Engineering Manager Database Platform in Japan

As a Regional Manager, Sales Engineering, you will lead a team of Sales Engineers and frontline leaders, driving technical execution, operational excellence, and team development across your region. You’ll act as a force multiplier by owning team performance, shaping execution standards, and partnering closely with Sales leadership to influence strategy, improve outcomes, and scale impact beyond individual deals. 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: Lead, coach, and develop a team of Sales Engineers, driving performance, engagement, and long-term career growth through regular feedback and structured development Partner confidently with senior Sales leadership on regional strategy, multi-quarter planning, annual capacity planning, and forecast alignment operating 2-3 quarters ahead to anticipate resourcing needs and business priorities Own in-field execution at a regional level by taking an executive presence role in strategic and high-impact opportunities and providing senior-level stakeholder alignment and technical credibility alongside your team Oversee consistent, high-quality delivery across technical sales cycles in the region, including evaluations, customer engagements, and deal progression Hire and onboard top talent across ICs and manager-level roles, building a high-performing team and accelerating ramp through structured onboarding and enablement Manage regional operations including resource allocation, utilization, KPI tracking, productivity, and skills development to ensure effective coverage across the territory Collaborate cross-functionally with Sales, Product, Marketing, Enablement, and Support at a senior level to align on regional strategy, GTM execution, and customer experience Drive operational excellence across the

Regional Manager, Sales Engineeringとして、Sales Engineersとフロントラインリーダーで構成されるチームを率い、担当地域における技術的な実行力、業務の卓越性、チームメンバーの成長を推進していただきます。 チームパフォーマンスのオーナーシップを持ち、実行基準を形作り、Sales部門のリーダーシップと密接に連携しながら戦略に影響を与え、成果を改善し、個々の案件を超えたインパクトをスケールさせる、いわば「フォースマルチプライヤー(force multiplier)」としての役割を担っていただきます。 Datadogでは、オフィスカルチャーによって築かれる人間関係やコラボレーション、そこからもたらされる創造性を大切にしています。私たちは、従業員それぞれに合ったワーク・ライフ・ハーモニーを実現できるよう、ハイブリッド・ワークプレイスとして運営しています。 業務内容： Sales Engineersのチームを率い、指導・育成し、定期的なフィードバックと構造化された育成プログラムを通じてパフォーマンス、エンゲージメント、長期的なキャリア成長を推進する シニアSalesリーダーシップと自信を持って連携し、地域戦略、複数四半期にわたるプランニング、年間キャパシティプランニング、フォーキャストの整合を担い、2〜3四半期先を見据えてリソースニーズと事業優先度を予測する 戦略的かつインパクトの大きい商談においてエグゼクティブとしての存在感を発揮し、チームとともにシニアレベルのステークホルダーとの連携と技術的信頼性を提供することで、地域レベルの現場での実行をオーナーシップする 評価、顧客エンゲージメント、案件の進行を含む、地域内の技術的セールスサイクル全体を通じて一貫した高品質なデリバリーを監督する IC(個人貢献者)からマネージャーレベルまで、トップタレントの採用・オンボーディングを行い、高パフォーマンスなチームを構築し、構造化されたオンボーディングとイネーブルメントによって立ち上がりを加速させる リソース配分、稼働率、KPIトラッキング、生産性、スキル開発を含む地域内の業務を管理し、担当エリア全体で効果的なカバレッジを確保する Sales、Product、Marketing、Enablement、Supportとシニアレベルで部門横断的に連携し、地域戦略、GTM実行、顧客体験の整合を図る プロセスの改善、データ品質の維持、評価フレームワークのスケール、チームの有効性と事業インパクトを高める施策への貢献を通じて、地域全体の業務の卓越性を推進する 募集要項： 顧客対応型の技術組織においてSales Engineersおよび/またはフロントラインリーダーをマネジメントした経験3年以上。チームパフォーマンスの管理、メンバー育成、高パフォーマンスチームのスケールにおける実績を持つ方 Sales Engineering、Solutions Engineering、または技術系の顧客対応職における経験7年以上 シニアSalesリーダーシップと戦略的パートナーとして、地域戦略、長期プランニング、フォーキャストの整合において連携した実績 複数四半期にわたるプランニングと日々のチーム実行・優先事項のバランスを取りながら、戦略レベルと業務レベルの両方で活動できる能力 部門を横断し、シニアレベルにも影響を与えられる強力なコラボレーション力 パブリッククラウド(AWS、Azure、GCP)、Kubernetes、APM/トレーシング、セキュリティ、開発者体験、オブザーバビリティに関する背景・知見 AIツールを活用し、それをスケールさせる実証済みの能力 変化を受け入れ、好奇心を持つ成長志向のマインドセット 顧客対応をサポートするために必要に応じて出張できること Datadogは、さまざまな立場の人々を大切にしています。誰もが初日から上記の資格をすべて満たすわけではないことは理解しています。それでも構いません。テクノロジーに情熱を持ち、スキルを伸ばしたいと思っている方は、ぜひご応募ください。 福利厚生とキャリア成長： 新入社員への株式付与（RSU / 譲渡制限付株式ユニット）および従業員株式購入制度（ESPP） 継続的な専門能力開発、製品トレーニング、キャリアパスの提供 社内ネットワーク構築のためのメンターおよびバディ・プログラム インクルーシブな企業文化、コミュニティ・ギルドへの参加機会 幅広く手厚い医療関連の福利厚生制度 企業型確定拠出年金（401K） ペットの養子縁組と保険プログラム 上記の内容は、就業する国やDatadogでの雇用内容によって異なる場合があります。 #LI-Hybrid About D

