Technical Account Manager 3 - East

Datadog Open · verified Sep 13, 2026

Boston New York Full-time Manager Account Management

Mid-level Account Management role at Datadog. Boston · full-time · $124,000–$165,000 base.

SalaryStated by Datadog

$124,000 – $165,000

Base salary for this role, in USD per year, as published in the posting.

Role brief

Growth Roles summary, based on the employer's posting.

What you'll do

Guide major customers through technical support, product adoption, and renewal needs
Review customer IT Operations environments and recommend ways to increase Datadog’s value
Champion customer goals by advising on workflows, configuration, features, and product use
Prepare for and join customer monthly and quarterly business reviews
Work with product, engineering, and technical services teams to surface product opportunities

What you bring

Hands-on IT Operations experience and a strong technical foundation
Practical experience with AWS, Azure, or GCP plus comfort with scripting
Experience with CI/CD tools and container platforms such as Jenkins, GitLab, Docker, or Kubernetes
Background as a TAM for mid-market or enterprise cloud customers
Experience with Datadog or another cloud monitoring product

Who this fits

You’ll fit a customer-facing technical role that combines IT Operations expertise, cloud experience, and trusted-advisor work with major accounts. The role is based in Boston with a hybrid workplace, requires sitting for extended periods, and involves travel to client sites by car, train, or air up to thirty percent of the time. Datadog also welcomes applicants who are still building some of the listed skills.

From the employer

We are Datadog's in-house product experts. The technical solutions team enables Datadog's worldwide growth by educating potential clients and ensuring that existing customers are happy and successful. A Technical Account Manager (TAM) will continue to provide hands-on technical services to our largest customers by supporting, adopting and providing guidance over the comprehensive suite of products and features available at Datadog. A TAM is held in high regard as an expert and trusted advisor for how IT Operations translates to business value.

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:

Advise on technical support and product adoption for customers in line with pre-sales, post-sales and the renewal processes
Analyze customer’s IT Operations environment on a regular basis and provide recommendations that will maximize Datadog’s value.
Be the customer’s advocate by knowing their goals and use cases then suggesting process changes, product adoption, configuration and additional features to meet their requirements
Participate and prepare for Monthly and Quarterly Business Reviews with customers
Collaborate with Datadog’s product management, engineering and technical services teams to help identify new features and products
Continuously evolve best practice to technical product adoption and customer success

Who You Are:

Someone with a solid technical grounding and hands-on experience of IT Operations
Confident in your hands on experience AWS, Azure or GCP
Comfortable scripting languages like Python, Javascript, Ruby, Perl, Go, PHP, or Chef/Puppet etc.
Skilled in using CI/CD tools e.g. Jenkins, Gitlab etc.
Knowledgeable about Containerization tools e.g. Docker, Kubernetes or Rancher etc.
Able to sit up to 4 hours, traveling to and from client sites
Able to travel via auto, train or air up to 30% of the time
Previous experience working as a TAM supporting mid-market and/or Enterprise customers in the cloud space
Experienced using Datadog and/or other cloud monitoring tools

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:

Best-in-breed onboarding
Generous global benefits
Intra-departmental mentor and buddy program for in-house networking
New hire stock equity (RSUs) and employee stock purchase plan (ESPP)
Continuous professional development, product training, and career pathing
An inclusive company culture, able to join our Community Guilds and Inclusion Talks

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

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:$124,000—$165,000 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.

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