Datadog
Head of Global Executive Support
New York, New York, USA · Senior
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About the role
- We understand not everyone will meet all the above qualifications on day one.
- 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.
Responsibilities
- Lead and develop a global, multi-level executive assistant team
- Drive headcount planning, resource allocation, and org design as the company scales
- Develop and maintain policies, playbooks, and documentation that standardize high-quality support across all executive stakeholders
- Identify and implement process improvements that increase efficiency and reduce friction across the organization
- Act as an escalation point for complex, high-stakes, or sensitive executive support needs
- Maintain discretion and judgment around confidential information at the highest levels of the organization
- Partner with Finance, Legal, People, and leaders across the business to ensure EA operations align with company-wide policies and systems
- Demonstrated ability to build and scale an EA organization
- Deep fluency in executive-level support workflows: complex calendar management, travel logistics, budget oversight, and event execution
- Datadog is hiring a Head of Global Executive Support to lead and scale our Executive Support organization.
Requirements
- 12+ years of experience in executive or administrative support, with at least 4+ years in a people management role leading other managers
Nice to have
- Strong proficiency with Google Workspace, Zoom, Slack, Workday, Navan, and related enterprise tools
- familiarity with tools like Claude, Salesforce, Jira, or similar a plus
- Experience in a high-growth technology company preferred
Compensation
- $200,000 - $240,000 USD
Benefits
- Generous global benefits
- New hire stock equity (RSUs) and employee stock purchase plan (ESPP)
- Datadog offers a competitive salary and equity package, and may include variable compensation.
- Define the long-term vision and operating model for Executive Support at Datadog
Company info
- It brings applications, infrastructure, data, models, and security into one place, using AI to detect and resolve issues before they impact customers.
- This is a leadership role responsible for the strategy, operations, and people development of a global team spanning Executive Assistants, Senior EAs, Team Leads, and Managers.
- At Datadog, we place value in our office culture - the relationships and collaboration it builds and the creativity it brings to the table.
- 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.
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- 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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