Senior Program Manager, People Team (NYC)

We are looking for a Program Manager to join our People Team, reporting to the Chief of Staff to the Chief People Officer. In this role, you will drive large-scale, high-impact, and cross-functional programs that shape and evolve our People products and infrastructure. You will operate at both a strategic and executional level, partnering across the People Team, and with business and functional stakeholders across Finance, Legal, IT, and business leadership to deliver transformative initiatives that support Datadog’s growth. This is a highly visible role requiring strong program management, systems thinking, and the ability to connect initiatives across the organization while improving operational effectiveness and employee experience.

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 end-to-end delivery of complex, cross-functional People programs, from ideation through execution and iteration
• Partner with senior stakeholders across the business to define program goals, success metrics, and roadmaps
• Deliver People products through scalable processes and frameworks that improve employee experience and organizational effectiveness
• Identify dependencies, risks, and tradeoffs across initiatives, proactively driving alignment and decision-making
• Translate strategic priorities into actionable plans, ensuring clear communication and accountability across teams
• Establish program governance, reporting, and operating rhythms to track progress and outcomes
• Synthesize insights across multiple workstreams to inform executive-level updates and recommendations
• Continuously improve program management practices within the People Team

Who You Are:

• 5+ years of experience in program management, operations, consulting, or a related field, preferably within a high-growth technology or SaaS environment
• Proven experience leading large-scale, cross-functional programs and driving initiatives from strategy through execution
• Strategic thinker with the ability to balance long-term organizational goals with detailed operational execution
• Highly organized and adaptable, with the ability to thrive in fast-paced, ambiguous, and evolving environments
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills, with experience structuring complex challenges and driving scalable solutions
• Excellent communication, stakeholder management, and executive presentation skills, with the ability to influence and align teams at all levels
• Experience building scalable processes, frameworks, and operating rhythms across teams, systems, and organizational priorities
• Background in People Operations, HR transformation, People systems, or supporting executive-level initiatives and Chief of Staff functions is a strong plus

Datadog values people from all walks of life. We know 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 experience, we encourage you to apply.

Benefits and Growth:

• Best-in-breed onboarding
• Generous global benefits
• Intra-departmental mentor and buddy program for in-house networking
• New hire stock equity (RSUs) and employee stock purchase plan (ESPP)
• Continuous professional development, product training, and career pathing
• An inclusive company culture, able to join our Community Guilds and Inclusion Talks

Benefits and Growth listed above may vary ba