Senior Product Manager, Observability Data Platform

Datadog

Confirmed live 2 days ago High trust
Hybrid

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$192,000–$240,000 / yr
Posted
58 days ago
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Confirmed live 2 days ago

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Above market

How this pay compares to similar roles

Similar $202k
This role $216k
$160k most similar roles pay here $249k

This role pays more than 68% of similar roles. Most pay $177,250–$227,125 — the shaded band above. At the midpoint, this role pays about $216k versus about $202k for comparable roles.

Based on 240 similar postings.

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About Datadog

Datadog, Inc. is an American company that provides an observability service for cloud-scale applications, providing monitoring of servers, databases, tools, and services, through a SaaS-based data analytics platform.

Datadog currently has 266 open roles on FindRole.

Listed pay typically runs $161,000–$205,000 across 138 roles with salary data.

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TL;DR · Senior Product Manager, Observability Data Platform

As a Senior Product Manager – Observability Data Platform, you will join the team responsible for the backbone of the company's offerings, which manages how data is ingested, stored, routed, and surfaced at scale. You will define product direction across the control plane and data layer by translating complex infrastructure trade-offs into clear roadmap decisions while collaborating with engineers to manage technical sequencing. Your daily work involves engaging with design partners and strategic customers to identify pain points, managing unit economics for pricing and packaging, and tracking adoption metrics. The role requires expertise in distributed data infrastructure, cloud-native infrastructure, and data pipeline architecture. You will navigate cross-functional requirements from engineering, product, and commercial teams to solve technical challenges related to scalability constraints, cost-to-serve trade-offs, and the evolving landscape of AI-native infrastructure patterns within an observability platform context.

What does a Product Manager earn?

Median $204200 from 424 postings across 77 companies.

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What you'll do

  • Define product direction for the control plane and data layer by articulating clear problem statements and technical sequencing.
  • Translate complex infrastructure trade-offs and cost-to-serve metrics into actionable roadmap decisions and pricing strategies.
  • Lead discussions with design partners and strategic customers to validate product assumptions and guide solutions from prototype to launch.
  • Analyze market trends in AI-native infrastructure to inform long-term platform engineering decisions.
  • Coordinate across engineering, product, and commercial teams to ensure seamless cross-product experiences and unified capabilities.
  • Support executive-level conversations regarding architecture, value, and the platform roadmap for active customer engagements.
  • Track adoption metrics and analyze data to iterate rapidly on product features based on user feedback.

What we're looking for

  • You must have 5+ years of experience as a Product Manager.
  • Experience with developer-focused SaaS platforms, infrastructure, or data products is preferred.
  • You must possess a command of distributed data infrastructure concepts and technical trade-offs.
  • You must be able to distill complex architecture and cost-to-serve trade-offs into actionable context for various stakeholders.
  • You must demonstrate strong cross-organizational navigation skills across engineering, product, commercial, and pricing teams.
  • Experience with observability platforms, cloud-native infrastructure, or data pipeline architecture is a plus.
  • Experience with pricing and packaging for platform products is a plus.

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