We are Datadog's in-house product experts. The technical solutions team enables Datadog's worldwide growth by educating potential clients and ensuring that existing customers are happy and successful. We share our technical and product expertise with customers through demos, presentations, technical evaluations, and ongoing support. Technical solutions is a growing global team that collaborates constantly to share knowledge and continuously advance our technical skillset. 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: Manage, develop, and mentor a fast-paced team of Solutions Engineers who respond to client requests, reproduce and troubleshoot issues, and dive into the 1000+ integrations that Datadog works with Ensure successful onboarding of new Solutions Engineers Help triage Solutions Engineering queues and work with Product and Engineering on urgent matters Review and help prioritize Solutions Engineering escalations, and follow up with customers in Japan Dispatch customer requests throughout the day as part of a queue rotation schedule Oversee demo training and assist in demo certification Assist with incident response during outages/incidents, communicating with customers and providing our internal teams with info that we’re getting first-hand from those customers Build out documentation and knowledge base articles for a variety of technologies Who You Are: Passionate about people management and/or mentorship with previous experience leading a team Self-motivated, detail-attentive, and have a desire for continuous learning A critical thinker who defaults to a client-centric approach A tinkerer with some programming experience and a basic knowledge of Linux Fluent in written and spoken English and Japanese as this role will

We are Datadog's in-house product experts. The Technical Solutions team enables Datadog's worldwide growth by educating potential clients and ensuring that existing customers are happy and successful. We share our technical and product expertise with customers via multi-channel technical support, demos, and presentations. You’ll be joining a team and company where you will be challenged, but also will immediately witness your contributions to Datadog. 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: Manage, develop, coach and mentor Premier Support Engineers who respond to client requests, reproduce and troubleshoot issues, and dive into Datadog’s 400+ integrations Act as the owner for your team’s accountability and performance - managing performance reviews, performance plans, and any employee relations issues for your direct reports Partner with Support team senior leadership to oversee team projects and initiatives to improve productivity, process or procedure Collaborate with internal teams and customers on high-priority escalations and act as a resource to resolve escalations from team members as necessary Who You Are: Passionate about people management and/or mentorship with previous experience leading a team, including managing other managers Self-motivated, detail-attentive, and have a desire for continuous learning A critical thinker who defaults to a client-centric approach and uses data to make informed decisions A tinkerer with some programming experience and a basic knowledge of Linux Active contribution to open-source projects (code, bug reports, etc.) and the Engineering Community (Meetups, etc.) Datadog values people from all walks of life. We understand not everyone will meet all the above qualifications on day one. That's ok

