Head of Competitive Intelligence
- Location
- New York, New York, USA; San Francisco, California, USA
- Type
- full time
- Posted
- Aug 28, 2026
<p>Datadog is building a product-led Competitive Intelligence function to help inform product strategy, roadmap prioritization, positioning, and competitive readiness.</p> <p>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.</p> <p><span style="font-size: 10pt;">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.</span></p> <p><span style="font-size: 10pt;"><em>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.</em></span></p> <p><span style="font-size: 10pt;"><strong>What You'll Do: </strong></span></p> <ul> <li style="font-size: 10pt;"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">Own the recurring competitive radar for Datadog’s priority competitor set, including taxonomy, source standards, evidence quality, and update cadence.</span></li> <li style="font-size: 10pt;"><span…
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