmental mentorship and buddy program for enhanced collaboration.
  • Inclusive company culture with access to Community Guilds and Inclusion Talks.
  • Free global mental health benefits for employees and dependents aged 6+.
  • Comprehensive global benefits package.
Full Job Description
The Observability Data Platform (ODP) is the backbone of everything Datadog delivers - powering how data is ingested, stored, routed, and surfaced across every product at planet scale. As a Senior Product Manager for ODP, you will work with world-class engineers and cross-functional partners to shape how the platform is deployed, controlled, and operated. You will define product direction across the control plane and data layer, translate complex infrastructure trade-offs into clear roadmap decisions, and help customers get the most from their observability investment - regardless of architecture, topology, or scale.

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 Will Do:
  • Develop a deep understanding of the Observability Data Platform customers - platform engineers, SREs, and product managers that own the product verticals - their infrastructure challenges, deployment topologies, and cost-to-serve trade-offs.
  • Define product direction across multiple ODP surfaces, including the control plane and data layer, by articulating clear problem statements and desired outcomes, and partnering with engineering on technical approach and sequencing
  • Lead conversations with design partners and strategic customers to understand real-world platform pain points, validate product assumptions, and guide solutions from early prototypes through General Availability
  • Develop a command of the unit economics of the platform surfaces you own and bring that cost-profile understanding into pricing and packaging conversations in partnership with Engineering and the Director of Pricing
  • Anticipate and communicate market trends relating to AI-native infrastructure patterns - including how they reshape platform engineering decisions - and translate them into actionable product direction
  • Drive discussions across engineering, product, and commercial-facing PMs by providing clearly articulated problem statements to deliver seamless cross-product experiences and unified platform capabilities
  • Support active customer engagements by partnering with commercial-facing PMs and contributing to executive-level conversations on architecture, value, and platform roadmap
  • Track adoption and measure impact for your product areas and iterate rapidly based on data and customer conversations
Who You Are:
  • You have 5+ years of experience as a Product Manager, ideally working on a developer-focused SaaS platform, infrastructure, or data product
  • You are a strong cross-org navigator - you read how decisions get made across engineering, product, commercial, and pricing teams; you surface the right decisions, hold the pen across organizational lines, and keep work moving when stakeholders disagree
  • You have a command of distributed data infrastructure concepts and can engage credibly with engineering on technical trade-offs, scalability constraints, and platform architecture
  • You are comfortable distilling complex architecture, cost-to-serve trade-offs, and product priorities into clear, actionable context for engineers, leadership, and customers
  • You are collaborative and opinionated - you build trust quickly with engineers, PM peers, designers, and commercial partners; you bring strong product opinions and adapt when new evidence emerges
  • You thrive in fast-moving, high-growth environments and are energized by scope that develops over time in a complex, cross-platform environment
  • You are highly customer-focused, detail-oriented, and committed to high quality standards
  • Bonus: Experience with observability platforms, cloud-native infrastructure, multi-cloud or hybrid deployment models, data pipeline architecture, or pricing and packaging for platform products

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.

#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:

$192,000-$240,000 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
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