Datadog

Senior Business Systems Analyst

Datadog 📍 New York, USA 🏢 On-site Posted Sep 24, 2026 via Datadog careers
full-time 📂 Technology & IT 🏢 On-site 🏭 Technology

✨ Job Highlights

  • ★Pay: $135,000 to $169,000 a year
  • ★On-site: New York
  • ★Full-time role in technology & it
  • ★Apply directly on Datadog's careers site
  • ★Posted September 24, 2026

Full Job Description

Senior Business Systems Analyst job at Datadog in New York

Datadog is hiring a Senior Business Systems Analyst in New York. This is full-time work at Datadog's location. Datadog lists pay of $135,000 to $169,000 a year.

Datadog describes the job as follows.

Business Systems drives efficiency across Datadog through business process analysis, systems automation and integrations, AI agent and MCP development, and vendor/software review. The team is increasingly embedded in cross-functional initiatives across People, Finance, GTM , Legal, Recruiting, and Technical Solutions - translating ambiguous business problems into scoped, buildable solutions and owning delivery end-to-end.

This is not a generalist BSA role. Each Senior BSA will own a cluster of business functions end-to-end, acting as an internal product manager for their domain rather than processing inbound requests reactively. There are two openings, each covering a different domain:

People, Recruiting, Legal or Finance, GTM, Procurement

As the role evolves alongside AI, Senior BSAs leverage agentic tools for data aggregation and context gathering while remaining the critical human-in-the-loop layer - owning business context and product outlook, validating use cases, managing stakeholder relationships, and making the judgment calls agents can't.

At Datadog, we place value in our office culture - the relationships that it builds, the creativity it brings to the table, and the collaboration of being together. We operate as a hybrid workplace to ensure our employees can create a work-life harmony that best fits them.

What You’ll Do:

  • Discovery and scoping: Translate ambiguous asks from business stakeholders into well-defined requirements that Business Systems Engineers can build against. Many stakeholders don't know what they want or the cross-functional impact of what they're asking for - you surface both before engineering begins.
  • Cross-functional visibility: Identify dependencies, downstream impacts, and integration considerations that requesting teams miss.
  • Proactive opportunity identification: Develop deep domain knowledge to identify automation and AI opportunities before they become inbound requests, shifting the team from reactive intake to strategic partnership.
  • Stakeholder relationship ownership: Serve as the primary point of contact for your domain, reducing ad hoc consultations that currently land on the team lead and senior ICs.
  • Systems and governance: Review system configuration, data integrity, and vendor fit within your domain and make recommendations to stakeholders and BSEs; maintain clear documentation (process diagrams, system flows, user guides); ensure compliance with security and privacy standards (e.g., GDPR , SOX ).
  • Who You Are

  • Prior experience as a Business Systems Analyst or in a similar role, ideally within a high-tech or SaaS environment
  • Experience owning a business domain end-to-end; comfortable operating like an internal product manager
  • Excellent written and verbal communication skills, with the ability to explain technical concepts to non-technical stakeholders and manage relationships with senior leadership
  • Proven track record using AI/agentic tools for data aggregation and context-gathering, while knowing where human judgment is still required
  • Demonstrable experience turning business processes into agentic or automated workflows in a prior role
  • Experience in managing projects, particularly those involving multiple stakeholders and complex integrations
  • Familiarity with security, privacy, and compliance standards (e.g., SOX, GDPR, SOC, ISO)
  • 4+ years as a business system administrator (e.g., NetSuite, Salesforce, Workday, Zendesk) or a business systems analyst leading complex, cross-functional projects or a similar role
  • 4+ years managing multiple projects simultaneously and formulating business design documents
  • You are comfortable with deciphering technical documentation (e.g., API documentation) and translating business to technical requirements
  • By domain:
  • People, Recruiting, Legal domain: exposure to HRIS /ATS/contract lifecycle systems (e.g., Workday, Greenhouse) and the cross-functional dependencies between them
  • Finance, GTM, Procurement, Technical Solutions domain: exposure to financial systems, deal desk, or procurement/vendor management tooling (e.g., NetSuite, Salesforce, Zendesk, Zip) and downstream data integrity implications
  • Datadog values people from all walks of life. We understand not everyone will meet all the above qualifications on day one. That's okay. If you’re passionate about technology and want to grow your skills, we encourage you to apply.

    Benefits and Growth

  • New hire stock equity (RSUs) and employee stock purchase plan (ESPP)
  • Continuous professional development, product training, and career pathing
  • Intradepartmental mentor and buddy program for in-house networking
  • An inclusive company culture, ability to join our Community Guilds (Datadog employee resource groups)
  • Access to Inclusion Talks, our Internal panel discussions
  • Free, global mental health benefits for employees and dependents age 6+
  • Competitive global benefits
  • Benefits and Growth listed above may vary based on the country of your employment and the nature of your employment with Datadog.

    To conform to US export control regulations, candidates should be eligible for any required authorizations from the US government. This job is available in various departments within our company; to conform to US export control regulations, some of these roles may require candidates to be eligible for any required authorizations from the US government.

    #LI-Hybrid

    Datadog offers a competitive salary and equity package, and may include variable compensation. Actual compensation is based on factors such as the candidate's skills, qualifications, and experience. In addition, Datadog offers a wide range of best in class, comprehensive and inclusive employee benefits for this role including healthcare, dental, parental planning, and mental health benefits, a 401(k) plan and match, paid time off, fitness reimbursements, and a discounted employee stock purchase plan.

    The reasonably estimated yearly salary for this role at Datadog is: $135,000 to $169,000 USD

    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, sexual orientation, age, citizenship, marital status, disability, gender identity, veteran status, and other characteristics protected by law. We also consider qualified applicants regardless of criminal histories, consistent with legal requirements. Here are our Candidate Legal Notices for your reference.

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    Questions about this job

    What is the salary for the Senior Business Systems Analyst role at Datadog?

    Datadog advertises $135,000 to $169,000 a year for this role.

    Is this a remote, hybrid or office job?

    No, it is an on-site job in New York.

    What experience do I need for this Senior Business Systems Analyst job?

    The posting mentions skills such as Salesforce, Workday, NetSuite and SaaS. Read the full description above for the complete list.

    How do I apply?

    Use the apply button on this page. It takes you to Datadog's own application form, so your CV goes directly to their hiring team.

    When was this job posted?

    Datadog published the role on September 24, 2026. We check the employer's job board every day and take this page down when the role closes, so if you can read it, the job was still listed at our last check.

    Source: Datadog careers page (careers.datadoghq.com). Applications go straight to the employer. We check the listing daily and remove it once it closes.

    Required Skills

    Salesforce Workday NetSuite SaaS Zendesk Recruiting

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    We tackle some of the hardest technical problems while delivering a product that "just works" for our customers. And we are backed by some of the best VCs in NYC and the world. Do you want to make a difference? Are you exceptional at your job, and intrinsically motivated by it? Do you eat hard problems for breakfast and find them beautifully simple solutions by lunchtime? Do you ever wish you were there in the early days of these startups everyone is talking about? If so, we want to hear…

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    🏢 Company Datadog
    📍 Location New York, USA
    💼 Job Type full-time
    🌐 Work Mode 🏢 On-site
    🏭 Industry Technology
    🗓 Posted Date Sep 24, 2026
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    📅 Deadline Dec 16, 2034

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