As a Product Design Manager within the Application Performance Monitoring team, you will manage a team of product designers working on a suite of interconnected products focused on enabling developers to understand their code, deployments and user interactions.  As a manager, you will be responsible for representing the team to our partners in Engineering and Product Management, as well as internally to the Design team. You will help communicate and connect your team’s work to our overall mission and business goals. This is a hands-on leadership position, and you may do some product design work as needed or desired.

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 and mentor a team of 5-7 Product Designers
• Hire and retain amazing designers, and help shape our team culture
• Mentor designers in their practice, prioritization, strategy and career growth
• Support and improve the work of your team with regular design reviews and collaboration sessions
• Own your team’s priorities, planning and execution, connecting them to larger business and product priorities
• Collaborate with other Team Leads, Product Managers, and Engineers on feedback and critique of product and processes

Who You Are:

• Prior experience designing and working on technical SaaS products
• At least 2 years of experience managing multiple product designers
• At least 8 years of experience designing digital products
• Your portfolio includes a proven track record shipping interaction design work for web applications
• Your management experience includes team goal planning and feature prioritization
• You give and receive feedback well, and support and improve the work of your colleagues

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: 

• New hire stock equity (RSUs) and employee stock purchase plan (ESPP)
• Continuous professional development, product training, and career pathing
• Intradepartmental mentor and buddy program for in-house networking
• An inclusive company culture, ability to join our Community Guilds (Datadog employee resource groups)
• Access to Inclusion Talks, our internal panel discussions
• Free, global mental health benefits for employees and dependents age 6+
• Competitive global benefits

Benefits and Growth listed above may vary based on the country of your employment and the nature of your employment with Datadog.

The reasonably estimated salary for this role at Datadog ranges from $157,000 to $205,000, plus a competitive 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.

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