Field CTO (Japan)

DataDog
Tokyo
Workplace: HybridFull timeFunction: Executive & General ManagementExperience: 15+ yearsEducation: bachelorsSkills: ["Communication","Presentation","Stakeholder management","Leadership","Strategic thinking"]

Field CTO leads GTM technical strategy for the Japan region, acting as a trusted advisor on ROI and adoption strategy, and guiding architecture engagements with CIO/CTO-level executives. This role combines leadership, advisory, and collaboration across Product Solutions Architecture, Sales, Marketing, and Customer Success to drive observability and security solutions at scale for strategic customers.

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7 months ago

Field CTO (Japan)

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Job Summary

Field CTO leads GTM technical strategy for the Japan region, acting as a trusted advisor on ROI and adoption strategy, and guiding architecture engagements with CIO/CTO-level executives. This role combines leadership, advisory, and collaboration across Product Solutions Architecture, Sales, Marketing, and Customer Success to drive observability and security solutions at scale for strategic customers.
Location: Tokyo
Workplace: Hybrid
Employment Type: Full time
Job Function: Executive & General Management

Key Responsibilities

  • •Demonstrate Datadog's platform and thought leadership in Observability and Security to drive customer value at scale.
  • •Advise Sales leaders and executives on ROI, value realization, and adoption strategy for customers within their vertical of expertise.
  • •Identify industry trends and feed top-of-funnel inputs for Product, GTM, BVA, and Architecture teams; co-create industry solutions with Product SAs and Product Management.
  • •Strategically guide CIO/CTO/CEO/CISO-level customer and prospect executives on adoption journeys and observability investments.
  • •Collaborate with PSA, Sales, Sales Engineering, and Marketing to provide high-quality technical resources to practitioners and economic buyers.
Travel: Medium travel

Pay and Benefits

Perks:RsusEsppLearning BudgetOnboarding

Key Requirements

  • •15+ years with Enterprise or Application architecture at scale, deep knowledge of observability, cloud, and related shifts for Japan-region customers
  • •Strong strategic thinking and ability to map technical and business challenges to solutions
  • •Proven stakeholder management with VP+ and C-level executives in large enterprises
  • •Hands-on technologist with credibility across organizational levels
  • •Excellent customer-facing presentation skills and ability to link product functionality to business value and ROI
Experience:15+ yearsObservabilityCloudEnterprise architectureJapan market
Education:Bachelor's
Skills:CommunicationPresentationStakeholder managementLeadershipStrategic thinking
Languages:JapaneseEnglish
Tech Stack:ObservabilityCloudArchitecture

Company Brief

DataDog
Provides a cloud-native monitoring and observability platform that unifies metrics, traces, logs, and security signals to help engineering, operations, and security teams monitor and troubleshoot modern applications and infrastructure.
Industry: Developer Tools
Company Size: Enterprise (1,001+ employees)
Revenue: USD 1B+
Growth: Public Company
Valuation: Public Company (Market Cap in USD)
Funding: IPO / Publicly Listed
Headquarters: New York, United States
Founded: 2010
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