NewSenior Design Manager - AI Monitoring & Management
Apply on DatadogDatadog is hiring a Senior Design Manager for its AI Monitoring & Management team, which is responsible for enabling organizations to trust AI in production across GPU infrastructure, agents and LLM systems, and business outcomes. The role leads a team of four designers across three connected product areas and requires deep domain knowledge in AI training/development workflows, evaluations, GPU infrastructure, and agent debugging. It is a leadership position built around an AI-native design practice where the team prototypes and ships directly in code.
✦ AI skillsThis role asks for AI & agentic skills, exactly what we teach at Into Design SystemsWhat you'll do
- Develop independent, well-informed points of view by going deep on the domain (AI training/development workflows, evals, GPU infrastructure, agent debugging)
- Drive end-to-end product experiences across Agent Observability, GPU Monitoring, and Agent Console, ensuring coherence across the three surfaces
- Prototype and ship directly in code where it has the most impact to demonstrate direction and quality
- Lead and coach a team of four designers, raising their craft, product thinking, and fluency with AI-native tools
- Conduct regular 1:1s and career conversations; foster psychological safety and a culture of continuous improvement
- Partner with Product and Engineering leadership to shape strategy, prioritization, and roadmap direction
- Set and maintain a high bar for design quality across interaction design, visual design, coded prototypes, and user testing, and lead design critiques within the domain
What they're looking for
- 10+ years in product design roles, with 3+ years in a design management or leadership position
- Portfolio demonstrating end-to-end product design ownership and deep domain expertise in at least one complex area
- Demonstrated ability to take an existing product area and visibly uplevel its craft and product ownership
- Strong communication and influence skills; able to partner effectively with senior-level PMs and Engineers
- Experience designing complex, data-heavy products
- Capability to prototype and ship directly in code (Claude Code, Cursor, or similar), and comfort leading a team that works the same way
- Demonstrated ability to mentor designers and raise their craft through coaching and example
- Nice to have: experience designing developer tools, AI/ML products, or observability platforms, and comfort with ambiguity in a rapidly evolving space
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