Team Lead, Recruiting Coordination

About Datadog: 

Datadog is a best-in-class SaaS business, delivering a rare combination of growth, profitability, and stock market appreciation. Built by engineers, for engineers, our monitoring and security platform is used by organizations of all sizes across a wide range of industries to enable digital transformation, cloud migration, and infrastructure monitoring of our customers’ entire technology stack. We’re dedicated to creating, developing, and supporting our product and customers, allowing for seamless collaboration and problem-solving among Dev, Ops and Security teams globally. Come join the team for an exciting opportunity to learn from top-level leaders and colleagues and grow alongside the company as we rapidly expand. 

The Team:

The Recruiting team at Datadog is responsible for scaling the growth of our company size. Our recruiters are strategic business partners, matchmakers, sellers and marketeers, all wrapped into one. We contribute to the bottom line and have high visibility to leadership teams as we partner with our business leaders on building out our teams with top talent within multiple business areas. You will have the opportunity to shape, mold, and impact how fast we grow, the way we’re viewed, and the candidate experience. 

The Opportunity:

Datadog is ramping up for another BIG hiring year and expanding our Recruiting team to support our growth. We are looking for someone who is passionate about operational efficiency and developing early career talent, as a Lead of Recruiting Coordination in North America! This role will lead a global team of recruiting coordinators who will optimize our hiring process and take our candidate experience to the next level. In this position, you’ll work closely with the Recruiting Leaders and Recruiting Operations team to ensure success and consistency in process, progress, and service levels. 

You Will:  

• Lead and mentor a team of coordinators while maintaining a high bar for the level of service provided to our internal and external clients, scheduling interviews when needed
• Optimize the effectiveness of recruiting as an operation and drive consistency across the board
• Provide development opportunities and performance feedback for direct reports
• Ensure team receives growth opportunities via project and sourcing collaboration with recruiting teams / Develop and coach on sourcing and LinkedIn recruiter skills
• Recommend and implement improvements to hiring process and Greenhouse ATS workflow both for internal partners and candidates
• Drive cross-functional projects by facilitating communication, coordination, planning and execution across the recruiting team and internal stakeholders
• Use data to define program success metrics and inform strategic decisions
• Work on projects such Greenhouse and recruiting operations projects, data cleanliness audits, candidate survey results, etc.

You Are:  

• Experienced in 5+ years of combined business experience, with 2+ years in recruiting operations, recruiting, or recruiting coordination 
• Passionate about coaching others with 1+ years of experience managing a team
• Deep understanding of recruiting lifecycle and tooling
• Confident navigating and creating processes within applicant tracking systems  
• Able to own and drive projects to completion; A creative thinker and problem solver 
• Comfortable working in a high scale and fast-paced environment
• A strong multitasker, able to manage multiple projects simultaneously, working autonomously and navigate ambiguity with ease
• Experienced in building and scaling candidate, interviewer, and coordination programs
• Able to use data and analytics to develop insights and influence decisions

Why You Should Apply: 

•  Ability to develop and lead a global function
•  High visibility and strong impact to company revenue stream
•  Generous and competitive benefits
•  New hire stock equity (RSUs) and employee stock purchase plan
•  Continuous career development and pathing opportunities 
•  Product training to develop an in-depth understanding of our product and space
•  Best in breed onboarding
•  Internal mentor and buddy program cross-departmentally
•  Friendly and inclusive workplace culture

Equal Opportunity at Datadog:

Datadog is an Affirmative Action and Equal Opportunity Employer and 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 more. We also consider qualified applicants regardless of criminal histories, consistent with legal requirements.

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