Head of Competitive Intelligence

About the role

Datadog is building a product-led Competitive Intelligence function to help inform product strategy, roadmap prioritization, positioning, and competitive readiness.

What they’re looking for

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• You have 8+ years of experience in competitive intelligence, technical product strategy, product management, market intelligence, strategic technical research, or related enterprise software work.
• You have strong technical fluency in one or more of the following areas: observability, cloud infrastructure, security, developer tooling, distributed systems or enterprise SaaS platforms.
• You are comfortable reading technical documentation, changelogs, release notes, architecture diagrams, product announcements, and public competitor materials.
• You can distinguish credible technical differentiation from surface-level claims.
• You can synthesize technical, commercial, customer, and market evidence into clear recommendations.
• You have strong executive writing skills and can produce concise memos, structured briefs, comparison frameworks, and leadership-ready recommendations.
• You can influence Product, Engineering, Marketing, Sales Engineering, Sales, Customer Success, and leadership stakeholders without direct authority.
• You are comfortable working in ambiguous environments where the function, taxonomy, operating cadence, and stakeholder model need to be built from the ground up.
• You understand legal, ethical, and compliance considerations in competitive intelligence gathering.

Helpful, not always essential

• Experience in observability, cloud infrastructure, security, developer tooling, platform engineering, or technical enterprise SaaS.
• Experience supporting Product Management or product strategy through technical analysis, roadmap inputs, customer evidence, or market intelligence.
• Experience building a competitive intelligence program, research repository, competitor taxonomy, or recurring market-monitoring process.
• Familiarity with SCIP ethics guidance, evidence governance, source transparency, and legally approved research methods.
• Experience translating technical findings into GTM-ready enablement materials without overstating claims.

Benefits & working conditions

• 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 and the 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
• Benefits and Growth listed above may vary based on the country of your employment and the nature of your employment with Datadog.
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• The reasonably estimated yearly salary for this role at Datadog is:
• $220,000—$270,000 USD