Datadog
Senior Design Manager - AI Monitoring & Management
$204K–$255K
New York, New York, USA +1 · Manager · Full-time · Posted Oct 9, 2026
- Location
- New York, New York, USA
New York, NY, United States - Experience
- 10+ years in product design roles, with 3+ years in a design management or leadership position.
About the job
Leads a four-designer team and shapes design across Datadog’s AI observability products, including hands-on prototyping and shipping in code.
What you'll do
- Drive coherent end-to-end experiences across Agent Observability, GPU Monitoring, and Agent Console.
- Lead, coach, and develop four designers while maintaining a high bar for design craft and product thinking.
- Partner with Product and Engineering leadership on strategy and roadmaps; prototype and ship in code where impactful.
What they ask for
- 10+ years in product design, including 3+ years in design management or leadership.
- Portfolio showing end-to-end product design ownership and deep expertise in at least one complex domain.
- Experience designing complex, data-heavy products and mentoring designers.
- Ability to prototype and ship directly in code, using Claude Code, Cursor, or similar.
Nice to have
- Experience designing developer tools, AI/ML products, or observability platforms.
- Comfort with ambiguity in a rapidly evolving space.
Pay
$204,000 — $255,000 USD (base salary)
Tools
Claude Code, Cursor
AI focus
Leads design for AI monitoring and management products, covering AI training and development workflows, evaluations, GPU infrastructure, and agent debugging.
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