Senior Product Manager - Custom Metrics
At Datadog, Custom Metrics sits at the heart of how our most sophisticated customers understand, govern, and scale their observability data. As we look toward 2026 and beyond, this area is becoming even more strategic — powering predictable growth, AI-driven insights, and new expansion opportunities across the Datadog platform.
We’re looking for a Senior Product Manager to help own and deliver the next phase of Custom Metrics. This is a high-impact role operating at the intersection of infrastructure, storage, pricing, governance, and AI. You’ll take on technically deep problems, lead cross-product initiatives, and directly influence retention, expansion, and monetization for one of Datadog’s largest and fastest-evolving product areas. This role was created to close a critical execution gap and ensure we can deliver our 2026 roadmap with speed and confidence .
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:
- Translate deep customer pain points into clear product strategy, especially for cost-sensitive, large-scale observability customers.
- Own major initiatives on the Custom Metrics roadmap, with a focus on AI-driven governance, agentic workflows, and cross-product expansion into Infrastructure, Logs, and APM.
- Lead end-to-end product development - from discovery and customer research through execution, launch, and iteration - for technically complex platform capabilities.
- Define and track success metrics tied to retention, adoption, cost efficiency, and expansion, using data to guide prioritization and trade-offs.
- Drive initiatives that balance short-term execution needs with long-term platform strategy and scalability.
- Collaborate cross-functionally with Finance, GTM, and other Product teams to support pricing evolution, predictable cost experiences, and monetization.
Who You Are:
- 5 to 8+ years of experience as a Product Manager owning technical B2B SaaS or platform products, operating at a Senior-level scope and autonomy.
- Proven end-to-end product ownership, from discovery through delivery, GTM, and iteration.
- Strong technical aptitude, with experience working on infrastructure, data-heavy, storage, or platform systems, and the ability to partner credibly with Engineering.
- Demonstrated ability to define, track, and use KPIs to drive product decisions and communicate impact to stakeholders.
- Comfortable making high-judgment decisions with imperfect information and navigating ambiguity.
- Clear, concise communicator who can lead cross-functional initiatives without formal authority and align diverse stakeholders around a shared direction.
Datadog values people from all walks of life. We know 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 experience, we encourage you to apply.
Benefits & Growth:
- New hire stock equity (RSUs) and employee stock purchase plan (ESPP)
- Continuous professional development, product training, and career pathing
- Intra-departmental mentor and buddy program for in-house networking
- An inclusive company culture, ability to join our Community Guilds
- Access to Inclusion Talks, our Internal panel discussions
- Free, global Spring 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 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:
$187,000-$253,000 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.
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