Senior Technical Program Manager

The posting, as Datadog wrote it

TPMs at Datadog see the problems hiding between teams, engineer away the work that shouldn’t require humans, and drive the company’s most technically complex and consequential bets to completion.

Technical Program Management at Datadog operates at the intersection of engineering depth and organizational reach by driving high priority, cross-functional programs that are too complex and consequential for any single team to own. We partner with engineering on solving deeply technical problems at scale by connecting the people, decisions, and context to move Datadog's most important work forward.

We build the systems and automation that make entire classes of program work self-executing. We are in the architecture conversation early, earning trust through technical judgment. We use AI to surface risks earlier, accelerate program execution plans, and find cross-team patterns that would otherwise stay hidden. The faster teams move, the more essential it is to have someone who can operate across them.

At Datadog, we place value in our office culture - the relationships that it builds, the creativity it brings to the table, and the collaboration of being together. We operate as a hybrid workplace to ensure our employees can create a work-life harmony that best fits them.

What We Expect

These are the expectations we hold for every TPM at Datadog.

Technical depth, product domain expertise, and AI systems literacy; knowing how AI solutions work, where they fail, and the scope and impact of those failures. AI brings more complexity into the picture - the technical bar is higher, not lower.

Build the systems that reduce the need for coordination

Identify what matters before anyone asks, and automate the rest

Engineer program lifecycles end-to-end

See what no single team can see and own the solution

Drive the company's most technically complex and consequential bets through cross-functional agreement, organizational visibility, and influence

Build AI powered automation tools and deploy them at every stage of program execution

What You'll Do

See Across: Identify What No Single Team Can See

Own large cross-functional programs spanning multiple engineering orgs, product, and business functions

Proactively surface systemic risks, cross-pod dependencies, and organizational friction before they become escalations

Build and maintain SVP-level visibility through tracked KPIs on Datadog’s highest-priority initiatives

Uses technical credibility, trusted relationships, and product domain expertise to bridge the gaps between functions where misalignment is expensive

Engineer Away: Automate What Shouldn’t Require Humans

Identify repeatable program archetypes and engineer the lifecycle end-to-end with AI solutions; the goal is to make the program run itself

Build automation that reduces the need for coordination, eliminating program overhead so engineers and PMs spend time only on work requiring human judgment

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lass, 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:
$184,000 — $230,000 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.

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