Product Strategy and Corporate Development Lead, AI

What You'll Do

• Support Datadog's AI product strategy by analyzing emerging technologies, market opportunities, and competitive dynamics.
• Sources high-potential AI startups for acquisition, investment, or partnership, and builds a strong presence across the founder and VC ecosystem through meetups, conferences, and events.
• Drives workstreams across diligence, valuation, financial modeling, strategic assessment, and internal recommendations.
• Pairs with Product and Engineering leaders to evaluate build/buy/partner opportunities aligned with Datadog's AI roadmap.
• Supports negotiation processes, including term sheets and partnership structures, and collaborates on integration planning with cross-functional partners after deals close.
• Helps attract early-stage AI companies into Datadog's startup program.

Who You Are

• Demonstrated technical knowledge through past experience (software engineering, product management, VC, etc.) or a degree in Computer Science (or equivalent).
• Some experience with financial modeling, forecasting, or analysis (willingness to learn; we can teach you).
• Excited about building and maintaining a strong network across founders, VCs, and the broader AI ecosystem.
• Self-starter who thrives in fast-paced, ambiguous, and technically challenging environments.
• Excellent prioritization and ability to operate across multiple complex stakeholders and projects.
• Strong communication skills and enthusiasm for developing negotiation capabilities.

About Datadog

Datadog is the leading observability and security platform for the AI era, providing businesses with unified visibility across the technology stack to manage complexity at scale. It brings applications, infrastructure, data, models, and security into one place, using AI to detect and resolve issues before they impact customers. Trusted globally by Fortune 500 companies and high-growth AI leaders, Datadog enables businesses to move faster with clarity and confidence.

Benefits and Growth

• Best-in-breed onboarding
• Generous global benefits
• Intra-departmental mentor and buddy program for in-house networking
• New hire stock equity (RSUs) and employee stock purchase plan (ESPP)
• Continuous professional development, product training, and career pathing
• An inclusive company culture, able to join our Community Guilds and Inclusion Talks