Technical Program Manager 2, Technical Solutions
Datadog · New York, NY · Yesterday
Information Technology$116k–$145k/yrFull-time
About the role
We are seeking a motivated and experienced Technical Program Manager II to join Datadog’s Technical Solutions organization. This organization is made up of 1,200+ customer-facing technical experts around the world — including Sales Engineers, Technical Account Managers, Support Engineers, and Solution Architects — who work with prospects and customers throughout their journey with Datadog to deliver outstanding experiences and drive growth through product adoption.
Responsibilities
- Drive delivery of cross-team programs that support one or more Technical Solutions teams — coordinating stakeholders, dependencies, and timelines to keep work on track from kickoff through delivery.
- Partner with team leads, subject matter experts, and cross-functional stakeholders to translate program goals into clear, actionable plans, and document scope, timeline, and quality expectations along the way.
- Establish and maintain program management fundamentals — project trackers, status updates, risk logs — so stakeholders always have visibility into progress and blockers.
- Identify unclear or incomplete requirements early and bring structure to ambiguous problems, escalating only when needed to keep execution on track.
- Use data to track progress against milestones, surface risks, and guide decisions; adjust plans as circumstances change.
- Apply AI tools to streamline your own program management workflows — synthesizing updates, surfacing patterns in program data, or accelerating documentation — and help identify where AI can improve processes for the teams you support.
- Communicate program status, risks, and impact clearly to stakeholders at different levels, adapting your message for technical and non-technical audiences.
- Look for opportunities to improve how programs and processes run, and contribute ideas that make execution more efficient over time.
Requirements
- Program Management Experience: 3-5 years of experience leading technical programs in a SaaS or technical environment, ideally including cross-team or cross-functional initiatives.
- Execution-Oriented: Comfortable driving moderately complex, cross-team initiatives independently, with the judgment to seek guidance on larger or more ambiguous efforts. Solid foundation in project scoping, timeline management, and risk management; PMP, Agile training, or equivalent certification preferred.
- Data-Informed: Tracks progress against established metrics and uses data to guide decisions, report status, and identify risks early.
- Clear Communicator: Able to convey project status and ideas concisely to a range of audiences, from peers to senior stakeholders, adapting the level of detail as needed.
- Collaborative: Builds trust through consistent delivery; works constructively across teams to resolve differing viewpoints and unblock progress.
- Ambitious: Able to identify unclear requirements, ask the right questions, and bring structure to partially-defined problems.
- AI Fluency: Uses AI tools confidently in day-to-day program work and can evaluate where AI can be responsibly and effectively applied to improve program processes.
- Growth-Oriented: Developing skill in giving constructive, empathetic feedback; may support the onboarding or mentorship of newer team members.
- Technical Foundation: Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related technical field, or equivalent industry experience.
Qualifications
- Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related technical field, or equivalent industry experience.
Skills
- Experience supporting customer-facing or technical support functions is a plus.
Benefits
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.