Product Manager 2 – IaC Detection
Datadog · New York, New York, USA · Product Management · listed September 11, 2026
The shape of it
Seniority
Manager
Experience asked
3+ years
Where
Hybrid
Stated pay
$156,000 – $195,000 USD
Requirements listed
5
Length
1,124 words
In the posting’s own words
As a Product Manager – IaC Detection, you will define, build, and launch capabilities that proactively detect infrastructure issues in code (e.g. Terraform, Helm) before they can be deployed into production and escalate into production incidents. The Infrastructure Monitoring team has pioneered shift-left detection in the industry with Bits Infrastructure Operations , and we’re looking for a Product Manager to expand this capability to a broader set of use cases
What it asks for · 5
- 3+ years of Product Management experience shipping technical products in cloud infrastructure or SaaS environments, ideally for developer or operator audiences.
- You love building with AI, are excited about AI, and its potential to change the way infrastructure is monitored and managed
- You have a technical background and/or sense of the day in the life of an engineer/developer shipping, maintaining, or securing a distributed cloud application
- Ability to drive product-led growth for a new 0-1 initiative targeting developers by identifying design partners, fast iteration and building product market fit.
- Clear and concise communicator who can lead cross-functional initiatives and align stakeholders around a shared vision.
What the job covers
- Lead the product roadmap for IaC Detection, enabling customers to proactively detect and catch high-impact infrastructure and configuration changes before they are deployed into production and escalate into incidents.
- Define the end-to-end experience across the Datadog UI, developer workflows (e.g. GitHub). Partner with Design and Engineering to create user-facing experiences.
- Work with customers, including Datadog, to drive adoption and iterate the product
- Collaborate cross-functionally with infrastructure monitoring, AI product teams, and other teams in Datadog to integrate IaC detection capabilities across the Datadog platform.
- Establish quality standards and success metrics, including coverage, correctness, and user trust.
Tools and skills named
Cloud & infra
- Datadog10×
- Nginx
- Observability
- Site reliability
- Terraform
Product & design
- Product management4×
- Roadmap4×
Go to market
- SaaS2×
Ways of working
- Cross-functional2×
Data
- PostgreSQL
Words the posting leans on
- product15×
- infrastructure14×
- customers7×
- developer7×
- changes6×
- experience6×
- iac detection6×
- production6×
- cloud5×
- design5×
- drive5×
- initiative5×
- lead5×
- partner5×
- build4×
- building4×
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