Technical Program Manager II

Datadog

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Remote

Quick summary

Work type
Remote
Location
CanadaUnited Kingdom
Salary
$145,600–$182,000 / yr
Posted
22 days ago
Freshness
Confirmed live yesterday

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Salary context

Below market

How this pay compares to similar roles

Similar $190k
This role $164k
$135k most similar roles pay here $247k

This role pays less than 78% of similar roles. Most pay $166,450–$213,375 — the shaded band above. At the midpoint, this role pays about $164k versus about $190k 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 · Technical Program Manager II

Technical Program Manager II The Technical Program Manager II joins a team focused on driving high-priority, cross-functional programs that are too complex for any single team to manage alone. This role involves identifying systemic risks and dependencies across multiple engineering organizations while building automated systems to reduce manual coordination. The successful candidate will engineer program lifecycles end-to-end using AI solutions to create self-executing infrastructure and provide high-level visibility through tracked KPIs. Key requirements include technical depth in observability, infrastructure, data platforms, or AI/ML systems, including model training pipelines and GPU compute. Candidates must demonstrate proficiency with AI tools to automate workflows and risk synthesis. The role solves the challenge of managing complex technical bets by bridging gaps between functions using technical credibility and product domain expertise to ensure successful delivery across large-scale engineering initiatives.

What does a Technical Program Manager earn in Remote?

Median $210285 from 30 postings across 17 companies.

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What you'll do

  • Own large cross-functional programs spanning multiple engineering organizations, product teams, and business functions.
  • Identify and resolve systemic risks, cross-pod dependencies, and organizational friction before they escalate.
  • Build AI-powered automation tools to eliminate manual coordination and create self-executing program lifecycles.
  • Maintain executive-level visibility by tracking KPIs for the company's most complex and high-priority initiatives.
  • Bridge gaps between technical teams using deep domain expertise in infrastructure, data platforms, or AI/ML systems.
  • Drive technical alignment and decision-making across various project archetypes including product delivery and operational goals.
  • Develop and contribute to a TPM toolkit featuring automated risk synthesis and stakeholder mapping.

What we're looking for

  • Must have 3+ years of technical program management experience at a high-growth technology company.
  • Ability to drive large, ambiguous, cross-functional programs to completion with minimal direction.
  • Engineering credibility in complex domains like observability, infrastructure, data platforms, or AI/ML systems.
  • Proven ability to earn trust and communicate effectively with senior engineering and product leadership.
  • Active experience using AI tools daily to increase personal leverage and automate workflows.
  • Demonstrated history of building tools, templates, or automated workflows used by others.
  • Experience in observability, infrastructure, data platforms, or AI/ML environments (preferred).
  • Experience managing programs with unit economics implications like cloud cost or capacity (preferred).

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