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About the Team OpenAI’s Forward Deployed Engineering team partners with customers to turn research breakthroughs into production systems. We operate at the intersection of customer delivery and core platform development. About the Role As a foundational FDE manager, you’ll lead FDE through high-stakes, ambiguous customer deployments and own technical and business value outcomes end to end. You’ll grow a team that can operate under pressure and help OpenAI learn from the field. You’ll partner closely with Product, Research, Sales, and GTM to ensure fieldwork informs roadmap priorities, drives new exploration, and supports safe deployment at scale. Your decisions will influence how OpenAI is trusted by the customers closest to our deployment work. Your success will be measured by how consistently your team ships, how clearly you deliver signal to Research and Product, and how durable your team and delivery model prove to be. This role is based in Tokyo. We use a hybrid work model of 3 days in the office per week and offer relocation assistance to new employees. This role also will require travel up to 40%, although mainly local. To succeed in this position you must be bilingual—fluent in both Japanese and English (spoken and written). Please note that your resume must be submitted in English, and the interview process will include conversations in both languages. In this role, you will: Lead and grow a team of FDE delivering production systems with frontier models Own end-to-end delivery outcomes through clarity, speed, tight coordination, and technical quality Codify what works into tools, playbooks, and roadmap inputs that create leverage for both OpenAI and our wider developer community Notice early indicators and raise them with urgency, whether in product behavior, customer environments, or delivery practices Use judgement to distinguish what requires action and what does not Set a high bar for FDE performance and support each person’s growth through direct, acti

Datadog is the global leader in observability and security for cloud applications. Our SaaS platform integrates infrastructure monitoring, application performance monitoring, log management, digital experience monitoring, cloud security, and AI-powered observability to help organisations accelerate digital transformation and operate at scale. As organizations across Japan continue to modernize their technology stacks and embrace cloud-native architectures, Datadog is uniquely positioned to help customers achieve greater visibility, reliability, security, and business performance. The Opportunity Following significant investment in Japan by Datadog, we’re now seeking a senior executive to lead the next phase of growth and scale the business rapidly. This executive will be responsible for defining and executing Datadog's strategy in Japan, driving sustainable, predictable revenue growth, strengthening customer and partner relationships, developing high-performing teams, and firmly establishing Datadog as the market leader for Japan. Reporting to senior APJ leadership, the Country Leader will serve as the executive face of Datadog in Japan and will work cross-functionally with Sales, Customer Success, Marketing, Partnerships, Solutions Engineering, Product, and Corporate functions to accelerate market penetration and customer success. At Datadog, we work hard to maintain an excellent culture of trust, high standards, and great outcomes for customers, partners and employees About the Role Datadog is seeking an experienced and respected country executive to serve as Country Manager, Japan. As the most senior leader in the market, you will be responsible for owning Japan’s overall business health across acquisition, usage, retention, ecosystem, culture, and cross-functional execution. The Country Manager owns the country plan and operating cadence, ensuring effective direct management of all three sales segments (Enterprise, Mid Market, Commercial); and cross-

Figma is growing our team of passionate creatives and builders on a mission to make design accessible to all. Figma’s platform helps teams bring ideas to life—whether you're brainstorming, creating a prototype, translating designs into code, or iterating with AI. From idea to product, Figma empowers teams to streamline workflows, move faster, and work together in real time from anywhere in the world. If you're excited to shape the future of design and collaboration, join us! Figma is looking for a Senior Manager, Enterprise Sales to join our dynamic team of creatives, engineers, marketing wizards, and brilliant business folks. You aren’t the typical sales leader, and we aren’t the typical design tool company. At Figma, we think outside the box, lift constraints that block our imagination everyday, and we expect you to do the same. With this role you’ll get in at the ground floor in a fast growing sales org. You’ll consult with our existing customer base and potential customers in driving meaningful relationships that add value to the customer experience and revenue to our bottom line. Figma is growing and moving fast. Our next team member will have an agile, dynamic mindset, be comfortable embracing change, a true team-player, and love working with our growing footprint of Fortune 1000 customers. You won’t be alone! Figma has an incredible team and you’ll work closely with other groups including Support, Design, Engineering, Product Marketing, Customer Success, and Community. As Senior Manager, Enterprise Sales, you will lead a team of Account Executives responsible for continuing the growth of our Enterprise products. You will report directly to our Country Manager, Japan. This is a full time role that can be held from our Tokyo hub. What you’ll do at Figma: Lead a team of motivated and diverse individuals to foster an environment of success Participate in customer and prospect meetings Assist in continual training and development, including mentorship, hirin

