Datadog
Senior Design Manager - Design Systems
$204K–$255K
New York, New York, USA +1 · Manager · Full-time · Posted Sep 22, 2026
- Location
- New York, New York, USA
New York, NY, United States - Experience
- 8+ years in product design, including 3+ years managing.
About the job
Leads Datadog’s DRUIDS design system team, setting its direction and quality bar while developing tools and workflows that help product teams design and build interfaces.
What you'll do
- Set the design system’s direction, roadmap, scope, and quality bar; decide what it ships and what remains with product teams.
- Manage, coach, and grow a team of designers and design engineers, including hiring and performance management.
- Own system tooling and workflows, and partner with product designers, frontend engineers, and PMs to support product teams.
What they ask for
- 8+ years in product design, including 3+ years managing.
- Experience managing and growing a design system team.
- Read and write front-end code and communicate about it.
- Clear communication, strong design opinions, quality-focused feedback, and ability to build relationships and influence fellow leaders.
Pay
$204,000 — $255,000 USD (base salary)
Tools
front-end code
AI focus
Determine how design quality is evaluated by people and agents, and where that evaluation fits into software shipping workflows.
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