Senior Design Manager - AI Monitoring & Management

About Datadog Datadog is the essential monitoring platform for cloud applications. We bring together data from servers, containers, databases, and third-party services to make your stack entirely observable. These capabilities help DevOps teams avoid downtime, resolve performance issues, and ensure customers are getting the best user experience.

Datadog

Datadog provides cloud-scale monitoring and security for metrics, traces and logs in one unified platform.

SaaSAPMSoftwareLog ManagementCloudDevOpsMonitoringInfrastructureDistributed SystemsCloud Computing

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datadoghq.com

1,001-5,000 employees

Software Development

New York, NY

2010

Public Company

602k LinkedIn followers

Raised $1B

• Go deep on the domain (AI training/development workflows, evals, GPU infrastructure, agent debugging) to the point of having independent, well-informed points of view
• Drive end-to-end product experiences across Agent Observability, GPU Monitoring, and Agent Console, ensuring coherence across the three surfaces
• Prototype and ship directly in code where it has the most impact, to demonstrate direction and quality, not as a substitute for the team's own execution
• Lead and coach a team of four designers, raising their craft, product thinking, and fluency building with AI-native tools
• Conduct regular 1:1s and career conversations; foster psychological safety and a culture of continuous improvement
• Partner with Product and Engineering leadership to shape strategy, prioritization, and roadmap direction
• Set and maintain a high bar for design quality across all output, including interaction design, visual design, coded prototypes, and user testing, and lead design critiques within the domain

• 10+ years in product design roles, with 3+ years in a design management or leadership position
• Portfolio demonstrating end-to-end product design ownership and deep domain expertise in at least one complex area
• Demonstrated ability to take an existing product area and visibly uplevel its craft and product ownership
• Strong communication and influence skills; able to partner effectively with senior-level PMs and Engineers
• Experience designing complex, data-heavy products
• Capability to prototype and ship directly in code (Claude Code, Cursor, or similar), and comfort leading a team that works the same way
• Demonstrated ability to mentor designers and raise their craft through coaching and example
• Nice to have: experience designing developer tools, AI/ML products, or observability platforms, and comfort with ambiguity in a rapidly evolving space
• 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.

• New hire stock equity (RSUs) and employee stock purchase plan (ESPP)
• Continuous professional development, product training, and design education
• Intradepartmental mentor and peer coaching program
• Inclusive company culture; access to Datadog Community Guilds (employee resource groups)
• Free, global mental health benefits for employees and dependents age 6+
• Benefits and details may vary based on country of employment and employment nature 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
• $204,000—$255,000 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.