Build demand upstream: engage Sales and Customer Success teams across the region at scale, keep positioning and materials current, and drive consistent use of the request process
Act as the quality gate for incoming work, scoping requests to the right offering, focusing broad asks into targeted sessions, and aligning demand to business need
Analyze customer training adoption and feedback, evaluating programs for ROI to inform which offerings to scale, evolve, or retire
Develop sales tools and enablement resources that help internal teams confidently position and sell training to customers
Drive consistency in training delivery, content utilization and reporting across the team, evaluating delivery quality and distinguishing facilitation gaps from content gaps
Build and maintain the intake and capacity-planning mechanisms the team runs on, including pre-session questionnaires, triage, prioritisation frameworks and accurate time tracking, and continuously iterate on tooling and processes to improve efficiency and scalability
Lead, coach and mentor a team of TEMs across APJ, conducting regular 1:1s, performance evaluations and session shadowing, identifying performance gaps early and managing performance formally when coaching alone is not enough
Proactively monitor team KPIs (utilization, CSAT, productivity, session delivery against demand, and attendance rates), diagnosing trends and gaps, and assign workload so that TEMs achieve an 80% productivity target while balancing training delivery, content creation and enablement activities
Champion the use of AI tools within the team to improve productivity from content creation and session prep through to reporting and QA, coach TEMs on effective and responsible use, and identify opportunities to apply AI to scale enablement delivery and improve program ROI
Actively participate in recruiting, hiring and onboarding across the team and the broader organization
Collaborate with Technical Solutions leadership, Sales, Customer Success, Engineering and Product teams to address urgent needs and implement process improvements
Who You Are
An experienced people manager, results-driven, with a strong focus on executing strategies that drive measurable business impact and revenue growth
A strong coach and mentor who invests in career development and builds inclusive, high-performing teams, and who has authored the things that let a team scale: career progression frameworks, structured onboarding and a consistent coaching cadence
Has built demand for a services or enablement function by going out to Sales and Customer Success rather than waiting for inbound requests, and can point to a measurable before and after
A clear communicator who can influence without authority and align stakeholders around common goals
Energised by bringing a service to new internal audiences, and able to make the case as compellingly on the twentieth telling as on the first
Able to hold priorities firmly when demands compete, renegotiating scope with partner teams while keeping the relationship strong
Deliberate about priorities, with a track record of choosing what not to take on and delegating rather than absorbing
Culturally adaptable across Japan, Korea, Southeast Asia and ANZ, adjusting approach per market rather than applying one style everywhere
Direct and transparent, setting clear expectations and healthy boundaries, and calm when plans change at short notice
Exceptionally self-organised, owning their own scheduling, follow-up and administrative rhythm
A strategic thinker who balances customer needs with business goals, evaluates program ROI and drives cross-functional alignment, with a track record of implementing scalable enablement programs in a growing company
Data-driven, comfortable using metrics and KPIs to inform decisions and optimize performance
Demonstrated capability of utilizing AI tooling and scaling it, with a growth mindset of embracing change and being curious
Technically proficient, with knowledge of modern infrastructure, monitoring solutions, and cloud technologies
Experienced (5+ years) in Training, Presales, Post-Sales, Consulting, or another customer-facing role, with a history of success
Educated in Computer Science, Engineering, or equivalent experience
Requires up to 25% travel across the APJ region, primarily to drive and promote enablement adoption with Sales and Customer Success along with team development and cross-functional planning
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.
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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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