Director or Senior Director, Investor Relations - NYC

Datadog; New York (NY); On-site; USD 200,000 - 290,000; Full time

Job summary

An established industry player is seeking a Director of Investor Relations to enhance communication with the investment community. This pivotal role involves crafting and delivering key financial narratives, managing quarterly earnings processes, and engaging with analysts and shareholders. The ideal candidate will possess strong communication skills, a deep understanding of financial metrics, and experience in high-growth tech environments. Join a collaborative and innovative team committed to professional development and a culture of inclusivity, where your contributions will drive meaningful impact in the SaaS industry.

Benefits

Generous benefits package

Stock equity (RSUs)

Employee stock purchase plan

Continuous career development opportunities

Product training

Best in breed onboarding

Internal mentor and buddy program

Friendly workplace culture

Qualifications

• 8+ years of experience in investor relations or similar roles.
• Deep understanding of financial metrics and analysis.

Responsibilities

• Lead the quarterly earnings process and prepare management for Q&A.
• Organize investor outreach events and manage communications.

Skills

Excellent written and verbal communication skills

Understanding of financial statements

Ability to discuss business models

Experience in investor relations

Proficiency in Excel

Education

BA/BS in finance, accounting, economics, or engineering

MBA, CFA, or other advanced degree

Tools

Excel

Analytical tools

Job description

Director or Senior Director, Investor Relations - NYC

New York, New York, USA

Datadog's Investor Relations team is tasked with communication of the company’s strategy, financial performance, metrics, and market position to the investment community. The Investor Relations Director role is a strategic role that will report to the SVP, Investor Relations and Strategic Finance, and interact regularly with company executives, colleagues in the finance team and across the company, sell-side analysts, and existing and prospective shareholders.

We are seeking an Investor Relations Director to join Datadog. They will play a significant role in the design, creation, delivery, and communication of information to the investment community. They will be instrumental in the quarterly earnings process, including writing the press release and script, as well as preparing the management team for Q&A. They will also craft and execute investor outreach events in various formats, and meet with investors and prospective investors. In doing so, this cross-functional role will partner with many groups across the company to unify company messaging, including Finance, Legal, Product, and Marketing.

What You’ll Do:

• Participate in the quarterly earnings process, including writing the press release and script, and preparing management for Q&A; support and contribution to SEC filings and other public communications.
• Understand financial statements and performance; formulate quarterly revenue and profit guidance, in partnership with FP&A.
• Lead our interaction with Datadog's 30+ covering sell-side research analysts, as well as analysts performing due diligence.
• Discuss company business model, financials, product innovation, GTM efforts, market opportunities, demand conditions, competitive environment, and long-term strategy with investors and analysts.
• Ensure regular communication with existing top shareholders, while targeting new potential long-term shareholders.
• Prioritize and organize conferences and analyst sessions for IR/management to participate in or host.
• Organize additional investor outreach opportunities, including analyst/investor days, non-deal roadshows, presentations, bus tours, and other events.
• Support the preparation of presentations, including board material, investor decks, and other presentations.
• Lead comps analyses versus other SaaS/software companies and other equity market analyses to understand Datadog’s valuation and positioning.
• Support ad hoc analytical projects from management, finance, etc.

Who You Are:

• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
• Ability to speak confidently with executive leadership, investors, sell-side analysts, and others at senior and junior levels.
• Deep understanding of financial statements and metrics drivers, dependencies, and implications for analysis and forecasting.
• Ability to understand the nuances of Datadog’s business model, product, and market, to distill into investment narrative and investors’ tactical areas of interest.
• Knowledge and ability to discuss the evolution and business models in the enterprise software and cloud spaces.
• Experience at a high-growth tech company is a plus, but not required.
• BA/BS in finance, accounting, economics, or engineering; MBA, CFA, or other advanced graduate degree or designation preferred.
• 8+ years of experience in investor relations, investment banking, equity research, or equity investing (or similar experience).
• Highly proficient with Excel; ability and interest in learning analytical tools and software programming languages as needed.

Benefits and Growth:

• Generous and competitive benefits package.
• New hire stock equity (RSUs) and employee stock purchase plan.
• Continuous career development and pathing opportunities.
• Product training to develop an in-depth understanding of our product and space.
• Best in breed onboarding.
• Internal mentor and buddy program cross-departmentally.
• Friendly and inclusive workplace culture.

The reasonably estimated yearly salary for this role at Datadog is:

$200,000 — $290,000 USD

Datadog (NASDAQ: DDOG) is a global SaaS business, delivering a rare combination of growth and profitability. We are on a mission to break down silos and solve complexity in the cloud age by enabling digital transformation, cloud migration, and infrastructure monitoring of our customers’ entire technology stacks. Built by engineers, for engineers, Datadog is used by organizations of all sizes across a wide range of industries. Together, we champion professional development, diversity of thought, innovation, and work excellence to empower continuous growth. Join the pack and become part of a collaborative, pragmatic, and thoughtful people-first community where we solve tough problems, take smart risks, and celebrate one another.

Equal Opportunity at Datadog:

Datadog is an Affirmative Action and Equal Opportunity Employer and is proud to offer equal employment opportunity to everyone regardless of race, color, ancestry, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, age, citizenship, marital status, disability, gender identity, veteran status, and more. We also consider qualified applicants regardless of criminal histories, consistent with legal requirements.