Director, Product Management - Infrastructure Monitoring

Datadog•New York, NY

1d•Hybrid

About The Position

The Infrastructure Monitoring organization at Datadog is responsible for delivering the products that give engineering teams complete visibility into the health and performance of their infrastructure — from hosts and containers to cloud-native and hybrid environments. We are looking for a Director of Product Management to lead and shape the roadmap and delivery of our Infrastructure Monitoring product capabilities at Datadog in the AI era. In this role, you will bring a combination of technical expertise, product management experience, and a deep understanding of infrastructure and observability to help Datadog grow it’s leadership position in infrastructure monitoring. You will lead a team of product managers and collaborate with senior leadership in product, engineering and design. 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.

Requirements

Proven experience in B2B SaaS product management, with a track record of successfully leading the development and delivery of AI-driven products and solutions.
Deep understanding of infrastructure, cloud platforms, DevOps, or observability — you can engage credibly with customers, engineers, and architects on technical topics including cloud-native and AI architectures, Kubernetes, compute/storage/networking, and distributed systems
Track record of building and developing high-performing PM teams; experience managing both ICs and senior PMs
Ability to set a long-term product vision while driving rigorous near-term execution across a complex, multi-team product area
Strong instincts for understanding customer pain and translating it into product strategy that creates real value
Comfortable defining KPIs, analyzing product usage, running experiments, and making prioritization decisions under uncertainty
Excellent written and verbal communication skills; able to influence senior engineering stakeholders and align cross-functional teams — and present confidently to executives and customers
Lead with empathy and directness, take ownership, and thrive in a fast-paced, high-growth environment

Nice To Haves

Experience at a monitoring, observability, or cloud infrastructure company
Background in software engineering, SRE, or platform architecture
Familiarity with Kubernetes, eBPF, OpenTelemetry, or cloud cost optimization
Experience managing a PM org through a period of rapid product or company scaling

Responsibilities

Own the vision and strategy for Infrastructure Monitoring products, ensuring alignment with overall company goals and customer needs. This will include managing a subset of the infrastructure product portfolio.
Identify new opportunities for infrastructure product innovation and drive them from concept to execution, ensuring they have a measurable impact on customers and the business.
Define product roadmaps and manage the prioritization of features and initiatives to ensure the team's efforts are aligned with business goals.
Drive AI-powered product innovation by identifying and embedding AI capabilities into the infrastructure monitoring product suite and support customers transformation with AI
Work closely with customers and stakeholders to deeply understand their pain points, ensuring that infrastructure monitoring solutions are delivering tangible value and solving real-world problems.
Collaborate with cross-functional teams including engineering, design, data science, marketing, and sales to deliver infrastructure product solutions that meet customer needs and business objectives.
Lead and mentor a team of product managers, helping them grow and advance their careers while ensuring the delivery of high-quality, customer-impactful features.
Promote a product-first mindset across the organization, ensuring that the user experience and business value are central to every product decision.
Foster a culture of innovation and excellence in infrastructure product development, ensuring that Datadog remains the leader in infrastructure observability.