We are seeking a seasoned Manager to lead our Design Systems team. In this role, you will be responsible for maintaining, growing and scaling a best-in-class design system to ensure efficiency and accessibility across our product ecosystem. You will collaborate closely with cross-functional teams, including product managers, engineers, and designers, to deliver solutions that delight our users.

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.

 

What You’ll Do:

Lead a team: Balance listening and influence, demonstrating the credibility and humility needed to lead seasoned team members with deep institutional knowledge. Create opportunities for junior team members to develop their skills. Cultivate an inclusive team culture that values curiosity, straight-shootin’, and fun. Provide thoughtful design and technical feedback that elevates the quality of work across the team. Bring a thoughtful approach to simplifying processes. Drive Design System excellence: Lead the scaling and maintenance of a large, multi-product design system, ensuring that it is accessible, adaptable, and appropriately robust. Balance what’s technically feasible with what’s best for the user and the business, re-enforcing a culture where every design decision centers on user needs. Serve as an advocate for the design system team, positioning them as trusted partners and go-to resources for usability best practices. Communicate across the organization: Act as a bridge between design and engineering, fostering collaboration and ensuring design components are accurately implemented. Evangelize the strategic value of design systems work to stakeholders across the company, ensuring alignment with business goals. Become an expert, stay an expert Become a Datadog expert, mentoring designers on the team to do their best work. Use product managers, engineers, and the greater design org to understand how our customers use Datadog and what they need to succeed. Stay abreast of industry trends and best practices, proactively identifying opportunities to enhance the design system and related processes.

Who You Are:

Experience: Minimum of 8 years in digital product design, with at least 3 years in a leadership role focused on design systems. You have experience developing and scaling design systems, with a deep understanding of component-based design patterns and design tokens. You approach challenges holistically, from platform-level systems to the finer details of individual components. Positive Energy: You bring an upbeat and motivating presence to the team, helping create a collaborative, supportive atmosphere that drives collective success. Technical Proficiency: Your portfolio includes a proven track record of shipping interaction design work in web applications. You have a strong understanding of design tools such as Figma or Sketch, as well as familiarity with HTML, CSS, and JavaScript. Leadership: Proven ability to lead and mentor a team, fostering a positive and productive work environment. You give and receive feedback well, supporting and improving the work of your colleagues as well as your own. Communication: Excellent visual and written communication abilities, with a talent for articulating design decisions and strategies to diverse audiences. Collaboration: Experience working in cross-functional teams, with a track record of building effective partnerships with product managers and engineers.

 

Datadog values people from all walks of life. We understand not everyone will meet all the above qualifications on day one. That's okay. If you’re passionate about technology and want to grow your skills, we encourage you to apply.

 

Benefits and Growth: 

New hire stock equity (RSUs) and employee stock purchase plan (ESPP) Continuous professional development, product training, and career pathing Intradepartmental mentor and buddy program for in-house networking An inclusive company culture, ability to join our Community Guilds (Datadog employee resource groups) Access to Inclusion Talks, our internal panel discussions Free, global mental health benefits for employees and dependents age 6+ Competitive global benefits

Benefits and Growth listed above may vary based on the country of your employment and the nature of your employment with Datadog.

Datadog offers a competitive salary and equity package, and may include variable compensation. Actual compensation is based on factors such as the candidate's skills, qualifications, and experience. In addition, Datadog offers a wide range of best in class, comprehensive and inclusive employee benefits for this role including healthcare, dental, parental planning, and mental health benefits, a 401(k) plan and match, paid time off, fitness reimbursements, and a discounted employee stock purchase plan.

The reasonably estimated yearly salary for this role at Datadog is:$195,000—$255,000 USD

About Datadog: 

Datadog (NASDAQ: DDOG) is a global SaaS business, delivering a rare combination of growth and profitability. We are on a mission to break down silos and solve complexity in the cloud age by enabling digital transformation, cloud migration, and infrastructure monitoring of our customers’ entire technology stacks. Built by engineers, for engineers, Datadog is used by organizations of all sizes across a wide range of industries. Together, we champion professional development, diversity of thought, innovation, and work excellence to empower continuous growth. Join the pack and become part of a collaborative, pragmatic, and thoughtful people-first community where we solve tough problems, take smart risks, and celebrate one another. Learn more about #DatadogLife on Instagram, LinkedIn, and Datadog Learning Center.

Equal Opportunity at Datadog:

Datadog is an Affirmative Action and Equal Opportunity Employer and is proud to offer equal employment opportunity to everyone regardless of race, color, ancestry, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, age, citizenship, marital status, disability, gender identity, veteran status, and more. We also consider qualified applicants regardless of criminal histories, consistent with legal requirements. Here are our Candidate Legal Notices for your reference.

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