Greenhouse ·
full-timeHead Of Competitive Intelligence
Datadog · New York, New York, USA; San Francisco, California, USA
Datadog is building a product-led Competitive Intelligence function to help inform product strategy, roadmap prioritization, positioning, and competitive readiness. As the Head of Competitive Intelligence you will build and lead the CompIntel function across priority competitors and adjacent market opportunities. You will translate competitor product evolution, technical capabilities, launches, pricing value, customer sentiment, analyst narratives, and ecosystem shifts into actionable insights for Product, GTM, Sales Engineering, Customer Success, Technical Advocacy, and leadership. In this highly technical, hands-on leadership role, you should understand how observability products are implemented, where workflows differ, what technical claims are credible, and how product gaps translate into customer impact. 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: Own the recurring competitive radar for Datadog’s priority competitor set, including taxonomy, source standards, evidence quality, and update cadence. Produce competitive deep dives, feature-gap analyses, early-warning briefs, and opportunity assessments tied to specific product domains and leadership questions. Translate CompIntel findings into roadmap recommendations, product differentiation hypotheses, and Product-facing decision guidance. Build and maintain a central CompIntel repository with competitor profiles, source notes, comparison frameworks, evidence logs, and decision-ready briefs. Convert validated findings into GTM-ready handoffs for battlecards, objection handling, strategic deal narratives, and field enablement. Synthesize signals from Product, Engineering, Sales Engineering, Customer Success, field teams, technical communities, Advocacy programs, win/loss, customer feedback, analyst research, public competitor materials, and CABs. Partner with Product Management to frame competitive questions, identify decision criteria, and connect findings to roadmap and prioritization discussions. Partner with Technical Advocacy to incorporate practitioner, customer, technical-market, community, event, and CAB signal into competitive analysis. Present concise, credible recommendations to Product leadership and Product + GTM forums. Maintain source transparency, legal compliance, ethical research practices, and auditable methods across competitive research workflows. Lead a small, high-impact team of CompIntel analysts and engineers. Who You Are: 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. Bonus Points: 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. 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 New hire stock equity (RSUs) and employee stock purchase plan (ESPP) Continuous professional development, product training, and career pat
| Role | Head Of Competitive Intelligence |
|---|---|
| Company | Datadog |
| Location | New York, New York, USA; San Francisco, California, USA |
| Type | internship |
| Compensation | Not disclosed |
| Posted | 2026-09-29 |
| Deadline | Rolling |
Typical process for this type of role
A general guide — the exact steps for this specific listing may vary; check the original posting for details.
- 1ApplicationSubmit your resume through the apply link.
- 2ScreeningRecruiter reviews your background against the role.
- 3AssessmentA technical test, assignment, or coding round, depending on the role.
- 4Interview(s)One or more rounds with the hiring team.
- 5OfferOffer letter with compensation and start date.
Before you apply
0/4About Datadog
Datadog provides a modern monitoring and security platform designed for developers, IT operations teams, and business users operating in the cloud. The company's platform offers a wide range of capabilities, including infrastructure, network, container, and serverless monitoring, as well as application performance monitoring, log management, and cloud security. These tools are utilized by organizations across various industries, such as financial services, healthcare, retail, and technology, to enable digital transformation and drive collaboration across teams. Datadog employs over 8,100 people globally and continues to expand its presence to support customers across diverse markets and regions.
More at Datadog
Other jobs at Datadog
- Senior Group Manager, Experience Design · New York, New York, USA
- Event Marketing Manager - Global Sponsorships (namer/latam) · New York, New York, USA
- Senior Software Engineer, Chaos Engineering · Paris
- Manager, Revenue Accounting · New York, New York, USA
- Field Enablement Manager (emea) · Amsterdam, The Netherlands; Munich, Germany
Internships at Datadog
- Applied Science Intern · Paris, France
- Software Engineering Intern · Paris, France
- IT Support Technician Intern · Paris, France
- Product Management Intern · New York, New York, USA
- Research Science Intern (phd) · New York, New York, USA; Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA
Explore Related Placements
// similar opportunities
You might also like
Deal Intelligence Analyst
Cloudflare
About Us At Cloudflare, we are on a mission to help build a better Internet. Today the company runs one of the world’s largest networks that powers millions of ...
Product Manager Ll - Code Intelligence
Datadog
As a Product Manager - Code Intelligence , you will define, build, and launch capabilities that proactively detect infrastructure issues in code (e.g. Terraform...
Senior Manager, Sponsorship Sales - Global Conferences
Datadog
The Senior Manager, Sponsorship Sales will own the strategy, sales, and execution of the sponsorship program for DASH, Datadog’s flagship annual conference, whi...
Head Of Workplace
Scaleai
Scale is a cutting-edge artificial intelligence startup dedicated to revolutionizing the way businesses leverage AI and machine learning technologies. We specia...
Principal Growth Marketing Manager - Seo/geo
Datadog
Datadog is seeking a strategic and data-driven Principal, Growth Marketing Manager – SEO/GEO to lead our organic growth through content and off-page strategy. T...
Manager I, Engineering - Code Intelligence
Datadog
Code Intelligence sits at the intersection of agentic engineering and product, running agents against real customer source code in production. This is a chance ...