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What this posting asks for

Level: Lead / staff — The title says "Staff".

Main responsibilities

• Co-develop Datadog’s next visual direction by applying and stress-testing it across representative product journeys.
• Translate visual principles into concrete decisions about hierarchy, layout, navigation, information architecture, interaction, and behavior.
• Use visual language to clarify complex, data-dense experiences — hierarchy, density, and attention.
• Hold the visual quality bar across work you don't own, and align teams around it.
• Prototype, test, and refine new patterns before they become systemized.
• Partner deeply with Product Design, Design Systems, and engineering to turn successful concepts into durable system guidance and implementation.
• Create clear artifacts, pilots, and narratives that help teams adopt the direction and raise the product quality bar.
• Influence stakeholders across design, engineering, product, and executive partners.
• You will report directly to the Design Director and work as part of a small, focused team defining the future state before it scales across hundreds of desig…

Competencies an interviewer will look for

• Technical skill Core
  In the posting: “You’ll work alongside visual designers, motion designers, product designers, Design Systems, and Engineering to ensure the new direction changes how Datadog …” · “Translate visual principles into concrete decisions about hierarchy, layout, navigation, information architecture, interaction, and behavior.” · “Partner deeply with Product Design, Design Systems, and engineering to turn successful concepts into durable system guidance and implementation.”
  Show it by: Names the tools, languages or systems used and how; Explains a technical choice and its trade-off.
• Planning and organisation Core
  In the posting: “You're comfortable operating in ambiguity and in large, complex organizations.” · “This is an opportunity to bring a new visual direction into a complex, engineering-forward platform and raise the craft bar across the organization.” · “New hire stock equity (RSUs) and employee stock purchase plan (ESPP)”
  Show it by: Shows how priorities were set when everything was urgent; Mentions deadlines met and how.
• Attention to detail and quality Core
  In the posting: “Co-develop Datadog’s next visual direction by applying and stress-testing it across representative product journeys.” · “Hold the visual quality bar across work you don't own, and align teams around it.” · “Create clear artifacts, pilots, and narratives that help teams adopt the direction and raise the product quality bar.”
  Show it by: Gives an example of an error caught before it caused harm; Names the check or standard they used.
• Problem solving Core
  In the posting: “Datadog is dense, technical, and used by people working through complex problems—often under real pressure.” · “It brings applications, infrastructure, data, models, and security into one place, using AI to detect and resolve issues before they impact customers.”
  Show it by: Describes a real problem, the options considered and the one chosen; Shows how the cause was found, not just the fix.
• Leadership and mentoring Core
  In the posting: “This is a hands-on product design leadership role for someone who combines strong visual judgment with deep product and systems thinking.” · “Intradepartmental mentor and buddy program for in-house networking”
  Show it by: Describes setting direction or a standard others followed; Names someone they coached and what changed for them.
• Data and analysis Core
  In the posting: “Use visual language to clarify complex, data-dense experiences — hierarchy, density, and attention.” · “It brings applications, infrastructure, data, models, and security into one place, using AI to detect and resolve issues before they impact customers.”
  Show it by: Uses a number to describe the situation or the result; Explains what the data showed and what was done with it.
• Stakeholder management Core
  In the posting: “Influence stakeholders across design, engineering, product, and executive partners.” · “You are a persuasive collaborator who can make recommendations and align designers, engineers, product partners, and executives.”
  Show it by: Shows how they aligned people with different goals; Explains how they handled a 'no' from someone senior.
• Teamwork and collaboration Supporting
  In the posting: “You are a persuasive collaborator who can make recommendations and align designers, engineers, product partners, and executives.”
  Show it by: Says what they did inside a team, not only what 'we' did; Shows how a disagreement was handled.
• Customer focus Supporting
  In the posting: “It brings applications, infrastructure, data, models, and security into one place, using AI to detect and resolve issues before they impact customers.”
  Show it by: Puts the customer's need in their own words; Shows a result for the customer, not only for the company.
• Adaptability and learning Supporting
  In the posting: “You're comfortable operating in ambiguity and in large, complex organizations.”
  Show it by: Describes learning something new quickly and using it; Shows a change of plan and how they adjusted.

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