Senior Recruiter

Datadog, Inc.; New York (NY); Hybrid; USD 120,000 - 160,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Generous benefits

RSUs

Employee stock purchase plan

Career development

Product training

Onboarding program

Mentor program

Inclusive culture

Job summary

Datadog, Inc. is seeking a Senior Recruiter to be the face of recruiting, the initial contact for candidates, and a strategic partner to regional leaders.

You will shape talent strategy and manage end-to-end hiring for high-impact tech roles in a hybrid New York environment. You will build robust pipelines, refine interview practices, and ensure an outstanding candidate experience while working with the Greenhouse ATS.

Qualifications

• 10+ years of full-lifecycle recruiting for tech roles
• Autonomous and able to manage multiple positions independently
• Strong track record of selling value propositions, negotiating, and closing candidates
• Ability to move with urgency through all stages of the recruiting process

Responsibilities

• Proactively hunt, identify, screen, and assess talent to match open roles
• Partner with regional org leaders to plan hiring across multiple business units
• Build and fill active and passive talent pipelines for roles of varying complexity
• Improve messaging, job descriptions, and external content to attract candidates
• Stay updated on recruiting strategies, market movements, and company changes
• Ensure an excellent interview experience through high-touch candidate relationships
• Revamp interview practices and train interview teams; be the go-to for Greenhouse
• Collaborate with recruiting and People teams to resolve regional challenges

Skills

Full lifecycle recruiting

Tech recruiting

Candidate closing

Stakeholder management

Autonomous work

Tools

Greenhouse

Job description

We are looking to hire a Senior Recruiter who will be responsible for finding the best talent for our team; you will be the face of recruiting at Datadog! You will be the first point of contact for new candidates in the hiring process, playing a critical role in identifying great candidates, telling the Datadog story and ultimately turning great candidates into great employees.

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.

What You’ll Do:

• Proactively hunt, identify, screen, and assess talent while ensuring their qualifications match the open roles
• Partner closely with org leaders across the region to strategically plan for hiring across multiple business orgs
• Develop strategies to build and fill active and passive talent pipelines in order to tackle roles of varying complexity, while hiring at a high volume
• Develop ideas to pivot messaging, job descriptions, or any external facing content/events to help impact our ability to acquire talent
• Stay on top of the latest recruiting strategies, market movements, and company changes
• Ensure candidates and hiring managers have an excellent interview experience by creating and fostering high touch relationships with all
• Enhance our recruitment process through revamping interview practices, training interview teams, and becoming an expert at our ATS, Greenhouse
• Proactively solve for challenges across the region and work closely with xfn partners within recruiting and overall people team.

Who You Are:

• Experienced in 10+ years of full-lifecycle recruiting for roles preferably for tech companies
• Autonomous with a demonstrated ability to work independently and simultaneously on multiple positions
• Superior at selling value proposition, negotiating and closing great candidates
• Skilled at operating with a sense of urgency in all stages of the recruiting cycle
• Able to successfully navigate an ever-changing process
• Datadog values people from all walks of life. We understand not everyone will meet all the above qualifications on day one. That's okay. If you’re passionate about technology and want to grow your skills

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

Benefits and Growth listed above may vary based on the country of your employment and the nature of your employment with Datadog.

#LI-Hybrid
Datadog offers a competitive salary and equity package, and may include variable compensation. Actual compensation is based on factors such as the candidate's skills, qualifications, and experience. In addition, Datadog offers a wide range of best in class, comprehensive and inclusive employee benefits for this role including healthcare, dental, parental planning, and mental health benefits, a 401(k) plan and match, paid time off, fitness reimbursements, and a discounted employee stock purchase plan.

The reasonably estimated yearly salary for this role at Datadog is:
$120,000—$160,000 USD

About Datadog:

Datadog is the leading observability and security platform for the AI era, providing businesses with unified visibility across the technology stack to manage complexity at scale. It brings applications, infrastructure, data, models, and security into one place, using AI to detect and resolve issues before they impact customers. Trusted globally by Fortune 500 companies and high-growth AI leaders, Datadog enables businesses to move faster with clarity and confidence. Learn more about #DatadogLife on Instagram, LinkedIn, and Datadog Learning Center.

Equal Opportunity at Datadog:

Datadog 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 other characteristics protected by law. We also consider qualified applicants regardless of criminal histories, consistent with legal requirements. Here are our Candidate Legal Notices for your reference.

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