Head of Global Strategic Events at Datadog

Datadog is looking for a strategic and GTM execution-focused leader to steer our global first-party events and content strategy. This role oversees Datadog's most visible customer engagement platforms — including our annual flagship conference, Datadog DASH, and global roadshow series, Datadog Summits. You'll partner closely with cross-functional stakeholders across marketing, product, community, and sales to develop compelling, results-driven experiences that engage and inspire customers, prospects, partners, and analysts. This is a unique opportunity to shape Datadog’s global events vision, define unified content and communications strategy, and manage a high-performing, global team that brings our product stories to life.

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:

Lead the vision, strategy, and execution of Datadog's first-party events portfolio — including Datadog DASH, Summits, and global planning, including field events programs such as the Datadog Live series and any future owned events.

Define the events roadmap, aligning content and programs to company goals, product priorities, and audience acquisition / go-to-market integrated plans.

Own cross-functional collaboration with executive, product, and marketing leads to deliver compelling, high-impact content and experiences that scale for reach and pipe

Oversee agenda and content strategy across keynotes, breakouts, and activations, ensuring a unified event narrative that ladders up to product and marketing priorities for the business

Lead defining a global event brand architecture, transforming the websites to drive inbound audience acquisition and ensuring brand consistency and production excellence across all channels and assets

Lead and mentor a global team across event strategy, production, communications, and project management

Who You Are:

15+ years of experience in event marketing, content strategy, and experiential marketing, with 8+ years in a leadership role

Proven success leading global conference programs with measurable results in brand awareness and pipeline generation

Deep experience in content planning, speaker enablement, and translating business priorities into cohesive event narratives

Strong cross-functional collaborator with demonstrated success aligning stakeholders across marketing, product, and sales

Skilled in event production, communications strategy, and agency management

Experience managing global teams and delivering regionally resonant events at scale

Datadog values people from all walks of life. We understand 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 skills, we encourage you to apply.

Benefits and Growth:

Generous and competitive benefits package

New hire stock equity (RSUs) and employee stock purchase plan

Continuous career development and pathing opportunities

Employee-focused best in class onboarding

Internal mentor and cross-departmental buddy program

Friendly and inclusive workplace culture

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:

$209,000—$279,000 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.

Equal Opportunity at Datadog:

Datadog is proud to offer equal employment opportunity to everyone regardless of race, color, ancestry, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, age, citizenship, marital status, disability, gender identity, veteran status, and other characteristics protected by law. We also consider qualified applicants regardless of criminal histories, consistent with legal requirements. Here are our Candidate Legal Notices for your reference.

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Head of Global Strategic Events

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