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Datadog

Senior Manager, Product Solutions Architecture

Datadog is hiring a Senior Manager, Product Solutions Architecture in Boston, Denver and New York, United States. It pays $211k-$281k a year and Level rates it ; you can apply on Datadog.

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  • The listed pay starts 26% above the typical solutions architect posting on Level.
  • Tools and skills the posting cites include people management, solutions architecture and observability.
  • Level classifies it as a senior role.
  • Level lists 433 other open roles at Datadog.

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Manage and mentor a team of product solution architects helping enterprise customers adopt Datadog observability products.

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We are Datadog's in-house product experts. The technical solutions team enables Datadog's worldwide growth by educating potential clients and ensuring that existing customers are happy and successful. The Product Solution Architecture team works closely with Datadog customers, Datadog’s Product management, engineering and Tech Solutions teams to help architect and implement the Datadog Solution. The team has grown to cover more than 12 Product Categories and needs a highly motivated, results-oriented individual to help lead the team. 

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:

  • Manage a team of expert individual contributors, working with Engineering and Product Management on their Product, who help create best practices for adoption of Datadog at scale.
  • Assist in recruiting and hiring of top talent for the team. 
  • Mentor/coach new hires during on-boarding to ensure proper ramping of skills and capabilities
  • Ensure that your team is aligned to top company initiatives and enabled to work with various Datadog internal and external stakeholders 
  • Deliver performance reviews along with collaborating on and executing individual development plans
  • Be a Trusted Advisor to Product Management by providing high quality feedback based on your field experience working closely with our Sales, Support, Partners and Customers
  • Offer guidance on architecture choices, data collection, and best practices to large Enterprise customers as they adopt these Datadog services across the organization
  • Participate in Executive Brief conversations with high profile customers and prospects about overall architecture, Observability Best Practices and industry trends 

Who You Are: 

  • 10+ years of experience solving complex problems for customers and a strong knowledge of observability space.
  • 5+ years of people management experience.
  • Experienced in interacting and influencing key stakeholders (VPs, C level)  in large organizations 
  • You have excellent verbal and written communication skills
  • Fluent in the monitoring market domain, competition, technological shifts and customer needs
  • Proven in your ability to grow and develop a team 
  • Experienced in recruiting both individual contributors and front line leaders
  • Able to think strategically and creatively about a wide variety of challenges

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 and Growth: 

  • Best-in-breed onboarding
  • Generous global benefits
  • Intra-departmental mentor and buddy program for in-house networking
  • New hire stock equity (RSUs) and employee stock purchase plan (ESPP)
  • Continuous professional development, product training, and career pathing
  • An inclusive company culture, able to join our 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.

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:$211,000—$281,000 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. 

Datadog endeavors to make our Careers Page accessible to all users. If you would like to contact us regarding the accessibility of our website or need assistance completing the application process, please complete this form. This form is for accommodation requests only and cannot be used to inquire about the status of applications. 

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Any information you submit to Datadog as part of your application will be processed in accordance with Datadog’s Applicant and Candidate Privacy Notice. For information on our AI policy, please visit Interviewing at Datadog AI Guidelines.

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