Chief of Staff - Information Security

As the Chief of Staff to the Chief Information Security Officer at Datadog, you'll work directly for the CISO and work closely with the Security leadership team to help them grow, scale, and run the business more effectively. In this role, you will help manage the Security and IT organization through the following primary functions: Strategic Planning, Execution management, Business Insights and Analytics, and Communications. 

You will define and execute the rhythm of the Security and IT organization in partnership with the CISO; including meeting cadence, off-sites, and all-hands. You will collaborate cross-functionally to develop and manage resourcing plans, enabling our team and our partner organizations to execute on our delivery promises with integrity and proper accountability. You will be empowered to make optimization and strategic recommendations to help scale the organization and its functions. Finally, you'll serve as a Program Manager for key projects, driving both the strategic vision and project execution forward. This role requires a highly resourceful, self-driven individual with the ability to partner, execute, and lead through influence.

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: 

• Coordinate quarterly planning process (OKRs - Objectives and Key Results) across the Security, Compliance, and IT teams, including quarterly off-sites. Manage operational rhythm of the business: build meeting agendas, capture key insights and action items, and follow-up accordingly
• Provide the CISO with insightful data-driven strategic recommendations. Communicate findings from initiatives to management and the broader organization
• Partner closely with all internal and external stakeholders involved in any of the ongoing and future programs
• Provide recommendations on how to grow and organize the teams as the company scales
• Own the headcount planning and approval process 
• Spearhead the annual budget process, creation of quarterly board materials, and provide operational and organizational status reports
• Use cross-functional knowledge and seek to understand issues, trends, and perspectives that may influence the business
• Drive strategic initiatives and/or discrete projects
• Own any and all ‘state of security’ communications
• Serving as a trusted advisor and confidant to the executive; Act as a proxy as necessary in place of the CISO 

Who You Are:

• Proven track record of building strategic plans and managing large scale programs
• Experience and desire to own major initiatives end-to-end
• You don't ask for permission - you make it happen
• Problem Solver - you've solved ambiguous problems by applying frameworks to get to the first principles, aligning resources on the goal, executing, learning, and adapting

Bonus Points

• Experience partnering effectively with cross-functional teams or projects
• Proven experience working with C-suite
• Demonstrated ability to lead complex strategic and operational initiatives
• Prior experience working in SaaS or product company 
• Start-up experience is a plus

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, we encourage you to apply.

Benefits and Growth: 

• New hire stock equity (RSUs) and employee stock purchase plan (ESPP)
• Continuous professional development, product training, and career pathing
• An inclusive company culture, ability to join our Community Guilds (Datadog employee resource groups
• Free, global Spring Health benefits for employees and dependents age 6+
• Competitive global benefits

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

To conform to US export control regulations, candidates should be eligible for any required authorizations from the US government. This job is available in various departments within our company; to conform to US export control regulations, some of these roles may require candidates to be eligible for any required authorizations from the US government.