GTM Strategy & Operations Senior Associate (Marketing)

About the role

The GTM Strategy & Operations Senior Associate for Marketing will join a global team driving Datadog’s next phase of growth, with a dedicated focus on the Marketing organization. The team leverages diverse business backgrounds in tech, management consulting, investment banking, and business development to accelerate Datadog’s global growth. This role works directly with Datadog’s most senior leaders to set corporate strategy, launch new GTM programs, improve efficiency across the business, and support data-driven decision-making.

Responsibilities

• Strategic roadmap and budget development: Own strategic initiatives that define how Marketing scales as Datadog grows globally, from annual planning and investment strategy to operational improvements and new capabilities
• Partnership with Marketing & GTM leadership: Present recommendations and business cases to executive leadership, influencing company-wide decisions on Marketing investments and priorities.
• Marketing AI roadmap & execution: Inform how we should leverage AI to optimize our Marketing motion, work with marketing org to test and scale new pilots
• Marketing analysis and reporting: Analyze complex marketing and GTM data to uncover trends and performance gaps and inform decision-making on budget, HC, channel and regional allocation
• Data visualization and insights: Partner with our Data & Analytics team to optimize dashboards and reporting to deliver actionable insights and monitor the impact of deployed initiatives.

Requirements

Experience: 3-5 years in GTM/growth/revenue strategy, management consulting, investment banking/equity research, or a similar role (experience working with Marketing or Sales teams is a plus)

Passion for Marketing: You are excited by modern B2B marketing and curious about how demand generation, product marketing, digital, events, lifecycle, and brand come together to drive growth. You enjoy understanding how marketing organizations operate and identifying ways to improve their effectiveness.

Excitement for AI: You actively experiment with AI tools in your daily work and are excited about identifying opportunities to transform business processes through AI. You enjoy rapidly testing new technologies and turning promising ideas into scalable workflows.

Builder mindset: Proven ability to go beyond strategy – you can design solutions and drive them through execution, rollout, and adoption

Creative problem solving: Comfort operating in ambiguity and structuring loosely defined problems

Strategic thinking: Ability to break down complex problems into structured insights and clear action plans

Quantitative analysis: Strong analytical skills with high attention to detail

Communication: Excellent verbal and written communication skills, with the ability to synthesize complex ideas for senior stakeholders

Ownership: Track record of working cross-functionally and taking responsibility for outcomes across Sales, Marketing, Strategy, and Product teams

Presentation skills: Ability to create and deliver presentations for senior and executive audiences

Bonus Points

• Experience manipulating and analyzing complex datasets using SQL and/or Python
• Experience deploying Marketing AI solutions
• Experience working with or supporting Marketing / Sales orgs
• Experience with Tableau or similar data visualization tools
• Experience implementing GTM tools, workflows, or automation

Qualifications

Education: Bachelor’s degree in Business Administration, Marketing, Computer Science, or a related field

Skills: Proficiency in Microsoft Office Suite, Google Analytics, Tableau, and SQL

Technical Skills: Familiarity with CRM systems, marketing automation platforms, and data analytics tools

Skills

• Strategic thinking
• Quantitative analysis
• Communication
• Ownership
• Presentation skills
• Builder mindset
• Creative problem solving
• AI experimentation

Benefits

• Continuous training and career growth
• Work directly with Marketing and GTM executives on some of Datadog's highest-priority growth initiatives
• Join a high-performing Strategy team with backgrounds spanning consulting, investment banking, business development, and operating roles
• New hire stock equity (RSUs) and employee stock purchase plan
• Generous and competitive US benefits
• Friendly and inclusive workplace culture