Datadog
Head of Competitive Intelligence
$220K–$270K
New York, New York, USA +3 · Director · Full-time · Posted Jul 10, 2026
- Location
- New York, New York, USA
San Francisco, California, USA
New York, NY, United States
San Francisco, CA, United States - Experience
- 8+ years in competitive intelligence, technical product strategy, product management, market intelligence, strategic technical research, or related enterprise software work.
About the job
Build and lead Datadog’s Competitive Intelligence function, turning technical, customer, market, and competitor evidence into product strategy, roadmap guidance, and go-to-market recommendations.
What you'll do
- Own recurring competitive monitoring, research standards, and a central repository of competitor evidence and briefs.
- Deliver product-focused analyses and recommendations, including feature-gap assessments, roadmap guidance, and GTM enablement.
- Lead a small team and partner across Product, Engineering, GTM, and leadership while maintaining ethical, legally compliant research practices.
What they ask for
- Strong technical fluency in at least one area: observability, cloud infrastructure, security, developer tooling, distributed systems, or enterprise SaaS platforms.
- Ability to analyze technical documentation and distinguish credible technical differentiation from surface-level claims.
- Strong executive writing, evidence synthesis, and stakeholder influence skills.
- Understanding of legal, ethical, and compliance considerations in competitive intelligence.
Nice to have
- Experience building a competitive intelligence program, repository, taxonomy, or recurring market-monitoring process.
- Familiarity with SCIP ethics guidance, evidence governance, and legally approved research methods.
Pay
$220,000–$270,000 USD yearly salary; base salary
Tools
observability, cloud infrastructure, security, developer tooling, distributed systems, enterprise SaaS
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