Senior Director, Public Sector Marketing

District of Columbia, USA, Remote

Datadog is seeking a Sr. Director to lead our Public Sector Marketing team to be based in either Washington DC or NYC. This role reports to the Vice President of Digital Operations & Field Marketing. As Sr. Director of Marketing for the Public Sector, you will play a pivotal role in shaping and executing our Public Sector marketing strategy. Your leadership will drive the expansion of Datadog's presence in this dynamic and rapidly evolving market. We are seeking an individual with A proven track record in the Public Sector marketing with deep experience leading cross functional teams. 

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:

  • Lead a high performing cross functional Public Sector marketing team consisting of marketers across Field, Product, Digital, and Content marketing. 
  • Gain a comprehensive understanding of Datadog's products, market position, personas, competition, and market trends.
  • You will act as the main point of contact and enablement for the public sector sales team, ensuring effective communication of marketing plans and performance. Regularly presenting metrics in QSRs, Global Field MKT QBRs, regional all hands, and leadership meetings. 
  • Utilize third-party organizations, media outlets,  agencies, and partners to create demand and generate leads across various channels. 
  • Optimize the Public Sector channel mix to respond to changes in the market and evaluate program success for future planning and effective budget management.
  • Proactively collaborate with various GTM teams to plan and execute larger portions of owned (DASH, Datadog Summit, and Datadog Live) and sponsored partner events (i.e. Reinvent & AWS Summits).
  • Partner with Datadog’s experienced recruitment and HR team to recruit, hire and onboard new team members.
  • Lead and inspire a talented team of marketers, providing effective management, motivation, and guidance to support their career development and ensure the achievement of performance metrics.

Who You Are: 

  • A leader who consistently applies a growth mindset to execute a multi-touch, multi-channel go-to-market strategy, surpassing both goals and industry standards.
  • In depth Marketing experience working in the Public Sector (Both FED and State/Local)
  • Team-oriented approach ensures seamless alignment across the organization. 
  • Thrive on data and engage with systems to collect, analyze and share data relative to your programs for pipeline planning.
  • 15+ years of relevant Public Sector marketing experience in B2B SaaS, with 5+ years of leadership experience  
  • Outstanding organizational skills, ability to follow through, and capable of meeting deadlines while balancing multiple projects and priorities
  • Exceptional oral, written, and presentation skills
  • Experience with CRM (Salesforce), Google Suite, project management and sales enablement workflows.
  • Ability to travel up to 20% of the time.

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:
$229,000—$300,000 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: R10668