Field CTO

Responsibilities

• Strategically guide CIO, CTO, CEO, and CISO-level customer and prospect executives on adoption journeys, investment, and operationalizing observability.
• Lead the go-to-market technical strategy for Japan, establishing thought leadership, building the strategic case for Datadog, and expanding its market footprint.
• Identify industry trends and their impact on customers, feeding opportunities to Product, GTM, BVA, and Architecture teams.
• Co-create industry solutions with Product Solutions Architects and Product Management.
• Demonstrate Datadog’s platform and thought leadership in observability and security, including advanced solutions and industry best practices.
• Advise Sales leaders and customer and prospect executives on ROI, value realization, white-space analysis, opportunity strategy, and adoption strategy.
• Collaborate with Product Solutions Architecture, Sales, Sales Engineering, and Marketing to provide technical resources for practitioners and economic buyers.
• Lead architecture and design engagements for strategic customers.
• Participate in Executive Briefing Center conversations about architecture, observability best practices, and industry trends.
• Assist with recruiting and hiring for Product Solutions Architecture and Field CTO teams.
• Travel up to 50% of the time.

Requirements

• 15+ years of experience in enterprise architecture or application architecture at scale.
• Ability to map architectures to real-world use cases.
• Deep knowledge of observability, cloud technologies, and technological shifts affecting customers in Japan.
• Strong strategic thinking and ability to address technical and business challenges creatively.
• Experience influencing VP-level and C-level stakeholders in large enterprise organizations.
• Hands-on technical credibility and ability to build relationships across organizational levels.
• Excellent customer-facing presentation skills for large audiences and executive or non-technical briefings.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills, including the ability to connect product functionality to business objectives, value realization, and ROI.
• Native-level Japanese and strong spoken and written English proficiency.
• Bachelor’s degree in engineering or a related field.

Nice to Have

• Master’s degree.

Compensation and Benefits

• Best-in-breed onboarding.
• Generous global benefits.
• Intra-departmental mentor and buddy program.
• New-hire stock equity (RSUs) and employee stock purchase plan (ESPP).
• Continuous professional development, product training, and career pathing.
• Inclusive company culture with Community Guilds and Inclusion Talks.