Senior Legal Program Manager

Datadog•New York, NY

11h•$120,000 - $150,000•Hybrid

About The Position

Datadog is seeking an experienced Senior Program Manager to join our Legal Operations subgroup. In this role you’ll work closely with individuals across the organization in support of various legal-related matters, with a primary focus on supporting the scalability of the global legal team. The Legal team supports Datadog's rapid growth by providing a wide range of legal services across a highly dynamic technology company, from driving new business via contracts and compliance efforts, to protecting Datadog's intellectual property. Datadog's Legal team collaborates with virtually every team across the organization, from engineering to product to Marketing. 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

An experienced legal program manager with 8-10+ years of contract, program, or project management experience (or 6+ years with a Master’s degree), including some experience directing or coordinating the work of analysts
Familiar with program management tools and techniques including possessing the skills of breaking large efforts into clear tasks, building roadmaps, assigning ownership and timelines, and reporting on progress
Passionate about exploring technology
Able to move forward in times of ambiguity and imperfect knowledge
An effective communicator and detail-oriented
Someone with high integrity and strong judgment
Comfortable working independently in a fast-paced environment where you’ll work on multiple projects at the same time, while meeting tight deadlines

Responsibilities

Partner with technical teams to roll out solutions and resolve issues flagged by the legal team
Run point on project management for major initiatives e.g. AI enablement, redlining tool implementation, etc.
Design, build, and maintain the technical architecture - workflow automations, system integrations, and data pipelines that connect tools
Scope and build internal tools and integrations (APIs, webhooks, scripts) that connect legal systems to each other and to company-wide platforms working directly with Business Systems and Sales Systems
Provide day-to-day technical guidance to analysts, help set priorities, review their configuration and automation work for quality and consistency, and coach them on systems-building skills
Serve as the technical escalation point
Enforce SOPs and reduce manual handling
Continuously cross-train across to operate as a flexible member of a shared services model, enabling coverage, resource-sharing, and consistent process standards