Director, Travel & Expense
Databricks is a data and AI platform that lets organizations build analytics, AI agents, and applications on a unified, governed lakehouse.
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About Databricks
Data engineers, analysts, and AI teams use Databricks to process large datasets, build reliable pipelines, and train models on a single governed platform. Users can run SQL analytics, serve ML predictions in real time, and deploy AI agents grounded in enterprise data. Its open lakehouse architecture provides consistent security and governance across analytical and operational workloads.
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About the Role
You will lead the transformation of the global travel, expense and corporate spend program into a modern, automated, digital-first experience. You will oversee business travel operations, manage supplier relationships, own the T&E technology ecosystem, ensure policy governance and compliance, and build a high-performing global team.
Requirements
- Bachelor's degree in Finance, Business, Supply Chain, Hospitality, Information Systems or related field
- 10+ years of progressive leadership experience in Travel, Expense, Procurement, Finance Operations or Shared Services
- Proven success leading T&E transformation and automation initiatives
- Experience leading global or multinational T&E programs
- Deep expertise in T&E platforms, workflow automation and corporate card programs
- Strong stakeholder management, communication and change leadership skills
- MBA, CPA, CTP or related certification preferred
- Lean Six Sigma, automation or digital transformation experience strongly preferred
Responsibilities
- Lead transformation of the T&E program with AI-enabled workflows and touchless expense processing
- Create a frictionless employee experience across booking, expense submission, approvals and reimbursements
- Build a scalable global T&E roadmap with KPIs, dashboards and change management
- Oversee global business travel operations
- Manage travel partners and supplier relationships
- Partner with Security and HR on traveler safety and crisis response
- Lead expense reimbursement and corporate card programs
- Own the T&E technology ecosystem including Emburse, Egencia, Ramp, Brex and AppZen
- Ensure policy governance, financial controls, audit readiness and compliance
- Build and lead a high-performing global team
Benefits
- Annual performance bonus eligibility
- Equity eligibility
