Our Campus Recruiting team is building a world-class program that offers a one-of-a-kind opportunity for students and early career candidates. The Campus Programs Operations Associate will partner with Coordinators, Program Managers and internal and external partners and will be responsible for managing and improving the systems and processes that power our technical intern and early career recruiting operations globally. You’ll play a critical role in ensuring efficiency, scalability, and data integrity across our recruiting tools, workflows, and vendor partnerships.
At Datadog, we place value in our office culture—the relationships that it builds, the creativity it brings to the table, and the collaboration of being together. We operate as a hybrid workplace to ensure our employees can create a work-life harmony that best fits them.
What You’ll Do:
- Own day-to-day ATS operations, including job postings, requisition management, and general troubleshooting.
- Serve as the primary point of contact for external vendors, overseeing the full-cycle use of our technical assessment platform for thousands of applicants.
- Analyze trends, identify roadblocks, and troubleshoot operational issues to ensure a smooth recruiter and candidate experience.
- Drive data consolidation and automation efforts to improve efficiency, reduce errors, and streamline reporting for recruiting, headcount allocation, and finance visibility.
- Collaborate cross-functionally to contribute to future program expansion, scaling our operational infrastructure to support new functions and hiring initiatives across technical and non-technical recruiting.
- Partner closely with Recruiting Operations, IT, and People teams to identify opportunities for process optimization and scalable automation.
- Establish and maintain documentation for workflows, data flows, and system dependencies to ensure long-term sustainability of operational excellence.
- Use data and analytics to monitor performance, identify pain points, and communicate actionable insights to leadership.
- Train and mentor Recruiting Coordinators, oversee job setup, manage interviewer capacity forecasting, and ensure operational adherence for pre- and post-hire activities.
Who You Are:
- 3+ years of experience in recruiting operations, program management or a related field
- Experienced in process improvement and scaling global operational systems.
- Familiar with the interplay between recruiting systems such as Greenhouse, Workday, Gem, and Metabase.
- Analytical and data-driven, and experienced in using metrics to uncover inefficiencies and inform process enhancements.
- A proactive problem solver who can methodically break down complex technical and operational challenges.
- Incredibly organized, detail-oriented, and comfortable managing multiple projects with competing priorities.
- Collaborative and communicative, with the ability to build relationships across teams and mentor others on operational best practices.
- Passionate about improving the recruiter and candidate experience through thoughtful systems design and continuous iteration.
- Excited to contribute to the growth of a global, scalable, and high-impact campus recruiting program.
Bonus:
- Experience managing large-scale recruiting system integrations or automations.
- Prior exposure to early-career or campus recruiting operations globally.
- Prior recruiting coordination experience.
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:
- New hire stock equity (RSUs) and employee stock purchase plan (ESPP)
- Continuous professional development, product training, and career pathing
- Intradepartmental mentor and buddy program for in-house networking
- An inclusive company culture, ability to join our Community Guilds (Datadog employee resource groups)
- Access to Inclusion Talks, our Internal panel discussions
- Free, global mental health benefits for employees and dependents age 6+
- Competitive global benefits
Benefits and Growth listed above may vary based on the country of your employment and the nature of your employment with Datadog.
About Datadog:
Datadog (NASDAQ: DDOG) is a global SaaS business, delivering a rare combination of growth and profitability. We are on a mission to break down silos and solve complexity in the cloud age by enabling digital transformation, cloud migration, and infrastructure monitoring of our customers’ entire technology stacks. Built by engineers, for engineers, Datadog is used by organizations of all sizes across a wide range of industries. Together, we champion professional development, diversity of thought, innovation, and work excellence to empower continuous growth. Join the pack and become part of a collaborative, pragmatic, and thoughtful people-first community where we solve tough problems, take smart risks, and celebrate one another. Learn more about #DatadogLife on Instagram, LinkedIn, and Datadog Learning Center.
Equal Opportunity at Datadog:
Datadog is proud to offer equal employment opportunity to everyone regardless of race, color, ancestry, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, age, citizenship, marital status, disability, gender identity, veteran status, and other characteristics protected by law. We also consider qualified applicants regardless of criminal histories, consistent with legal requirements. Here are our Candidate Legal Notices for your reference.
Datadog endeavors to make our Careers Page accessible to all users. If you would like to contact us regarding the accessibility of our website or need assistance completing the application process, please complete this form. This form is for accommodation requests only and cannot be used to inquire about the status of applications.
Privacy and AI Guidelines:
Any information you submit to Datadog as part of your application will be processed in accordance with Datadog’s Applicant and Candidate Privacy Notice. For information on our AI policy, please visit Interviewing at Datadog AI Guidelines.
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.
About Datadog:
Datadog (NASDAQ: DDOG) is a global SaaS business, delivering a rare combination of growth and profitability. We are on a mission to break down silos and solve complexity in the cloud age by enabling digital transformation, cloud migration, and infrastructure monitoring of our customers’ entire technology stacks. Built by engineers, for engineers, Datadog is used by organizations of all sizes across a wide range of industries. Together, we champion professional development, diversity of thought, innovation, and work excellence to empower continuous growth. Join the pack and become part of a collaborative, pragmatic, and thoughtful people-first community where we solve tough problems, take smart risks, and celebrate one another. Learn more about #DatadogLife on Instagram, LinkedIn, and Datadog Learning Center.
Equal Opportunity at Datadog:
Datadog is proud to offer equal employment opportunity to everyone regardless of race, color, ancestry, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, age, citizenship, marital status, disability, gender identity, veteran status, and other characteristics protected by law. We also consider qualified applicants regardless of criminal histories, consistent with legal requirements. Here are our Candidate Legal Notices for your reference.
Datadog endeavors to make our Careers Page accessible to all users. If you would like to contact us regarding the accessibility of our website or need assistance completing the application process, please complete this form. This form is for accommodation requests only and cannot be used to inquire about the status of applications.
Privacy and AI Guidelines:
Any information you submit to Datadog as part of your application will be processed in accordance with Datadog’s Applicant and Candidate Privacy Notice. For information on our AI policy, please visit Interviewing at Datadog AI Guidelines.
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