[Skip to main content](#main-content) [OpenNash Jobs](https://jobs.opennash.com/) [Hiring report](/reports/hiring/) · [All Datadog jobs](https://jobs.opennash.com/companies/datadog/) · [Search jobs](/search/) Datadog · Tokyo # Field CTO (Japan) Tokyo Listed on Datadog’s official careers site. Posted January 12, 2026. Check that it is still open and apply there. [Apply on Datadog’s careers site →](https://careers.datadoghq.com/detail/7526356/?gh_jid=7526356) [OpenNash Jobs](https://jobs.opennash.com/) / [Datadog](https://jobs.opennash.com/companies/datadog/) / Field CTO (Japan) ## Job description We are Datadog's in-house product experts. The Technical Solutions (TS) team enables Datadog's worldwide growth by educating potential clients and ensuring that existing customers are happy and successful. Field CTOs are part of the broader Product Solutions Architecture (PSA) organization, serving as technical multipliers and trusted advisors to our customers' most senior decision makers and key executive stakeholders. They align customer ambitions with Datadog’s technology roadmap, enabling digital transformation while driving sustained growth for both our customers and Datadog. As Datadog continues to scale, we are creating a Field CTO role to lead our GTM technical strategy for the entire Japan region - establishing thought leadership, building the long-term strategic case for Datadog, and expanding our footprint in the market. At Datadog, we place value in our office culture - the relationships and collaboration it builds and the creativity it brings to the table. We operate as a hybrid workplace to ensure our Datadogs can create a work-life harmony that best fits them. ### What You’ll Do C-Level: Strategically guide CIO/CTO/CEO/CISO-level customer and prospect executives in rationalizing their adoption journey, investment and operationalizing of observability. ### GTM Identifies industry specific trends and their impact and potential during Customers engagements, feeding the top-of-funnel for Product, GTM, BVA and Architecture teams. Co-create industry solutions via collaboration with Product SAs and Product Management. ### Leadership Demonstrate Datadog's platform as well as thought leadership in Observability and Security, emphasizing our advanced solutions, industry best practices, and dedication to providing organizations with superior visibility and management of their at scale environments. ### Advisory Be a trusted advisor to Sales leaders as well as customer and prospect executives on ROI, value realization and white-space analysis. Assist with opportunity and adoption strategy for individual customers within their vertical of expertise. ### Collaboration Collaborate with Product Solutions Architecture (PSA), Sales, Sales Engineering and Marketing in providing high-quality technical resources to a broad audience of practitioners and economic buyers. ### Presentations Lead architecture and design engagements to demonstrate how Datadog meets the needs of strategic customers. Participate in Executive Brief conversations in Datatadog’s Executive Briefing Center (EBC) with high profile customers and prospects about overall architecture, Observability Best Practices and industry trends. ### Hiring Assist leadership in recruiting and hiring of top talent for the Product Solutions Architecture and Field CTO teams. ### Who You Are Industry Experience: Strong experience of at least 15+ years with Enterprise architecture or Application architecture at scale and ability to map architectures to real world use cases, coupled with deep knowledge of the observability space, cloud, and technological shifts for customers in the Japan region. ### Strategic Thinker Able to think long term and creatively about a wide variety of technical and business challenges Stakeholder Management: Experienced in interacting and influencing key stakeholders (VP+ and C level) in large Enterprise organizations Technologist: Hands-on technologist who gains credibility and establishes strong relationships at all levels of the organization Presenter: Excellent customer-facing presentation skills for large audiences, comfortable discussing complex technical details as well as with briefing executives or non-technical personas. ### Communicator Excellent verbal and written communication skills, ability to link product functionality to business objectives, value realization and ROI. ### Education Bachelor’s degree in engineering or related field, Master’s degree preferred Native level in Japanese with strong English proficiency (both spoken and written) to communicate effectively with customers in Japan 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 Best-in-breed onboarding Generous global benefits Intra-departmental mentor and buddy program for in-house networking New hire stock equity (RSUs) and employee stock purchase plan (ESPP) Continuous professional development, product training, and career pathing An inclusive company culture, able to join our Community Guilds and Inclusion Talks Benefits and Growth listed above may vary based on the country of your employment and the nature of your employment with Datadog. #LI-Hybrid 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. Datadog endeavors to make our Careers Page accessible to all users. 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For information on our AI policy, please visit Interviewing at Datadog AI Guidelines. ## At a glance - Posted by the employer: Jan 12, 2026 - First seen by OpenNash: Jul 10, 2026 - Last checked: Oct 18, 2026 - Listed for: 279 days - Location: Tokyo[Apply on Datadog’s careers site →](https://careers.datadoghq.com/detail/7526356/?gh_jid=7526356) ## More jobs at Datadog ### [Commercial & Mid-Market Sales Engineer](https://jobs.opennash.com/companies/datadog/jobs/6445f2f453be0cf492b3/) Tokyo ### [Commercial Account Executive](https://jobs.opennash.com/companies/datadog/jobs/e9678910ac606fd60dc2/) Tokyo ## Similar jobs at other companies ### [Associate Partner Sales Account Manager, Global OEM – Japan](https://jobs.opennash.com/companies/ibm/jobs/82d67cd514fe676d85cf/) IBM · Tokyo ### [Sales Manager, Named Accounts - Japan](https://jobs.opennash.com/companies/adobe/jobs/99d5ffcc13322a7abc5b/) Adobe · Tokyo ### [Tencent Cloud - Senior Solution Architect (Pre-sales) - Japan | 腾讯云-资深方案架构师（售前）-日本](https://jobs.opennash.com/companies/tencent-holdings/jobs/fd7e4a7197dcbb684b30/) Tencent Holdings · Tokyo ### [Campus Recruiter, Japan](https://jobs.opennash.com/companies/manulife/jobs/700b4e4dc4071ac69055/) Manulife · Tokyo ### [Head Of Technology Services, Japan](https://jobs.opennash.com/companies/manulife/jobs/7b527dba9896e3f4bfec/) Manulife · Tokyo OpenNash lists jobs from employers’ own careers sites and does not handle applications. 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