Senior Organizational Development Manager

GAQ426R306 While candidates in the listed location(s) are encouraged for this role, candidates in other locations will be considered. Databricks is one of the world’s fastest-growing data and AI companies—an industry leader transforming how organizations harness the power of their data. As we scale rapidly across the globe, we’re seeking an experienced, impact-driven Senior Organizational Development Architect. This team takes on the highest-impact, hardest People challenges — the ones that directly affect how fast the company can grow, how well teams perform, and how leaders scale. These aren’t routine programs. They’re complex, company-wide efforts that need fresh thinking, tight execution, and real adoption — from defining the problem to aligning executives to making change stick across thousands of employees. You will start by building a global strategy and solutions to uplevel our global interviewer capability, and help us drive hiring excellence. This role reports to the Head of Organizational Development, under our broader Talent Management org. The Impact You’ll Have Anchor Mission: Interviewer Enablement & Certification – you will own the global roadmap for how we certify and enable "Brickster" interviewers, design the certification approach, build multi‑persona enablement assets, and create tracking and feedback loops that ensure our hiring bar remains elite as we scale. Strategic Partnership – you will act as a consultative "architect" for our senior leaders and People Partners, diagnosing our hardest problems and designing org‑wide solutions at scale. Career Framework Architecture – design and build success profiles and career ladders that define the key capabilities for our most critical roles, ensuring they are built for a high‑growth, AI‑first future. Upleveling Hiring Process & Assessment – partner with Talent Acquisition to embed success profiles into our hiring workflows, transforming how we assess talent and ensuring our interview process is a competitive advantage. AI‑Driven Org Design – lead the "Future of Work" conversation with the business, analyzing how AI is shifting roles and workflows, and designing org structures that optimize for human‑AI collaboration and maximum productivity. About You Experience: 12–15+ years of experience, likely from a top management consulting firm or a hyper‑growth tech environment where you have built programs from scratch. Consultative & Curious – you operate with a business‑first mindset, eager to understand Databricks’ technology, customer value proposition, culture, and challenges to build solutions tailored to our context. Complex Problem Solver – you think from first principles, deconstruct problems into multi‑quarter roadmaps that have a global impact. Strategic Influencer – you influence VPs and SVPs, using data and business knowledge to drive alignment across cross‑functional stakeholder groups. AI‑Builder Mindset – you are deeply curious about AI’s impact on job descriptions and organization structures, using data and AI tools to accelerate thinking and execution. Execution – you bring a programmatic approach to adoption, turning understanding into robust change and enablement plans and owning the measurement strategy to prove impact. HR Domain Expertise – you have a broad and deep background in Org Development, Talent Management, or Talent Acquisition, translating industry changes into strategy for Databricks. Pay Range Transparency Databricks is committed to fair and equitable compensation practices. The pay range(s) for this role is listed below and represents the expected salary range for non‑commissionable roles or on‑target earnings for commissionable roles. Actual compensation packages are based on several factors that are unique to each candidate, including but not limited to job‑related skills, depth of experience, relevant certifications and training, and specific work location. Zone 1 Pay Range $191,000—$262,550 USD Zone 2 Pay Range $171,800—$236,300 USD Zone 3 Pay Range $162,300—$223,200 USD Zone 4 Pay Range $152,800—$210,100 USD About Databricks 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. Benefits At Databricks, we strive to provide comprehensive benefits and perks that meet the needs of all of our employees. 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