About ElevenLabs ElevenLabs is an AI research and product company transforming how we interact with technology. We launched in January 2023 with the first human-like AI voice model. Today, we serve millions of users and thousands of businesses - from fast-growing startups to large enterprises like Deutsche Telekom and Meta. Our investors are some of the world's most prominent, including Andreessen Horowitz, ICONIQ Growth and Sequoia. We've raised $781M in funding and our last valuation was $11B - multiples of 11, always. We have expanded from voice into three main platforms: ElevenAgents enables businesses to deliver seamless and intelligent customer experiences, with the integrations, testing, monitoring, and reliability necessary to deploy voice and chat agents at scale. ElevenCreative empowers creators and marketers to generate and edit speech, music, image, and video across 70+ languages. ElevenAPI gives developers access to our leading AI audio foundational models. Everything we do is the result of the creativity and commitment of our team - builders doing the best work of their lives. We are researchers, engineers, and operators. IOI medalists and ex-founders. If you want to work hard and create lasting positive impact, we want to hear from you. How we work High-velocity: Rapid experimentation, lean autonomous teams, and minimal bureaucracy. Impact not job titles: We don’t have job titles. Instead, it’s about the impact you have. No task is above or beneath you. AI first: We use AI to move faster with higher-quality results. We do this across the whole company—from engineering to growth to operations. Excellence everywhere: Everything we do should match the quality of our AI models. Global team: We prioritize your talent, not your location. What we offer Innovative culture: You’ll be part of a generational opportunity to define the trajectory of AI, surrounded by a team pushing the boundaries of what’s possible. Growth paths: Joining ElevenLabs means joining a

We are Datadog's in-house product experts. The technical solutions team enables Datadog's worldwide growth by educating potential clients and ensuring that existing customers are happy and successful. A Technical Account Manager (TAM) will continue to provide hands-on technical services to our largest customers by supporting, adopting and providing guidance over the comprehensive suite of products and features available at Datadog. A TAM is held in high regard as an expert and trusted advisor for how IT Operations translates to business value. 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: Advise on technical support and product adoption for customers in line with pre-sales, post-sales and the renewal processes Analyze customer’s IT Operations environment on a regular basis and provide recommendations that will maximize Datadog’s value. Be the customer’s advocate by knowing their goals and use cases then suggesting process changes, product adoption, configuration and additional features to meet their requirements Participate and prepare for Monthly and Quarterly Business Reviews with customers Collaborate with Datadog’s product management, engineering and technical services teams to help identify new features and products Continuously evolve best practice to technical product adoption and customer success Who You Are: Someone with a solid technical grounding and hands-on experience of IT Operations Confident in your hands on experience AWS, Azure or GCP Comfortable scripting languages like Python, Javascript, Ruby, Perl, Go, PHP, or Chef/Puppet etc. Skilled in using CI/CD tools e.g. Jenkins, Gitlab etc. Knowledgeable about Containerization tools e.g. Docker, Kubernetes or Rancher etc. Able to sit up to 4 hours, traveling to and from client sites A

As an Enterprise Sales Engineer, you'll partner with Sales to help customers understand the value of Datadog and how it solves their most important technical and business challenges. You'll lead technical evaluations, deliver compelling demos, and guide customers through the journey from discovery to successful adoption. You'll act as a trusted advisor, bridging business goals with technical solutions, and play a key role in winning new business and expanding existing accounts. 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: Own the sales process in partnership with Account Executives by leading and shaping the technical strategy across opportunities from PG to Closed Won Lead customer discovery to uncover technical challenges, business goals, and success criteria, then translate those needs into tailored Datadog solutions Deliver engaging product demos, technical presentations, and workshops that connect platform capabilities to customer outcomes Project manage technical evaluations (POVs) end-to-end: scoping use cases and requirements, defining success criteria, building a project plan with clear timelines, and holding all participants accountable to the process Identify and cultivate technical champions within customer accounts, empowering them to advocate for Datadog adoption and drive consensus internally Participate actively in structured product and engineering field feedback sessions, serving as the technical voice of the customer to help shape product direction Maintain operational excellence by ensuring activity, deal progress, and customer interactions are accurately documented and up to date in related systems Collaborate cross-functionally with Product, Support, and GTM teams to address customer needs and resolve technical blockers Who

