Datadog
People Strategy, Engineering
New York, New York, USA
Sponsorship not specified$162k-$216kDetected 8 hours ago
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Lottery odds (Level IV)94
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About the role
- We don't expect every box checked on day one.
- If you're excited about the challenge and want to grow into it, we want to hear from you.
- Datadog values people from all walks of life.
Responsibilities
- Design and lead complex talent programmes for Engineering, spanning leadership capability, career architecture, org design, performance, internal mobility and succession for critical roles.
- Partner directly with PBPs and senior leaders to turn ambiguous problems into clear programme goals, design principles and success measures.
- Help Engineering and People understand and respond to how AI is reshaping roles, skills and ways of working, and translate that shift into practical talent and org design choices.
- Stay hands-on from concept through to adoption: this is a build and run role, not a strategy and handover role.
- Equip PBPs with frameworks, tools and executive-ready narratives that support real adoption in the business.
- Operate in ambiguity and influence without formal authority, building trust with senior stakeholders even before the answer is clear.
- You build consensus, challenge constructively and stay credible across differing perspectives.
- This is a senior individual contributor role for someone who wants to actively shape how Engineering, one of the most important parts of how Datadog develops its people.
- how we build leaders, define career paths and org design, evolve performance, move talent internally, and plan succession for our most critical roles.
- You'll own this work end to end, from the first framing conversation with senior leaders through to delivering a program running at scale.
Requirements
- You are equally comfortable setting direction and getting into the detail, able to move from strategy to execution without handing work off prematurely.
- You are data-fluent, pragmatic and outcome-focused, with a strong bias towards delivery and follow-through.
Compensation
- $162,000 - $216,000 USD
Benefits
- New hire stock equity (RSUs) and employee stock purchase plan (ESPP)
- Free, global mental health benefits for employees and dependents age 6+
- Competitive global benefits
- Datadog offers a competitive salary and equity package, and may include variable compensation.
- Work across Enablement, Learning, People Analytics and People Systems so what you build scales and embeds into core people processes.
- You have designed and delivered talent programs in a fast-growing, global organization, and partnered directly with executives on strategic people questions.
- Learn more about #DatadogLife on Instagram, LinkedIn, and Datadog Learning Center.
Company info
- It brings applications, infrastructure, data, models, and security into one place, using AI to detect and resolve issues before they impact customers.
- 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.
Equal opportunity
- Equal Opportunity at Datadog:
- This form is for accommodation requests only and cannot be used to inquire about the status of applications.
Visa & Work Authorization
- t 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
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