# Senior Business Systems Analyst at Datadog > United States · Senior · Software engineering · open. Source: https://alderhq.app/jobs/greenhouse%3Adatadog%3A8231811 (read 2026-11-07). ## Facts (observed) - Company: [Datadog](https://alderhq.app/companies/datadog) - Location text: New York, New York, USA; New York - Where it can be done from (inferred): United States (evidence: "Location: New York, New York, USA; New York") - Posted: 2026-09-24 (43 days ago) - First seen by alder: 2026-11-03 · last verified: 2026-11-04 - Reposted: 0 times · edited: 0 times - Apply on the employer's site: https://careers.datadoghq.com/detail/8231811/?gh_jid=8231811 ## Pay and sponsorship - Posted pay: $141k–$176k per year (from the listing's pay field) - Market band for similar posted roles (New York, n 269): p25 $170k, median $195k, p75 $223k - H-1B filings at this company for similar roles, FY26: 30, median offered wage $220k ([US DOL OFLC LCA disclosure data](https://www.dol.gov/agencies/eta/foreign-labor/performance)) ## Description (the employer's text) 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 --- Data: alder (https://alderhq.app). 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