Senior Technical Program Manager

Role Description

As a Sr. Technical Program Manager at Databricks, you will be a key driver in our Professional Services team's mission to accelerate and de-risk customer outcomes. Your role is central to achieving project goals and maintaining exceptional customer satisfaction, particularly within our U.S. Government customer base. While you are not expected to have hands-on coding experience, your technical acumen and strategic influence will be critical for guiding complex engagements to success. You will work closely with cross-functional teams to deliver excellence at every stage.

The Impact You Will Have:

• Be responsible for the successful delivery of our most complex customer engagements by providing technical leadership and guidance to the implementation team.
• Guide technical teams through key architectural decisions, helping them navigate trade-offs between established and innovative approaches.
• Proactively identify and mitigate technical risks and dependencies that could impact project timelines and goals.
• Individually deliver on commitments by producing high-quality deliverables, status reports, program plans, and customer responses that require minimal rework.
• Effectively manage all aspects of a program, including scope, schedule, budget, risk, and resources, with a focus on technical complexity.
• Act as the primary point of escalation for customers regarding technical delivery issues and, as needed, escalate to other parts of Databricks for rapid resolution.
• Build trust and credibility with technical teams and stakeholders by clearly articulating Databricks’ vision and solutions and facilitating productive, goal-oriented meetings.

Qualifications

• A proven ability to stay current on technology trends and make sound technical decisions without being a hands-on coder.
• Experience managing large, complex engagements and mitigating unexpected technical challenges.
• Familiarity with managing the trade-offs between scope, budget, and timeline.
• Excellent communication, negotiation, and conflict resolution skills.
• A track record of influencing technical teams and effectively tailoring messages for different audiences, from engineers to executives.
• Experience with BI, data management, and big data technologies is preferred.
• Proven ability to multitask and manage multiple engagements while delivering a high level of customer satisfaction.
• The candidate must be clearable with the US Government.

Requirements

• Technical Acumen & Decision Making.
• Program & Project Management.
• Communication & Leadership.

Benefits

• Comprehensive benefits and perks that meet the needs of all employees.
• Eligibility for annual performance bonus, equity, and additional benefits.

Company Description

Databricks is the data and AI company. More than 10,000 organizations worldwide — including Comcast, Condé Nast, Grammarly, and over 50% of the Fortune 500 — rely on the Databricks Data Intelligence Platform to unify and democratize data, analytics and AI. Databricks is headquartered in San Francisco, with offices around the globe and was founded by the original creators of Lakehouse, Apache Spark™, Delta Lake and MLflow.