Datadog continues to grow at a rapid rate and with this exciting growth, our need for role-based skills training and product enablement is also quickly increasing in scale and complexity. As the Manager of Technical Solutions Enablement Curriculum, you will lead a team of Curriculum Managers responsible for designing and developing high-quality training programs for our technical teams. In this role, you'll establish processes and best practices to ensure consistency and excellence in curriculum development, while driving alignment with business objectives. You'll oversee the creation of innovative, engaging learning experiences, manage stakeholder collaboration, and ensure that all training initiatives are effectively meeting the evolving needs of the business. This is a leadership role where you'll play a key part in scaling enablement efforts and driving team success.
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 the design and development of technical training programs, ensuring they align with business objectives and meet the needs of the team.
- Establish clear processes and best practices to ensure consistency and excellence in curriculum development including content development workflows, technical course and certification creation and leveling, UAT and inclusive design reviews.
- Continuously evaluate the effectiveness of training programs through feedback and data, making necessary improvements to enhance learning outcomes.
- Collaborate with cross-functional teams, such as product, sales engineering, and support engineering to identify training needs and ensure alignment with strategic goals.
- Manage and mentor a team of curriculum developers, instructional designers, and subject matter experts, fostering growth and collaboration.
- Seasoned people manager with 5-7 years of experience in learning and development, technical/product enablement, or curriculum management, with a strong background in working with technical concepts. At least 2 years of experience managing a team.
- Demonstrated history of coaching and mentoring colleagues around key role elements, setting clear performance objectives and conducting performance feedback conversations.
- Strong understanding of curriculum development principles and instructional design methodologies for technical training programs.
- Outstanding verbal and written communicator: you make the complex simple
- Ability to manage multiple projects simultaneously, ensuring timely delivery of high-quality training programs while maintaining attention to detail.
- Strong analytical skills to assess the effectiveness of training programs, use feedback and performance data, and make informed improvements.
- Experience at a high growth Software-as-a-Service or technology company
- Experienced with cloud monitoring and observability space
- Experience using Jira for project management and tracking tasks in a collaborative, team-based environment
- Experience enabling support or sales engineers with a structured methodology
Datadog values people from all walks of life. We understand not everyone will meet all the above qualifications on day one. That's okay. If you're 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 (ESPP)
- Continuous career development opportunities
- Product training to develop understanding of our product and space
- Best in breed onboarding
- Internal mentor and buddy program cross-departmentally
- 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.
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.
The reasonably estimated yearly salary for this role at Datadog is:
$127,000-$186,000 USD
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 an Affirmative Action and Equal Opportunity Employer and 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 more. We also consider qualified applicants regardless of criminal histories, consistent with legal requirements. Here are our Candidate Legal Notices for your reference.
Your Privacy:
Any information you submit to Datadog as part of your application will be processed in accordance with Datadog's Applicant and Candidate Privacy Notice.
Requisition ID: R10586