# Senior Technical Program Manager

**Company:** [Datadog](https://hotfix.jobs/companies/datadog)
**Location:** New York, NY
**Role:** Technical Program Management
**Salary:** $184k – $230k/yr
**Experience:** 5+ years
**Skills:** Technical Program Management, AI, Observability, Infrastructure, Data Platforms, Machine Learning, Model Training Pipelines, ML Infrastructure, Gpu Compute, System Design, Program Automation, KPI Tracking
**Posted:** 2026-08-19

> Leads complex, cross-functional technical programs across engineering, product, and business functions while identifying systemic risks and driving completion. The role emphasizes technical credibility in infrastructure, observability, data, or AI/ML systems and building AI-powered automation that reduces coordination overhead.

## Job Description

## What You'll Do
- Own large cross-functional programs spanning multiple engineering organizations, product, and business functions.
- Surface systemic risks, cross-team dependencies, and organizational friction before escalation.
- Build SVP-level visibility using tracked KPIs for high-priority initiatives.
- Bridge functional gaps using technical credibility, trusted relationships, and product-domain expertise.
- Engineer AI-powered program lifecycles, including risk synthesis, dependency tracking, stakeholder mapping, and program templates.
- Automate repeatable program workflows to reduce manual coordination.
- Lead deep technical, large cross-functional, product delivery, and operational programs.
- Drive alignment and completion of technically complex, consequential initiatives.

## Requirements
- 5+ years of technical program management experience at a high-growth technology company.
- Experience driving large, ambiguous, cross-functional programs to completion with minimal direction.
- Hands-on technical experience with observability, infrastructure, data platforms, or AI/ML systems.
- Ability to discuss architecture and system design and collaborate credibly with staff engineers and senior individual contributors.
- Experience building model training pipelines, ML infrastructure, or GPU compute is relevant.
- Track record of earning trust with senior engineering and product leadership.
- Strong written and verbal communication skills, including VP+ level narrative ownership.
- Active use of AI tools and demonstrated ability to increase personal leverage with them.
- Experience building tools, templates, or automated workflows used by others.

## Nice-to-Haves
- Identified a systemic problem and built an operating system to solve it.
- Automated a previously manual program lifecycle or workflow.
- Experience with technical architecture in observability, infrastructure, data platforms, or AI/ML environments.
- Experience managing programs with unit economics implications, such as cloud cost, capacity, or margin.

## Compensation & Benefits
- Annual salary range of $184,000–$230,000 USD.
- New-hire stock equity (RSUs) and employee stock purchase plan (ESPP).
- Professional development, product training, and career pathing.
- TPM mentor and engineering buddy program.
- Inclusive company culture, employee resource groups, team summits, and local office programming.
- Global benefits, healthcare, dental, parental planning, mental health benefits, 401(k) plan and match, paid time off, fitness reimbursements, and discounted employee stock purchase plan.

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