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Privacy Counsel

Datadog

Role at a glance

Category: Privacy
Work arrangement: On-site
Location: New York, NY
Salary range: $171,000
Posted: Jun 29, 2026

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Datadog is hiring a Privacy Counsel in New York, NY. This is a Privacy role in the governance, risk, and compliance field, with a posted range of $171,000. Review the full details below and apply directly with Datadog.

Datadog is seeking a Privacy Counsel to join our Privacy Legal team and play a key role in scaling Datadog’s global data privacy and AI governance program. In this role, you will advise on a wide range of data protection, cybersecurity, and AI matters, partnering with teams across legal, product, engineering, information security, employment, and marketing. This role offers meaningful exposure to novel questions at the intersection of privacy, security, AI governance,

Full responsibilities and requirements are on Datadog's application page.

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Location and market context

This role is based in New York, NY on-site. Local candidates benefit from being close to Datadog's teams and regional hiring market. Confirm the exact in-office expectation and any relocation support with the employer.

About privacy roles

Privacy roles protect personal data across its lifecycle, from data mapping and DPIAs to individual-rights handling. AI systems are widening the scope of what privacy teams must review. Roles like this one are typically evaluated against frameworks such as GDPR, CCPA and US state privacy laws, ISO/IEC 27701, and privacy-by-design practices.

How to position yourself for this privacy role

Strong candidates emphasize data mapping and inventories, privacy impact assessments, rights handling, and building privacy-by-design into products and AI systems. In your resume and outreach, tie your experience to how Datadog would apply GDPR, CCPA and US state privacy laws, ISO/IEC 27701, and privacy-by-design practices, and lead with concrete outcomes rather than duties.