The Chief of Staff to the CPO will serve as an advisor, thought partner, and execution lead to support the CPO in driving efficiency, alignment, and operational excellence across the Product organization. This highly impactful role requires a balance of strategic thinking, operational execution, and strong communication skills to support a technical product suite in a fast-growing environment. The ideal candidate will bring a combination of deep technical acumen, business strategy expertise, and organizational leadership.
What You'll Do:
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Planning & execution: Partner with the CPO to develop and execute key strategic initiatives, drive OKR alignment across the Product team, and track progress on business objectives. Drive the annual planning process together with cross functional partners.
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Cross-functional Coordination: Act as a key liaison between the Product, Engineering, Design, and GtM teams, ensuring seamless collaboration and information flow.
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Operational Excellence: Partner with the Product Ops team to develop and implement scalable processes, tools, and frameworks that enhance the efficiency and effectiveness of the Product organization.
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Data-driven Decision Making: Analyze key product and business metrics, synthesize insights, and provide recommendations to support executive decision-making.
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Executive Communications: Craft presentations, reports, and comms on behalf of the CPO, ensuring clarity and consistency of messaging.
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Meeting & Agenda Management: Manage leadership meetings, set agendas, track action items, and ensure follow-ups to drive accountability across teams.
Who You Are:
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7+ years of experience in product management, strategy, consulting, or operations within a high-growth technology company.
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Technical background (CS degree, engineering experience, or deep familiarity or cloud infrastructure, observability) strongly preferred.
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Proven experience working closely with senior executives, managing cross-functional initiatives, and driving organizational change.
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Strong analytical skills with the ability to distill complex problems into clear insights and action plans.
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Excellent communication and interpersonal skills, with the ability to influence and collaborate across all levels.
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Exceptional organizational skills and ability to manage multiple priorities in a fast-paced environment.
Datadog values people from all walks of life. We understand not everyone will meet all the above qualifications on day one. That's okay. If you’re passionate about technology and want to grow your skills, we encourage you to apply.
Datadog offers a competitive salary and equity package, and may include variable compensation. Actual compensation is based on factors such as the candidate's skills, qualifications, and experience. In addition, Datadog offers a wide range of best in class, comprehensive and inclusive employee benefits for this role including healthcare, dental, parental planning, and mental health benefits, a 401(k) plan and match, paid time off, fitness reimbursements, and a discounted employee stock purchase plan.
The reasonably estimated yearly salary for this role at Datadog is:
$260,000—$342,000 USD
About Datadog:
Datadog (NASDAQ: DDOG) is a global SaaS business, delivering a rare combination of growth and profitability. We are on a mission to break down silos and solve complexity in the cloud age by enabling digital transformation, cloud migration, and infrastructure monitoring of our customers’ entire technology stacks. Built by engineers, for engineers, Datadog is used by organizations of all sizes across a wide range of industries. Together, we champion professional development, diversity of thought, innovation, and work excellence to empower continuous growth. Join the pack and become part of a collaborative, pragmatic, and thoughtful people-first community where we solve tough problems, take smart risks, and celebrate one another. Learn more about #DatadogLife on Instagram, LinkedIn, and Datadog Learning Center.
Equal Opportunity at Datadog:
Datadog is an Affirmative Action and Equal Opportunity Employer and is proud to offer equal employment opportunity to everyone regardless of race, color, ancestry, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, age, citizenship, marital status, disability, gender identity, veteran status, and more. We also consider qualified applicants regardless of criminal histories, consistent with legal requirements. Here are our Candidate Legal Notices for your reference.
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