GTM Strategy & Operations Senior Associate (Marketing)

Important: 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

• Strategic roadmap and budget development: Own strategic initiatives that define how Marketing scales as Datadog grows globally, from annual planning and investment strategy to operational improvements and new capabilities
• Partnership with Marketing & GTM leadership: Present recommendations and business cases to executive leadership, influencing company-wide decisions on Marketing investments and priorities.Marketing AI roadmap & execution: Inform how we should leverage AI to optimize our Marketing motion, work with marketing org to test and scale new pilots Marketing analysis and reporting: Analyze complex marketing and GTM data to uncover trends and performance gaps and inform decision-making on budget, HC, channel and regional allocation
• Data visualization and insights: Partner with our Data & Analytics team to optimize dashboards and reporting to deliver actionable insights and monitor the impact of deployed initiatives.

Who you are

• Experience: 3–5 years in GTM/growth/revenue strategy, management consulting, investment banking/equity research, or a similar role (experience working with Marketing or Sales teams is a plus)
• Passion for Marketing: You are excited by modern B2B marketing and curious about how demand generation, product marketing, digital, events, lifecycle, and brand come together to drive growth. You enjoy understanding how marketing organizations operate and identifying ways to improve their effectiveness.
• Excitement for AI: You actively experiment with AI tools in your daily work and are excited about identifying opportunities to transform business processes through AI. You enjoy rapidly testing new technologies and turning promising ideas into scalable workflows.
• Builder mindset: Proven ability to go beyond strategy — you can design solutions and drive them through execution, rollout, and adoption
• Creative problem solving: Comfort operating in ambiguity and structuring loosely defined problems
• Strategic thinking: Ability to break down complex problems into structured insights and clear action plans
• Quantitative analysis: Strong analytical skills with high attention to detail
• Communication: Excellent verbal and written communication skills, with the ability to synthesize complex ideas for senior stakeholders
• Ownership:  Track record of working cross-functionally and taking responsibility for outcomes across Sales, Marketing, Strategy, and Product teams
• Presentation skills: Ability to create and deliver presentations for senior and executive audiences

Bonus Points

• Experience manipulating and analyzing complex datasets using SQL and/or Python
• Experience deploying Marketing AI solutions 
• Experience working with or supporting Marketing / Sales orgs
• Experience with Tableau or similar data visualization tools
• Experience implementing GTM tools, workflows, or automation

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.