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Compensation Program Manager

Datadog · Boston, Massachusetts, USA; New York, New York, USA; San Francisco, California, USA · On-site

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About Datadog

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About the role

As a Compensation Program Manager, you will combine compensation expertise, program management, analytics, systems thinking, and stakeholder management to help build and scale our compensation programs. You will own critical compensation processes from strategy and design through execution, communications, enablement, and continuous improvement. Found on 1752vc Careers, the job board for startup and VC roles.

What they're looking for

  • Five to seven years or more, of compensation or related experience
  • A flexible, low-ego approach to building and scaling the function, comfortable operating across high-level strategic program design and hands-on analytics, reporting, data cleanup, and operational execution
  • Experience managing compensation programs and annual cycles, including equity programs and/or other variable compensation
  • Strong analytical rigor and experience building dynamic models and scenario analyses
  • Experience implementing and using compensation benchmarking data, market pricing methodologies, reporting, and compensation technology
  • A good understanding of RSUs and other equity offerings
More about this role

At Datadog, People Operations is more than just human resources—it’s a data-driven team dedicated to constantly improving the way we hire, develop, and support our most valuable asset: our people. Our People team are strategic problem solvers who work closely with leadership and employees to ensure that Datadog keeps scaling smoothly and remains a great place to work.

As a Compensation Program Manager, you will combine compensation expertise, program management, analytics, systems thinking, and stakeholder management to help build and scale our compensation programs. You will own critical compensation processes from strategy and design through execution, communications, enablement, and continuous improvement.

This role is ideal for someone who enjoys both strategic problem solving and hands-on program execution, can translate complex compensation concepts into simple experiences for managers and employees, and thrives in a highly cross-functional environment.

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...

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