Datadog
Technical Program Manager II
$146K–$182K
New York, New York, USA +1 · Manager · Full-time · Posted Aug 20, 2026
- Location
- New York, New York, USA
New York, NY, United States - Experience
- 3+ years of technical program management at a high-growth technology company.
About the job
Leads complex cross-functional technical programs and builds AI-powered automation to reduce coordination and move company initiatives to completion.
What you'll do
- Own large programs across engineering, product, and business functions; surface dependencies and risks and provide senior-leadership visibility.
- Engineer program lifecycles and workflows using AI-powered automation, including risk synthesis and dependency tracking.
- Drive technical, product, operational, and cross-functional initiatives through alignment and completion.
What they ask for
- 3+ 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 with architecture and system design.
- Strong senior engineering and product leadership trust, VP+ communication skills, daily use of AI tools, and a built tool, template, or automated workflow used by others.
Nice to have
- Experience in observability, infrastructure, data platforms, or AI/ML environments with knowledge of technical architecture.
- Experience managing programs with unit economics implications such as cloud cost, capacity, or margin.
Pay
$145,600 — $182,000 USD yearly base salary
Tools
AI, observability, infrastructure, data platforms, AI/ML systems, model training pipelines, ML infrastructure, GPU compute
AI focus
Use AI to surface risks, accelerate program planning, identify cross-team patterns, and build automation across program execution.
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