Manager 1, Technical Account Management - Denver
We are Datadog’s in-house technical leaders. The Technical Account Management team drives Datadog’s continued global growth by ensuring our customers realize long-term value from our platform through successful adoption, expansion, and partnership. As a Manager 1 in Technical Account Management, you will lead and develop high-performing technical teams while influencing strategy, execution, and outcomes across customers, internal partners, and the broader organization.
Manager 1 leaders at Datadog are people-first managers, trusted collaborators, and operational owners. You will coach and mentor individual contributors, drive execution against team and organizational goals, and serve as a strong voice for customer needs and technical excellence.
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 and coach a team of up to 6 Technical Account Managers, providing regular 1:1s, team meetings, and bi-annual performance feedback
- Own and track team KPIs, including scheduling, utilization, productivity, and delivery outcomes
- Partner closely with Sales, Customer Success, Presales, Product Management, Support, and Marketing to align post-sales strategy and execution
- Lead and participate in customer-facing engagements when appropriate, including escalations, strategic reviews, and key account discussions
- Drive account strategy discussions focused on product adoption, expansion, and services delivery
- Actively participate in recruiting, hiring, and onboarding efforts across your team and the broader organization
- Gather and synthesize customer feedback to influence product direction, process improvements, and internal initiatives
- Lead multiple OKR initiatives annually, coordinating and delegating efforts across your team
- Demonstrate thought leadership by identifying opportunities for improvement, proposing scalable solutions, and executing on initiatives that improve customer experience and team effectiveness
Who You Are:
- An experienced people manager with 3+ years of management experience, ideally within a technical or post-sales organization
- Comfortable leading teams of customer-facing technical professionals
- A strong coach and mentor who invests in career development and builds inclusive, high-performing teams
- Experienced in partnering cross-functionally to drive shared outcomes and resolve complex challenges
- Confident leading customer-facing conversations and navigating escalations with empathy and clarity
- Data-driven, with experience using metrics and KPIs to inform decisions and optimize performance
- A clear communicator who can influence without authority and align stakeholders around common goals
- Passionate about continuous improvement, operational excellence, and customer value
Benefits and Growth:
- Best-in-breed onboarding and leadership enablement
- Generous global benefits
- Intra-departmental mentor and buddy programs
- New hire stock equity (RSUs) and employee stock purchase plan (ESPP)
- Ongoing professional development, leadership training, and career pathing
- An inclusive company culture with access to Community Guilds and Inclusion Talks
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.
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 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 other characteristics protected by law. We also consider qualified applicants regardless of criminal histories, consistent with legal requirements. Here are our Candidate Legal Notices for your reference.
Datadog endeavors to make our Careers Page accessible to all users. If you would like to contact us regarding the accessibility of our website or need assistance completing the application process, please complete this form. This form is for accommodation requests only and cannot be used to inquire about the status of applications.
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Any information you submit to Datadog as part of your application will be processed in accordance with Datadog’s Applicant and Candidate Privacy Notice. For information on our AI policy, please visit Interviewing at Datadog AI Guidelines.
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