私たちは、Datadogの社内プロダクト・エキスパートです。テクニカル・ソリューション・チームは、潜在的な顧客を教育し、既存の顧客を満足させ、成功させることで、Datadogの世界的な成長を可能にしています。私たちは、デモやプレゼンテーション、技術評価、継続的なサポートを通じて、技術や製品に関する専門知識をお客様と共有しています。テクニカル・ソリューションは、知識を共有し、技術的なスキルセットを継続的に向上させるために絶えず協力し合う、成長中のグローバル・チームです。 Datadogでは、人間関係やコラボレーション、そして創造性といったオフィスカルチャーを大切にしています。Datadogが自分に合ったワーク・ライフ・ハーモニーを実現できるよう、ハイブリッド・ワークプレイスとして運営しています。 業務内容： 複数のチャネル（発券システム、ライブチャット、画面共有ツール）を通じて、プラットフォームの活用方法に関するトレーニングを継続的に実施しつつ、必要な技術サポートを特定し問題解決する 技術的な問題を再現し、Datadogの1000+ 以上のインテグレーションを深堀りする デモ認定資格を取得し、顧客への製品デモをリードする 顧客からのフィードバックに基づき、社内チームとの製品に関するディスカッションに参加する Datadog製品分野の高度な知識を持つスペシャリストとしてトレーニングを実施 Datadogオフィスにて週3日以上勤務 募集要項： SaaS企業でのマルチチャネルテクニカルサポート経験者（関連経験2年以上） Zendesk、Jira、Confluence、または同様のソフトウェアの使用経験 トラブルシューティングやプログラミングの経験を持つエンジニア 自発的で、細部にまで気を配り、継続的に学ぶ意欲のある方 クライアント中心のアプローチをデフォルトとする批判的思考を持つ者 文書および口頭での効果的なコミュニケーション能力 プログラミングの経験があり、Linuxの基本的な知識がある 週末を含むローテーション勤務が可能な方 本ポジションでは、ビジネスレベルまたはネイティブレベルの日本語力（会話および読み書き）が求められます。 Datadogは、さまざまな立場の人々を大切にしています。誰もが初日から上記の資格をすべて満たすわけではないことは理解しています。それでも構いません。テクノロジーに情熱を持ち、スキルを伸ばしたいと思っている方は、ぜひご応募ください。 福利厚生と成長機会： 最高のオンボーディング 継続的な専門能力開発、製品トレーニング、キャリアパスの提供 新入社員への株式付与（RSU / 譲渡制限付株式ユニット）および従業員株式購入制度（ESPP） 社内ネットワーク構築のためのメンターおよびバディ・プログラム インクルーシブな企業文化、コミュニティ・ギルドへの参加機会 幅広く手厚い医療関連の福利厚生制度 企業型確定拠出年金（401K） 上記の内容は、就業する国やDatadogでの雇用内容によって異なる場合があります。 世界中のすべての候補者様にご理解頂けるよう、応募情報に関する項目は一部、英語のままで記載されています。全ての求人情報を英語でご確認されたい場合は、 こちら をご覧ください。 About Datadog: Datadog is the leading observability and security platform for the AI era, providing businesses with unified visibility across the technology stack to manage complexity at scale. It brings applications, infrastructure, data, models, and security into one place, using AI to detect and resolve issues before they impact customers. Trusted globally by Fortune 500 companies and high-growth AI leaders, Datadog enables businesses to move faster with clarity and confidence. Learn more about #DatadogLife on Instagram , LinkedIn, and Datadog

