Staff Competitive Intelligence Analyst

Location: Hybrid role based in New York, New York, USA, or San Francisco, California, USA

Salary: $220,000–$270,000 USD per year, plus equity and potentially variable compensation

Company

Datadog provides observability and enterprise software products for monitoring cloud infrastructure, applications, and technical environments.

What you will do

• Build and lead the Competitive Intelligence function across priority competitors and adjacent market opportunities.
• Own recurring competitive radar processes, including competitor taxonomies, source standards, evidence quality, and update cadence.
• Produce competitive deep dives, feature-gap analyses, early-warning briefs, and opportunity assessments.
• Translate competitive findings into roadmap recommendations, product differentiation hypotheses, and product decision guidance.
• Convert validated research into GTM materials such as battlecards, objection-handling guidance, strategic deal narratives, and field enablement.
• Lead a small, high-impact team of Competitive Intelligence analysts and engineers while presenting recommendations to product and GTM leadership.

Requirements

• 8+ years of experience in competitive intelligence, technical product strategy, product management, market intelligence, strategic technical research, or related enterprise software work.
• Strong technical fluency in observability, cloud infrastructure, security, developer tooling, distributed systems, or enterprise SaaS platforms.
• Ability to evaluate technical documentation, changelogs, release notes, architecture diagrams, product announcements, and competitor materials.
• Ability to synthesize technical, commercial, customer, and market evidence into clear recommendations.
• Strong executive writing skills, including concise memos, structured briefs, comparison frameworks, and leadership-ready recommendations.
• Understanding of legal, ethical, and compliance requirements for competitive intelligence research.

Nice to have

• Experience in observability, cloud infrastructure, security, developer tooling, platform engineering, or technical enterprise SaaS.
• Experience building competitive intelligence programs, research repositories, competitor taxonomies, or recurring market-monitoring processes.
• Familiarity with SCIP ethics guidance, evidence governance, source transparency, and legally approved research methods.
• Experience translating technical findings into GTM-ready enablement materials without overstating claims.

Culture & Benefits

• Hybrid work environment.
• Healthcare, dental, parental planning, and mental health benefits.
• 401(k) plan and company match.
• Paid time off, fitness reimbursements, and a discounted employee stock purchase plan.
• Competitive salary, equity package, and potential variable compensation.