Datadog
Director, Product Design
$232K–$290K
New York, New York, USA +1 · Director · Full-time · Posted Oct 30, 2026
- Location
- New York, New York, USA
New York, NY, United States - Experience
- 12+ years in product design, including 5+ years managing managers.
About the job
Leads product design strategy and a global design team for Datadog’s product suite, shaping product vision and how the team designs and builds with AI.
What you'll do
- Define product vision, roadmaps, metrics, and goals with cross-functional peers; champion product excellence.
- Build, develop, and lead a talented, diverse, global design team.
- Evolve design and build practices with AI and partner with design peers on organizational processes, tools, and capabilities.
What they ask for
- 12+ years in product design, including 5+ years managing managers.
- A portfolio demonstrating design leadership, craft, end-to-end ownership, and product excellence.
- Strong customer advocacy, with design decisions grounded in data and business context.
- Understanding of the software development lifecycle and enthusiasm for guiding teams to prototype in code and ship with AI.
Nice to have
- Experience building complex products, ideally B2B SaaS.
Pay
$232,000 — $290,000 USD yearly base salary
Tools
AI
AI focus
Evolve how the team designs and builds with AI; guide teams to prototype in code and ship with AI.
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