Talent Engagement Marketing Manager

The role

You will build and deliver engagement programmes to reach and engage priority talent. You will redesign programme delivery using AI-native, agentic workflows and manage targeted campaigns, events, and nurture journeys.

What you will do

• Build and deliver a portfolio of engagement programmes aligned with hiring priorities.
• Redesign engagement programme delivery with agentic workflows using AI agents.
• Run internal marketing and network activation programmes.
• Build segmented nurture journeys and send newsletters and email campaigns.
• Plan and deliver targeted events including referral sessions, dinners, and virtual formats.
• Create briefings, playbooks, and activation materials for recruiters and employees.
• Deliver campaigns with Recruiting and People partners to help employees find internal opportunities.
• Coordinate programme delivery across regions.
• Partner with Brand and Content to apply talent messaging.
• Establish baselines and evaluate programme performance.

Required qualifications

• Hands-on experience in recruitment marketing, lifecycle marketing, community marketing, or recruiting solutions.
• Experience delivering targeted events and integrated campaigns for defined audiences.
• Practical experience with audience segmentation, nurture journeys and CRM or marketing automation tools.
• Strong writing and creative judgement.
• Experience managing programme budgets, timelines and competing priorities.
• Confidence interpreting performance data and using evidence to influence stakeholders.
• Ability to build relationships with senior partners and coordinate delivery across teams and regions.
• Ability to rethink programme delivery, test AI agents and automation, and turn approaches into repeatable workflows.

Nice to have

• Experience in a high-growth technology company.
• Familiarity with recruiting operations and applicant tracking systems.

Benefits

• Best-in-breed onboarding
• Generous global benefits
• Intra-departmental mentor and buddy program
• New hire stock equity (RSUs)
• Employee stock purchase plan (ESPP)
• Continuous professional development, product training, and career pathing
• Inclusive company culture with Community Guilds and Inclusion Talks

About the company

Datadog is the leading observability and security platform for the AI era, providing businesses with unified visibility across the technology stack. It is trusted globally by Fortune 500 companies and high-growth AI leaders.