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Senior Talent Planning Analyst

Datadog

Overview

Automate and expand Datadog’s headcount-driven capacity modeling, improving the underlying data pipelines and insights that they surface Build and maintain data models covering headcount, positions, and hiring pacing, keeping them accurate as business context changes

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New hire stock equity (RSUs)receipt ⟳
“New hire stock equity (RSUs) and employee stock purchase plan”
employee stock purchase planreceipt ⟳
“New hire stock equity (RSUs) and employee stock purchase plan”
healthcare, dentalreceipt ⟳
“healthcare, dental, parental planning, and mental health benefits, a 401(k) plan and match, paid time off, fitness reimbursements, and a dis”
mental health benefitsreceipt ⟳
“healthcare, dental, parental planning, and mental health benefits, a 401(k) plan and match, paid time off, fitness reimbursements, and a dis”
401(k) plan and matchreceipt ⟳
“healthcare, dental, parental planning, and mental health benefits, a 401(k) plan and match, paid time off, fitness reimbursements, and a dis”

Key Responsibilities

  • Automate and expand Datadog’s headcount-driven capacity modeling, improving the underlying data pipelines and insights that they surface
  • Build and maintain data models covering headcount, positions, and hiring pacing, keeping them accurate as business context changes
  • Own the position data audit process, establishing and maintaining a source of truth for open, filled, and planned positions across the business
  • Support workforce forecasts by analyzing attrition, mobility, hiring, and promotion trends in partnership with the broader People Analytics Insights team
  • Partner with our People Tech teams (HRIS, Recruiting Ops, developers) to shape the headcount management tech roadmap, driving for infrastructure and tooling that reduces friction and unlocks better data

Key Requirements

  • 5+ years of experience in workforce planning, people analytics, FP&A, or a related analytical role
  • Experience building or maintaining financial/headcount forecasting models, translating trends into forward-looking projections for capacity planning
  • Proficiency in SQL and other data analysis tools, as well as dashboarding and standard BI tools such as Tableau
  • Familiarity with position management concepts, ideally in Workday or a comparable HRIS
  • Strong attention to data quality and detail: you maintain a healthy paranoia around the numbers and will proactively catch inconsistencies