Manager II, Developer Advocacy

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🏄 California, New York, +1 more states – Remote

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💵 $212k - $265k / year

⏰ Full Time

🟡 Mid-level

🟠 Senior

🖥 Software Engineer

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Datadog

WebsiteLinkedInAll Job Openings

1001 - 5000 employees

Founded 2010

🔒 Cybersecurity

☁️ SaaS

🏢 Enterprise

Cybersecurity • SaaS • Enterprise

Datadog is a comprehensive observability and security platform that provides integrated monitoring for infrastructure, applications, and cloud services. It enables organizations to gain end-to-end visibility into their technology stacks, optimize performance, and manage security threats in real time. Datadog's solutions include application performance monitoring, logs management, and operational analytics, making it essential for teams looking to improve their digital experience and streamline software delivery processes.

📋 Description

• Lead and develop a team of Developer Advocates, setting expectations, guiding priorities, coaching performance, supporting career growth, and fostering an inclusive, high-performing culture • Own the strategy, goals, and roadmap for Community Advocacy • Guide the development of Ambassador, Champion, and User Group programs • Build repeatable systems for customer engineers to contribute technical knowledge, create content, share best practices, and lead communities • Develop a pipeline of customer stories and help practitioners shape authentic, technically credible narratives • Oversee support, co-development, and coaching of conference talks for Datadog and third-party conferences • Establish success measures and evaluate program health, contributor engagement, content quality, audience impact, and customer outcomes • Partner with Product, Engineering, Marketing, Events, Customer Success, and regional teams • Share community insights with appropriate internal Datadog teams • Balance strategic leadership with hands-on coaching, technical content review, community participation, and representing Datadog

🎯 Requirements

• Experienced people manager who has led autonomous technical professionals, coached performance, developed talent, and translated complex goals into achievable plans • Experience defining and delivering successful developer advocacy, developer relations, technical community, or related functions • Experience building or meaningfully contributing to programs that enable external practitioners to participate, contribute, create content, or lead communities at scale • Experience helping technical practitioners develop and communicate their stories, including coaching conference speakers or co-developing technically credible talks and content • Former software developer, SRE, or other technical practitioner, or equivalent technical depth • Judgment needed to assess technical accuracy and coach effective technical narratives • Ability to build alignment, make prioritization decisions, and influence cross-functional partners • Ability to use data and community insight to evaluate program effectiveness and identify opportunities • Understanding of how to build trust with technical communities and value authentic practitioner voices • Comfortable operating through ambiguity, establishing structure, and evolving programs • Passion for technology and willingness to grow skills

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