CareerPlan

Senior Group Manager, Experience Design

New YorkFull-time$70k2026-10-05 → 2026-11-10
Hybrid

Core

Lead and grow the Experience Design group while remaining hands-on with high-traffic web experiences for Datadog's customers.

Role type

Senior Group Manager, Experience Design (People Leader + Hands-on IC)

Builds

Shipped web experiences, marketing pages, and product interfaces for Datadog's observability platform

Domain

SaaS / Observability / Web Experience Design

Required skills

UX/UI design, journey mapping, interaction design, prototyping, team leadership, hiring, coaching, AI-assisted design, code-connected workflows, CMS usage

Preferred skills

Experience scaling design functions, deep expertise in specific design disciplines

Technologies

Figma MCP, Code Connect, modern CMS

Responsibilities

Manage and develop a team of designers, design priority web experiences from research to launch, prototype with AI and code, own the design process from discovery to post-launch QA, partner with Product Marketing, Growth, and Engineering

Seniority

Senior, hands-on IC with people management