Senior Manager, Compliance

Datadog is on the lookout for a dynamic and collaborative Senior Manager, People Compliance to join Datadog’s People Operations team! If you’re passionate about building and enhancing compliance controls that are not only relevant but also scalable across the Americas, this could be the perfect role for you.

You’ll be partnering with various teams across the organization, driving People Compliance program governance across the US, Mexico, Canada, and Brazil. Your expertise in employment policies, legislative trends, and program management will be crucial in shaping our approach to compliance. Plus, if you’re someone who thrives on improving processes and implementing industry best practices, you’ll find this role particularly rewarding.

But that’s not all—this role offers a unique opportunity to collaborate with our global People  Operations & Compliance team, ensuring alignment on programs and policies that span across borders, while still keeping your region’s specific needs in focus.

Join us in creating a vibrant, employee-centric culture where compliance doesn’t just meet requirements, but enhances the overall employee experience. If you’re ready to make an impact, we’d love to hear from you!

At Datadog, we place value in our office culture - the relationships and collaboration it builds and the creativity it brings to the table. We operate as a hybrid workplace to ensure our Datadogs can create a work-life harmony that best fits them.

What You’ll Do:

• Oversee the Accommodations Process and Leave Administration, ensuring compliance with legal requirements and company policies.
• Develop workforce programs, within the People function, to ensure compliance with government programs and reporting requirements including EEO reporting, I-9 compliance, Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs, etc.
• Collaborate and partner with key stakeholders from our broader People team as well as Legal, Recruiting Operations, Compensation, L&D, and others to facilitate and ensure effective compliance updates, content, programs, training, and other compliance related needs.
• Support business continuity through cross-functional policy reviews and revisions to various compliance related programs for the Americas region
• Establish compliance standards, anticipate emerging compliance trends and work to improve internal compliance controls
• Remain up to date on global employee-related legislative and regulatory developments, and ensure changes to rules and regulations are implemented with People systems, policies, articles, and practices in partnership with the Legal department
• Draft and develop HR policies and provide policy recommendations.
• Complete regular HR compliance reporting and audits – manipulating large data sets from Workday and presenting clean and clear summaries.
• Provide clear and accurate interpretation of People policies to assist HR and business collaborators – for example, wage and hour, payroll compliance, employment classifications.
• Provide project management for ad-hoc HR compliance projects.

Who You Are:

• Experienced in 6+ years managing People compliance programs in a public company including experience with OFCCP programs in the US. Canada, Mexico, and Brazil experience is a plus.  
• Experienced in policy writing – succinct, accurate and thorough approach to drafting and updating policies. 
• Comfortable managing people, complex People projects and operationalizing People policies and strategy
• Proven in cross-functional collaboration, build strong relationships and being a trusted partner to relevant stakeholders and across other global teams
• Someone with a successful track record of managing multiple projects and priorities with an aptitude for synthesizing information from external and internal experts and recommending a best course of action
• Excellent in your verbal and written communication skills; Ability to effectively communicate at all levels of the organization
• Someone with a growth mindset. Looks for ways to improve and promote quality and demonstrates accuracy and thoroughness in work output and decisions
• Strong in your project management and relationship building skills.
• An expert in Excel with experience in Google for Enterprise

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:

• Generous and competitive global benefits
• New hire stock equity (RSUs) and employee stock purchase plan
• Continuou