Program Manager, AI and Developer Community Content and Events

What You’ll Do

• Growing Datadog’s presence at AI events and identifying opportunities for meetups, hands-on learning, and sponsored events, with a focus on AI or Developer events
• Planning technical programming for AI or developer events that Datadog hosts or sponsors
• Sponsoring AI and developer focused content at larger global events such as DASH, Datadog’s annual conference
• Tracking deadlines and deliverables for our content and events, including digital and physical assets, and working with vendors and procurement teams as needed to ensure event success
• Identifying and resolving risks and blockers for our event programming
• Maintaining our internal tools and public website for event agenda and speaker content
• Owning our onsite speaker experience for both internal and customer speakers
• Managing event programming onsite, coordinating rehearsals, staffing, and ensuring smooth onsite operations
• Collaborate closely with our Community teams, external stakeholders, and the VP of Community
• Create and refine processes; maintain focus on continual improvements, automation and scaling
• Communicate goals, status, risks, and impact to teams and stakeholders ensuring alignment and visibility of information across teams

Who You Are

• You have approximately 2-5 years of experience in program management, leading similar initiatives such as large scale conferences and related programs within a similar technical environment (B2B SaaS company), partnering closely with technical stakeholders
• You have experience working collaboratively across cross-functional teams; strong leadership and interpersonal skills, experience building and fostering effective working relationships
• You have strong communication skills, attention to detail and enjoy building processes
• You take a data-driven approach to program management; building tools (workflows, custom work intake processes, estimation models), collecting and analyzing data, and driving stakeholder buy-in
• You have experience influencing without direct authority at senior levels internal and external to the organization
• Able to travel via train or air, domestically and internationally, up to 20% of the time