Datadog
Technology
ManagerI,Documentation
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“Manager I, Documentation at Datadog. Skills: Documentation management, Technical writing, Team leadership. Manage technical writer reports. Oversee day-to-day work”
Industry & Context.
What They're Looking For.
Must Have
5-10 years experience researching documentation, 2-5 years experience managing technical writers, Publicly available technical writing samples, Comfortable reading two programming languages, Familiar with modern infrastructure, Familiar with Git/GitHub, Familiar with CI/CD tooling
Nice to Have
Experience with Ruby, Experience with Python, Experience with Go, Experience with bash, Experience with IaaS cloud services, Experience with containers
What You'll Do.
Manage technical writer reports
Oversee day-to-day work
Support growth and development
Foster positive engagement
Partner with Product teams
Partner with Engineering teams
Create public documentation
Maintain public documentation
Experiment with product
Interview subject matter experts
Develop documentation standards
Improve documentation processes
How You'll Work.
Team & Collaboration
Product teams; Engineering teams; Contributor community; Documentation team
Communication Scope
Technical documentation
Process & Methodology
Content project plans
Full Job Description
The Documentation team creates engaging and informative technical content, particularly our public product documentation: Datadog Docs. This is an opportunity for a Documentation Manager to help us deliver high quality technical documentation and lead one of our growing documentation teams. Our team is hands-on with the technologies that Datadog monitors, and collaborates with technical and product teams to create technical documentation for our APIs, SDKs, developer and security tools, and community developed integrations — thousands of pages of content! This role is remote in North America. What You’ll Do: Manage 3-5 technical writer direct reports, overseeing their day-to-day, helping them make and manage effective content project plans, formally supporting their growth and development, and fostering an environment that encourages positive engagement and performance. Partner with our Product and Engineering teams to create and maintain public documentation for users, developers, and SREs, helping them succeed with Datadog products, features, SDKs, APIs, and developer tools. Experiment with the product, dig into source code, and interview subject matter experts to research technical details for documentation. Collaborate with our contributor community and greater Documentation team to develop and improve documentation standards and processes. Who You Are: You have 5-10 years experience researching and developing documentation for technical topics, like databases, APIs, cloud infrastructure, and performance and security monitoring. You have 2-5 years experience managing a small team of technical writers, coaching their performance, guiding their career journey, and breaking down complex projects into achievable plans. You have publicly available technical writing samples. You are comfortable reading at least two programming languages (e. g. Ruby, Python, Go, bash). You have written or managed documentation as code, and are familiar with modern infrastructure such a
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