HRIS Manager

About the role

Datadog is seeking a HRIS Manager who will be responsible for managing and supporting projects within People Technology. This hands-on technical role demands excellent knowledge of HR business processes and methodologies along with a strong analytical and reporting background.

Responsibilities

• Own the end-to-end product lifecycle for your pod's systems and processesâfrom gathering requirements and designing solutions through testing, delivery, and adoption.
• Serve as the Workday subject matter expert for your domain, advising stakeholders on configuration best practices, optimization opportunities, and governance.
• Absorb when Workday is the right tool and when a specialized third-party platform better serves the business. You'll partner with stakeholders on those decisions and own the requirements that follow.
• Understand integration concepts well enough to make informed build-vs-buy decisions and clearly define requirements for our integrations teamâyou won't be building integrations, but you'll know why they're needed and what they need to do.
• Create and maintain custom Workday reports, dashboards, and calculated fields to surface the right data to the right people at the right time.
• Partner cross-functionally with IT, Finance, Business Operations, and global People teams to align on requirements, recommend solutions, and drive delivery.
• Identify and drive AI and automation opportunities within your domainâreducing manual work and increasing the intelligence of your systems.
• Manage testing and quality assurance, including regression testing for system updates, new configurations, and third-party changes.
• Create and maintain system documentation, change management materials, and training resources that drive adoption across the People team and the broader organization.
• Manage projects independentlyâscoping, communicating, and delivering with sound judgment about when to escalate.

Qualifications

• 7+ years of hands-on HRIS experience with deep Workday knowledge across one or more functional areas. Workday Pro certification is a plus.
• A systems thinker who evaluates the full People tech ecosystemânot just what's possible in Workday, but what's the right solution for the business, whether that's native configuration, a third-party tool, or a smarter process.
• Tech fluency enough to understand integrations, data flows, and downstream impactsâso you can make good decisions and write clear requirements, even when someone else does the building.
• Skilled at translating ambiguous business problems into clear, scalable HRIS solutions. You ask the right questions before writing a single business process step.
• Experience in end-to-end Workday implementation and enhancement work, including project management, stakeholder communication, and change management.
• Knowledgeable in Workday security model design and configuration, with an understanding of how security decisions affect user experience, compliance, and downstream systems.
• Curious about AI, automation, and emerging HR technologyâand proactive about finding opportunities to apply them.
• Comfortable managing multiple priorities in a fast-moving environment, adapting when requirements shift, and escalating with good judgment.

Who You Are

At Datadog, we place value in our office culture - the relationships and collaboration it builds, and the creativity it brings to the table. We operate as a hybrid workplace to ensure our Datadogs can create a work-life harmony that best fits them.

Benefits and Growth

• Generous and competitive global benefits
• New hire stock equity (RSUs) and employee stock purchase plan
• Continuous career development and pathing opportunities
• Product training to develop an in-depth understanding of our product and space
• Best in breed onboarding
• Internal mentor and buddy program cross-departmentally
• Friendly and inclusive workplace culture

Pay

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.

Schedule

Hybrid workplace