Datadog
Senior Technical Program Manager
$184K–$230K
New York, New York, USA +1 · Manager · Full-time · Posted Aug 19, 2026
- Location
- New York, New York, USA
New York, NY, United States - Experience
- 5+ years of technical program management at a high-growth technology company.
About the job
Leads technically complex, cross-functional programs and builds AI-powered automation to reduce coordination and deliver Datadog’s highest-priority initiatives.
What you'll do
- Own programs across engineering, product, and business functions; surface risks and dependencies and maintain SVP-level visibility through KPIs.
- Build AI-powered tools and automated program workflows for risk synthesis, dependency tracking, stakeholder mapping, and program templates.
- Drive complex initiatives to completion by bridging teams, resolving friction, and exercising judgment on escalation and technical decisions.
What they ask for
- 5+ years of technical program management at a high-growth technology company.
- Demonstrated ability to complete large, ambiguous cross-functional programs with minimal direction.
- Hands-on technical credibility in complex domains such as observability, infrastructure, data platforms, or AI/ML systems; able to engage on architecture and system design.
- Strong senior-leadership communication and trust-building skills; active daily use of AI tools and experience building a tool, template, or automated workflow used by others.
Nice to have
- Experience automating a program lifecycle or workflow that previously required manual coordination.
- Program experience with unit economics such as cloud cost, capacity, or margin.
Pay
$184,000 — $230,000 USD (base salary)
Tools
AI, AI/ML, model training pipelines, ML infrastructure, GPU compute, observability, infrastructure, data platforms
AI focus
Build and deploy AI-powered automation throughout program execution to surface risks, accelerate planning, track dependencies, and identify cross-team patterns; requires practical AI systems literacy.
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