The opportunity
Datadog’s AI-powered observability and security platform is evolving fast, and we’re seeking a seasoned design leader to continue shaping our products and define what’s next. Our products help engineering and security teams see, understand, and act on what’s happening across complex systems at scale.
What you'll do
Define a cohesive product vision and establish roadmaps, metrics, and goals with cross-functional peers.
Champion product excellence and empower your team to deliver it.
Build, develop, and lead a talented, diverse, global design team.
Evolve how the team designs and builds with AI.
Partner with Design peers to strengthen the design organization’s processes, tools, and capabilities.
+ years in product design, including 5+ years managing managers.
What they're looking for
- A portfolio demonstrating design leadership, craft, end-to-end ownership, and product excellence.
- Strong customer advocacy, with design decisions grounded in data and business context.
- Experience building complex products, ideally B2B SaaS
- Understanding of the software development lifecycle and enthusiasm for: guiding teams to prototype in code and ship with AI.