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Compensation Program Manager

Datadog· People Operations
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Hybrid (Boston, MA; New York, NY; San Francisco, CA)$143k - $190kFull-timePosted 1w ago

About the role

Compensation Program Manager at Datadog responsible for building and scaling compensation programs, including strategy, design, execution, communications, enablement, and continuous improvement in a hybrid work environment.

Responsibilities

  • Develop and execute scalable compensation programs and processes, including compensation and equity cycles, governance, timelines, and tools, in partnership with People, Finance, HRIS, Payroll, Legal, and business leaders
  • Build dynamic compensation models and scenario analyses to support budgeting, workforce planning, and compensation design for cash/equity
  • Provide operational analysis, reporting, and insights related to compensation programs, trends, market data, and internal equity
  • Oversee compensation functionality and data in our systems and partner with HRIS and Analytics to continually enhance compensation and total rewards tooling
  • Lead communications and change management for compensation programs and processes, including FAQs, manager resources, training, and enablement
  • Partner cross-functionally to drive complex compensation initiatives from design through implementation and continuously improve processes and employee experience

Qualifications

  • 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
  • Strong business acumen and the ability to translate complex compensation concepts into digestible information for leaders and employees
  • A “systems” thinker oriented towards process improvement, scalability, and efficiency
  • Advanced capabilities in Excel
  • Strong knowledge of Workday functionality and reporting
  • Exceptional cross-functional communication and stakeholder management skills, with experience developing communications, training, and change-management materials

Skills

Required:Compensation design and administrationExcelWorkday

Benefits

  • Global and US benefits
  • New hire stock equity (RSUs) and employee stock purchase plan
  • Continuous career development and pathing opportunities
  • Product training to develop product understanding
  • Onboarding
  • Internal mentor and buddy program cross-departmentally
  • Friendly and inclusive workplace culture
Last updated Oct 22, 2026. Interested? Apply on the company site.

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