Design Manager I Modern Compute
Design Manager I Modern Compute
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Job Description
Were looking for a Design Manager to lead and grow the team responsible for Modern Compute a core part of our infrastructure monitoring suite. This includes containerization technologies like Kubernetes serverless environments and realtime visibility into processes running inside containers and hosts. Containerization observability is evolving fast so while a solid foundation in cloud computing concepts is helpful we are looking for someone that is excited and curious about this space and has experience learning new technologies firsthand. We design tools that give engineers access to realtime data about their Infrastructure applications and functions to troubleshoot problems and improve performance. Our designers know how to creatively display dense high cardinality data in both tabular and visual ways.
As a Design Manager youll lead and grow talented teams of designers and help ensure the right balance of skills and subdisciplines on your design teams through mentorship and hiring. Youll help define new products lay the groundwork for new and exciting experiences and help scale the design organization with new systems and processes. You will also partner with ENG PM and other design teams to deliver UX strategy that significantly improves product team is made up of fullstack designers owning all aspects of our work from research prototyping polish and visual designand we collaborate closely with engineers on implementation.
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:
- Lead and develop a team of Product Designers.
- Recruit and retain top design talent fostering a team culture that supports growth and collaboration.
- Provide guidance on design practices prioritization strategy and career development.
- Oversee your teams projects ensuring alignment with broader business and product objectives.
- Work closely with other team leads product managers and engineers to refine products and improve processes.
- Establish goals with your product and engineering counterparts to focus on developing highimpact features.
- Create an environment that promotes strong teamwork across functions and maintains a high standard of design quality.
- Drive product strategy empowering your team to develop solutions that address complex challenges.
- Utilize and contribute to the companys design systems ensuring consistency and evolution in design practices.
Who You Are:
- Experienced in designing and managing technical SaaS products.
- Have managed multiple design teams and individuals for 2 years
- Bring at least 8 years of experience in digital product design with a strong portfolio that includes substantial interaction design for web applications.
- Skilled in setting team goals and prioritizing features that align with business needs.
- Effective at giving and receiving feedback enhancing the work environment and team collaborations.
- Possess excellent teamwork communication and technical problemsolving skills to contribute to multidisciplinary teams.
- Demonstrated leadership in guiding teams through the full design process from concept to launch with minimal oversight.
- Maintain a growth mindset actively seeking learning opportunities and new challenges.
- Able to clearly articulate design decisions and strategies that are grounded in humancentered design principles and data.
- Experienced in highlevel design thinking across multiple design disciplines with a proven ability to envision longterm goals and focus efforts to achieve them.
- Efficient in optimizing team workflows and processes to enhance team output and collaboration.
- Known for balancing fast iteration strategic ambiguity and highquality outcomes in a dynamic business environment.
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:
- 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
- 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 candidates 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.
Required Experience:
Manager
Employment Type
Full Time
