Senior Manager, Business Recruiting

Boston, New York


This role will lead a team of leaders and recruiters to drive hiring strategies across Global Technical Solutions, and act as an advisor and trusted resource to key leaders across the business. As an action-oriented strategic partner to business stakeholders, this role will carry the recruiting subject matter expertise for the global orgs, and will build, scale, and structure the recruiting teams for success and future growth.

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: 

  • Hire and develop high performing teams, while establishing and executing objectives, and leading teams to reach quarterly hiring goals and OKRs
  • Be responsible for staffing, forecasting hiring targets, goal setting, training, and leading your team to achieve projected team recruiting goals annually
  • Implement and analyze diversity data to identify gaps and develop strategies that improve diverse hiring outcomes
  • Optimize hiring processes across Technical Solutions to be efficient and scalable, reducing time-to-hire and improving overall candidate experience.
  • Partner with the compensation team to regularly review compensation data and adjust when needed to remain competitive and attractive to candidates in tight markets.
  • Drive your team to build and maintain a proactive talent pipeline, preparing for both current and future hiring needs
  • Stay on top of the latest recruiting strategies and market movements, while facilitating training sessions with recruiters, leaders, and stakeholders as it pertains to sourcing, interviewing, profile identification, process workflow, etc.

Who You Are:

  • Experienced in 8+ years of full-lifecycle recruiting with 4+ years leading recruiting teams, preferably for technical functions or companies
  • An experienced leader who has managed double-digit sized teams, including managing managers, and seeks out opportunities to mentor and develop others in their careers
  • Excellent cross-team collaboration and stakeholder management
  • Superior at coaching your team in selling value proposition, negotiating and closing great candidates
  • Highly detail oriented and skilled at operating with a sense of urgency in all stages of the recruiting cycle
  • Able to successfully navigate and pivot to changing business needs while using data to identify, influence, and drive change

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: 

  • Generous and competitive benefits package
  • New hire stock equity (RSUs) and employee stock purchase plan
  • Continuous career development and pathing opportunities 
  • Product training to develop an in-depth understanding of our product and space
  • Best in breed onboarding
  • Internal mentor and buddy program cross-departmentally
  • Friendly and inclusive workplace culture

Benefits and Growth listed above may vary based on the country of your employment and the nature of your employment 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:
$165,000$210,000 USD

About Datadog: 

Datadog (NASDAQ: DDOG) is a global SaaS business, delivering a rare combination of growth and profitability. We are on a mission to break down silos and solve complexity in the cloud age by enabling digital transformation, cloud migration, and infrastructure monitoring of our customers’ entire technology stacks. Built by engineers, for engineers, Datadog is used by organizations of all sizes across a wide range of industries. Together, we champion professional development, diversity of thought, innovation, and work excellence to empower continuous growth. Join the pack and become part of a collaborative, pragmatic, and thoughtful people-first community where we solve tough problems, take smart risks, and celebrate one another. Learn more about #DatadogLife on Instagram, LinkedIn, and Datadog Learning Center.


Equal Opportunity at Datadog:

Datadog is an Affirmative Action and Equal Opportunity Employer and is proud to offer equal employment opportunity to everyone regardless of race, color, ancestry, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, age, citizenship, marital status, disability, gender identity, veteran status, and more. We also consider qualified applicants regardless of criminal histories, consistent with legal requirements. Here are our Candidate Legal Notices for your reference.

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Requisition ID: R9234