Datadogのセールス・エンジニアは、顧客やパートナーとの商談を成立させるためのサポートを行います。現状のモニタリング・運用などの体制に課題をかかえ改善していきたいお客様や、Datadogの購入を検討頂いているお客様などにテクニカルデモンストレーション、技術評価（POV）、疑問点・問題点の解決等の提案・サポートを通じて、技術的な専門知識を提供します。セールスエンジニアは、プロダクトチームと連携し、お客様、競合他社、パートナー様からの情報に基づいて機能の優先順位を決める手助けをします。また、様々なチームと連携して、お客様の悩みを解決したり、バグ問題をエスカレーションしたり、当社ブランドのアンバサダーとしての役割も担っていただきます。フレンドリーかつ情熱的で、無限の可能性を秘めたチームに参加したい方は、ぜひご応募ください。 Datadogでは、人間関係やコラボレーション、創造性といったオフィスカルチャーに価値を置いています。Datadogが自分に合ったワーク・ライフ・ハーモニーを実現できるよう、ハイブリッド型ワークプレイスとして運営されています。 業務内容 営業チームと連携し、Datadogのバリュープロポジション、ビジョン、戦略を顧客に明確に伝えること 新しい技術を継続的に学習し、競争力のある知識、技術スキル、信頼性を構築する 潜在的な顧客との製品および技術的なプレゼンテーションの実施 プロダクトチームと直接コミュニケーションを取り、機能リクエストについて協力すること 顧客が製品を使いこなすのを助け、障害に直面したときに支援する プリセールスライフサイクルにおける様々な技術的課題に対してクリエイティブな思考をする 求める経験・スキル DevOpsモニタリングまたはアーキテクチャツールの知識と経験があること 外部顧客または社内チームに対する技術プレゼンテーション/デモの実施に慣れと自信がある方 様々な課題に対してクリエイティブに考えることができる。日々新しい発見がある方 システム管理の経験がある方WindowsまたはLinux Datadogは、様々な立場の人を大切にします。私たちは、誰もが初日から上記の資格をすべて満たすわけではないことを理解しています。それでもかまいません。テクノロジ ーに情熱を持ち、自分のスキルを伸ばしたいと思っている方は、ぜひ応募してください。 福利厚生と入社後の成長 トップクラスのオンボーディング 充実した グローバル の福利厚生 社内ネットワーキングのための部門内メンター＆バディプログラム 新入社員持株会（RSU）と従業員株式購入制度(ESPP) 継続的な専門能力開発、製品トレーニング、キャリアパス構築の機会 包括的な社風で、コミュニティ・ギルドやインクルージョン・トークに参加できる 上記の福利厚生は、雇用される国やDatadogでの雇用形態によって異なる場合があります 。 #LI-Hybrid About Datadog: Datadog is the leading observability and security platform for the AI era, providing businesses with unified visibility across the technology stack to manage complexity at scale. It brings applications, infrastructure, data, models, and security into one place, using AI to detect and resolve issues before they impact customers. Trusted globally by Fortune 500 companies and high-growth AI leaders, Datadog enables businesses to move faster with clarity and confidence. 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

As an Enterprise Sales Engineer, you'll partner with Sales to help customers understand the value of Datadog and how it solves their most important technical and business challenges. You'll lead technical evaluations, deliver compelling demos, and guide customers through the journey from discovery to successful adoption. You'll act as a trusted advisor, bridging business goals with technical solutions, and play a key role in winning new business and expanding existing accounts. 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: Own the sales process in partnership with Account Executives by leading and shaping the technical strategy across opportunities from PG to Closed Won Lead customer discovery to uncover technical challenges, business goals, and success criteria, then translate those needs into tailored Datadog solutions Deliver engaging product demos, technical presentations, and workshops that connect platform capabilities to customer outcomes Project manage technical evaluations (POVs) end-to-end: scoping use cases and requirements, defining success criteria, building a project plan with clear timelines, and holding all participants accountable to the process Identify and cultivate technical champions within customer accounts, empowering them to advocate for Datadog adoption and drive consensus internally Participat e actively in structured product and engineering field feedback sessions, serving as the technical voice of the customer to help shape product direction Maintain operational excellence by ensuring activity, deal progress, and customer interactions are accurately documented and up to date in related systems Collaborate cross-functionally with Product, Support, and GTM teams to address customer needs and resolve

About the team OpenAI’s Forward Deployed Engineering team partners with customers to turn research breakthroughs into production systems. We operate at the intersection of customer delivery and core platform development. About the Role This is a founding role. As a Technical Deployment Lead (TDL), you will define how OpenAI delivers complex systems to customers. You will own how they are built, shipped, and adopted. You’ll translate business outcomes into a technical plan, run day-to-day execution across FDEs, Researchers, and Customer Engineers, and partner with customer teams to ensure delivery supports their goals. This is not a management role, however you'll own delivery end-to-end: embedding with customers to map workflows and success criteria, ensuring components ship on time, and leading readiness and change management for adoption. You’ll track progress, manage dependencies, make sequencing decisions, and drive 0→1 prototypes through MVP and scale. You will also share field insights with Product and Research to guide roadmap and priorities. Success will be measured first and foremost by impact - deployments that deliver measurable value against customer goals, drive adoption, and become critical to their workflows. Additional measures of success include delivery reliability (milestones hit, low reopen/churn), operating leverage (patterns reused across deployments), judgment under pressure, and product impact (field signal that shifts roadmaps/architectures). This is a high-trust, high-autonomy role. Success requires deep technical project management expertise, extreme ownership of outcomes, and an ability to immerse in customer workflows and partner with customer teams to solve complex engineering problems at pace. This role is based in Tokyo. We use a hybrid model of 3 days in office and offer relocation assistance. Travel up to 25-50% is required. To succeed in this position you must be fully bilingual—fluent in both Japanese and English (spoken and writt