Staff Product Designer - APM Enablement

Lead design strategy for APM product areas and collaborate with PM and Engineering teams to deliver new product experiences. Advocate for user needs while bridging the gap between technical requirements and user experience.

Responsibilities

• Become a leader in APM - proactively identifying areas of opportunity and driving the design strategy of one or more product areas
• Work effectively with PM and Engineering teams to iterate and deliver new product experiences. Accounting for scalability across multiple use cases and design consistency across the platform
• Bridge the gap between technical requirements and user needs, advocating for the user to influence product decisions
• See your design work through from start to finish: conduct research, turn insights and requirements into compelling ideas, sketch and prototype to bring them to life, and ship products and features that make Datadog better
• Communicate your design decisions effectively, build momentum and encourage focus on solving the right problems
• Work closely with senior and executive stakeholders to keep them informed and bought into the design strategy
• Share tools, frameworks, and patterns that improve team efficiency and scale high-quality work
• Push the boundaries of what great product design looks like for developer-centric workflows in a fast-moving product ecosystem

Requirements

• 10+ years of experience in digital product design
• Portfolio includes a proven track record of designing and shipping complex 0-1 web based products
• Demonstrated experience conducting user research and influencing product strategy
• Track record of telling compelling stories to advocate for users, build alignment, and articulate design vision
• Experience using qualitative and quantitative methods to gather user information and translating insights into product requirements alongside PM
• Proactive and lead your work from start to finish, balancing priorities and managing stakeholders
• Give and receive feedback well, supporting and improving the work of your colleagues as well as your own
• Proactively mentor and guide other designers, raising the quality bar for the team
• Deeply fluent in modern design tools like Figma, and continuously exploring how to use AI to boost efficiency and prototyping speed

Key Skills

• 10+ years of experience in digital product design
• Portfolio includes a proven track record of designing and shipping complex 0-1 web based products
• Demonstrated experience conducting user research and influencing product strategy
• Track record of telling compelling stories to advocate for users, build alignment, and articulate design vision
• Experience using qualitative and quantitative methods to gather user information and translating insights into product requirements alongside PM
• Proactive and lead your work from start to finish, balancing priorities and managing stakeholders
• Give and receive feedback well, supporting and improving the work of your colleagues as well as your own
• Proactively mentor and guide other designers, raising the quality bar for the team
• Deeply fluent in modern design tools like Figma, and continuously exploring how to use AI to boost efficiency and prototyping speed

Benefits

• 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 in-house networking
• 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
• Healthcare, dental, parental planning, and mental health benefits
• 401(k) plan and match
• Paid time off
• Fitness reimbursements
• Discounted employee stock purchase plan