Analyst Relations Manager

The Opportunity:

How can you add value as the Analyst Relations Manager for product innovations at Datadog You take a genuine love of analyst relations combined with a resourceful resultsoriented collaborative approach to your craft and communicate Datadogs credibility and thought leadership attributes to the right industry analysts. You bring their perspective back into the company to help drive our product strategy and approach to the market where you could potentially have a material impact on Datadogs business. You will also counsel key stakeholders in product marketing and product management on best practices for engagement and relationship building and will be part of the larger analyst relations team reporting to the Director of Corporate Marketing. If this sounds like an opportunity for you lets talk!

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 worklife harmony that best fits them.

What Youll Do:

• Develop an analyst relations strategy for Datadogs product innovations in close coordination with the wider AR team executive leadership product and product marketing teams to ensure Datadog is positioned as a leader in key industry research.
• Get to know assess and address the needs of relevant analysts as it relates to their research and customer inquiries about Datadogs products.
• Manage a calendar of consistent analyst outreach to ensure relationship building that results in accurate and comprehensive coverage of Datadog including project management of presentation requirements.
• Provide strategic guidance to both Product Management and Product Marketing personnel as it pertains to outreach and development of industry analysts relationships.
• Manage surveys and other deliverables related to analyst research reports including crossfunctional collaboration on submission content.
• Leverage your analyst research and relationships to provide supporting evidence to help Datadogs salespeople close business. This includes understanding the research and reporting cycles of key analysts as well as identifying analyzing producing and disseminating relevant information in a timely and digestible manner.
• Support Datadog personnel in need of analyst market research information to support/enhance their functions.
• Create ARfocused programs such as analyst participation at DASH (our annual user conference) executive relationship programs strategic consulting sessions and appropriate analyst events.
• Manage onetomany industry analyst outreach such as newsletters.
• Perform other related communications and/or marketing duties as appropriate.

Who You Are:

• An experienced analyst relationship professional with 46 years of experience successfully managing AR programs at an agency or in house.
• Strong understanding of observability concepts trends and industry dynamics.
• Have handson experience in AR within the enterprise technology and observability landscape e.g. DEM Cloud Financial Management DevSecOps etc.
• Have compelling written and oral communication and storytelling skills with the ability to create compelling and clear messaging.
• Project management comes naturally creates team workback plans and makes sure they are worked to successful outcomes.
• Can multitask prioritize meet deadlines and be responsive to the needs of fellow Datadog team members and analysts.

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

Benefits and Growth:

• Generous and competitive benefits package
• New hire stock equity (RSUs) and employee stock purchase plan
• Continuous career development and pathing opportunities
• Product training to develop an indepth understanding of our product and space
• Best in breed onboarding
• Internal mentor and buddy program crossdepartmentally
• Friendly and inclusive workplace culture

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

Required Experience:

Manager