Team Lead Technical Content
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Job Description
Datadogs Writing team is the public voice of Datadog. Our team of technical content writers and editors runs Datadogs main blog (a.k.a. The Monitor) and we provide editorial support for teams across the company. We value accuracy technical depth and readability. As Writing Team Lead you will manage and grow a team responsible for developing indepth compelling and actionable content for our customers a highly technical audience of engineers and developers.
At Datadog we place value in our office culturethe 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 worklife harmony that best fits them.
What Youll Do:
- Manage and mentor a team of 36 writers and editors. This includes: helping them make and maintain effective content plans; formally supporting their growth and development; enforcing deadlines; assisting with problemsolving; and overseeing and balancing workloads
- Partner with writers and other stakeholders to align content priorities and help set team goals
- Collaborate with the greater Writing team to develop and improve team standards and processes
- Edit or write articles for the Datadog blog and other assets as requested by teams including Community Product Engineering and others.
Who You Are:
- You have experience as an editor and/or writer in the technology industry with samples of your work to share
- You have managed at least 1 writer or editorial intern and have experience providing editorial feedback transforming complex topics to clear prose
- You are able to craft superior technically precise prose and elevate the work of your colleagues to a similar level. This includes improving the quality of the writing itself as well as identifying technical passages that need clarification revision or deeper exploration
- You follow the latest trends in the cloud monitoring space
- You are familiar with modern web application development methods container platforms cloud services and other infrastructure technologies
Benefits and Growth:
- The opportunity to grow our team and continue to foster a positive culture within a fastgrowing company
- 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 inhouse 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
Benefits and Growth listed above may vary based on the country of your employment and the nature of your employment with Datadog.
Employment Type
Full Time
