Senior Product Manager - AI Platform

New York, New York, USA

The AI platform supports products across organizations such as Bits AI, LLM Observability, Code Gen, Evaluation of Agent, all AI research done by Datadog internal teams as well as by our Cifre PhD student and our future AI lab. In addition, the AI Platform will provide necessary tooling to all data scientists embedded across Datadog teams.

The AI Platform organization has two main objectives: Reduce barriers for data scientists so they can focus fully on building impactful models and products, without needing to create these tools from scratch. Equip Datadog’s engineers with a sandbox for experimenting with AI and machine learning, making it easy to incorporate AI-driven features across Datadog with minimal friction. 

As the AI Platform PM, you’ll own the vision, roadmap, and execution of the Datadog AI Platform.You’ll work closely with product and platform teams across Datadog, across the entire product portfolio to identify opportunities to generate customer value by spearheading cutting-edge features. 

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:

  • Own the end-to-end product management process for the AI Platform within Datadog.
  • Work closely with Engineers, Data Scientists, and Product teams to define and grow ML frameworks and ensure they meet performance, security, governance, legal, and scalability standards.
  • Partner and collaborate with other platforms to accelerate AI needs across the business
  • Ensure governance of data used for model training purposes
  • Stay informed about industry trends and continually adopt best practices and innovations
  • Define and own interfaces for teams to create and leverage AI services
  • Influence decisions by providing technical consultation and direction to stakeholders
  • Deliver technical marketing literature to generate awareness and drive adoption of platform features.
  • Define Key Performance Indicators (KPIs) for the platform and report on them to business and executive leadership

Who You Are:

  • At least 5 years of experience as a Technical Product Manager and 2+ years of leading the delivery of AI services in a cross functional environment.
  • Proven track record of driving a vision and roadmap for technical platforms
  • You are able to drive large-scale initiatives while incrementally delivering value to the business over time.
  • You excel at empathizing with customers and engineering needs, understand the end-to-end build/delivery aspects, and are able to drive the right technology investment for a platform
  • You are able to bring clarity in a nebulous and constantly changing environment with multiple stakeholders and opinions.
  • You possess the ability to gain a deep understanding of the system architecture and design concepts behind complex, enterprise-class software solutions at high transaction volumes.
  • You have excellent communication skills and the ability to work effectively with technical and non-technical stakeholders.
  • You have a Bachelor’s Degree in Engineering, Computer Science, Information Technology, or equivalent experience

Datadog values people from all walks of life. We know 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 experience, we encourage you to apply.

Benefits & Growth:

  • New hire stock equity (RSUs) and employee stock purchase plan (ESPP)
  • Continuous professional development, product training, and career pathing
  • Intra-departmental mentor and buddy program for in-house networking
  • An inclusive company culture, ability to join our Community Guilds
  • Access to Inclusion Talks, our Internal panel discussions
  • Free, global Spring 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.

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:
$187,000—$240,000 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: R14476