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Manager II, Developer Advocacy

Datadog· Engineering / Advocacy
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Hybrid (Remote areas in CA, NY, WA)$212k - $265kFull-timePosted 5d ago

About the role

Manager II on the Developer Advocacy team responsible for leading Community Advocacy programs (Ambassadors, Champions, User Groups) and enabling customer engineers to contribute technical knowledge through content, talks, and community engagement.

Responsibilities

  • Lead and develop a team of Developer Advocates, setting clear expectations, guiding priorities, coaching performance, supporting career growth, and fostering an inclusive, high-performing culture
  • Own the strategy, goals, and roadmap for Community Advocacy, translating broader Advocacy and company priorities into focused programs and measurable outcomes
  • Guide the continued development of Ambassador, Champion, and User Group programs, creating contributor journeys, enablement, recognition, and opportunities for customer engineers to increase impact
  • Build repeatable systems enabling customer engineers to contribute technical knowledge, create content, share best practices, and serve as trusted community leaders
  • Develop a strong pipeline of customer stories by identifying practitioners and helping shape authentic, technically credible narratives
  • Oversee support, co-development, and coaching of conference talks by customer engineers—from idea to delivery—for Datadog events and external conferences
  • Establish measures of success for Community Advocacy using qualitative and quantitative insights
  • Partner with Product, Engineering, Marketing, Events, Customer Success, and regional teams to scale customer participation
  • Ensure insights from community participants are shared with internal teams to strengthen customer-product alignment
  • Balance strategic leadership with hands-on contribution, including coaching speakers and reviewing technical content
  • Demonstrate cross-functional leadership, data-driven decision making, and authentic practitioner voice in communities

Qualifications

  • Experience as a people manager of autonomous technical professionals
  • Experience defining and delivering developer advocacy, developer relations, or technical community programs
  • Built or contributed to programs enabling external practitioners to participate and lead communities at scale
  • Experience helping technical practitioners develop and communicate stories, including coaching conference speakers
  • Former software developer, SRE, or other technical practitioner with ability to assess technical accuracy and coach narratives
  • Strong cross-functional leadership and ability to align multiple teams (Product, Engineering, Marketing, Events, Customer Success)
  • Proven use of data and community insights to evaluate program effectiveness and guide investments
  • Ability to build trust with technical communities and value authentic practitioner voices over promotional messaging
  • Comfort operating in ambiguity and evolving programs with company growth

Skills

Required:People managementContent/coaching for technical talksCross-functional collaboration

Benefits

  • New hire stock equity (RSUs) and employee stock purchase plan (ESPP)
  • Continuous professional development, product training, and career pathing
  • Intradepartmental mentor and buddy program
  • Inclusive culture and Community Guilds
  • Inclusion Talks and internal panel discussions
  • Free global mental health benefits for employees and dependents age 6+
  • Competitive global benefits
  • Healthcare, dental, parental planning, mental health benefits, 401(k) plan and match, PTO, fitness reimbursements, discounted employee stock purchase plan
Last updated Oct 22, 2026. Interested? Apply on the company site.

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