Senior Staff Technical Program Manager Security

Databricks is a data and AI platform that lets organizations build analytics, AI agents, and applications on a unified, governed lakehouse.

160 Spear Street, Suite 1300, San Francisco, CA 94105, United States
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 a company-wide security-program portfolio from strategy through operationalization. You will align architecture, investment plans, roadmaps, and executive stakeholders; resolve cross-organizational blockers; establish risk-management processes; mentor technical program managers; and represent security architecture in executive reviews.

Requirements

  • Bachelor’s degree in computer science, computer engineering, or equivalent technical experience
  • 10+ years of progressive experience in technical program management, engineering program management, security program management, or a comparable technical leadership role
  • Ability to translate security, privacy, policy, and compliance objectives into technical strategy, architecture decisions, execution plans, and measurable outcomes
  • Ability to resolve cross-functional priorities and resource constraints without direct authority
  • Strong written and verbal communication skills for executive engineering audiences
  • Experience using AI-enabled tools for program strategy, technical problem-solving, analysis, and automation
  • Ability to work onsite three days per week in Bellevue, Seattle, San Francisco, or Mountain View

Responsibilities

  • Drive strategic security initiatives across Trust and Safety Engineering, identity and access management, Security, and IT
  • Establish company-wide processes to identify, track, and resolve high-risk security issues
  • Connect core security infrastructure to platform services for unified identity, data lineage, and audit controls
  • Resolve cross-organizational blockers while balancing technical tradeoffs and resource constraints
  • Mentor technical program managers and strengthen program-management standards
  • Represent security architecture and posture in executive technical reviews and industry forums where appropriate

Benefits

  • Annual performance bonus eligibility
  • Equity eligibility