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Recruiting Operations Program Manager

Datadog· Recruiting Operations
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New York, NY$101k - $135kfull-timePosted 2w ago

About the role

Datadog’s Recruiting Operations team is scaling the Recruiting organization through operational efficiency, tooling, analytics, and programs. The role owns the sourcing tech stack end to end, including AI-enabled sourcing capabilities, CRM (Gem) and LinkedIn Recruiter, with responsibility for roadmap, vendor relationships, adoption, and compliance across markets.

Responsibilities

  • Own the sourcing tech stack end to end — configuration, administration, integrations, user and license management, and multi-year roadmap
  • Own Datadog’s AI sourcing strategy: identify where AI can change how sourcers work, build the adoption roadmap, and lead implementations
  • Evaluate emerging AI sourcing capability with pilots and clear recommendations
  • Design AI-assisted and agentic sourcing workflows with sourcers and iterate based on data
  • Define how to measure AI efficacy in sourcing and establish human baselines
  • Own responsible AI use in sourcing: human-in-the-loop standards, legal/privacy alignment, NYC AEDT bias audit obligations, EU AI Act
  • Own vendor relationships and commercial outcomes for sourcing tools including renewals and negotiations
  • Evaluate, pilot, and select new sourcing technology, build business cases, run evaluations, and retire ineffective tools
  • Partner with sourcing leaders to optimize end-to-end workflows and handoffs into Greenhouse
  • Own CRM adoption as an ongoing program with enablement and target-based measurement
  • Collaborate with Greenhouse owner on integration architecture and data model decisions
  • Ensure sourcing tools and outreach comply with data privacy and regional legal requirements
  • Maintain hybrid work culture and ensure alignment with Datadog’s office culture

Qualifications

  • Experienced in recruiting operations, HR technology, or related field with a track record of owning a platform
  • Excited about AI with hands-on experience evaluating or deploying AI-powered tooling
  • Ability to evaluate AI capability on evidence, design pilots, set baselines, and measure outcomes
  • Thoughtful about responsible AI and candidate data privacy, bias, transparency, and regulatory landscape
  • Hands-on with a recruiting CRM (Gem strongly preferred) and LinkedIn Recruiter, ideally with direct sourcing experience
  • Proven ability to drive and sustain tool adoption with measurable outcomes
  • Commercially capable in vendor relationships, building business cases, forecasting licenses, and renewal negotiations
  • Comfortable owning a roadmap, prioritization, and influencing without authority
  • Humble, thoughtful, and mission-driven to help others succeed

Skills

Required:Recruiting operationsAI tooling evaluation and deploymentCRM (Gem) and LinkedIn Recruiter

Benefits

  • Best-in-breed onboarding
  • Generous global benefits
  • Mentor and buddy program for in-house networking
  • New hire stock equity (RSUs) and Employee Stock Purchase Plan (ESPP)
  • Continuous professional development, product training, and career pathing
  • Inclusive culture with Community Guilds and Inclusion Talks
Last updated Oct 22, 2026. Interested? Apply on the company site.

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