About this role
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As a Staff Technical Program Manager within the Security Assurance Team, you will
help lead high-visibility security compliance implementation initiatives. Reporting directly
to the Senior Director, you will serve as a strategic catalyst for these programs, ensuring
seamless execution and alignment with Databricks’ global security objectives.
You will navigate a complex, cloud-native landscape, collaborating with Security,
Engineering, Internal Audit, Corporate Operations, and other teams, to assure
successful completion of highly cross-functional projects that enable the growth of our
business and safeguard our customers.
This role requires an active Top Secret Clearance, the ability to access and work within
a SCIF environment, and residence within the Washington, DC metropolitan area.
The impact you will have:
• Drive Project Outcomes: Adopt an ownership mindset to manage the end-to-end delivery of work required for new security certifications, federal authorizations, and compliance initiatives that expand Databricks’ reach across regulated and government markets.
• Accelerate Execution: Act as a force multiplier by proactively identifying and neutralizing project blockers, reducing friction, and maintaining high velocity in a cloud-native environment.
• Orchestrate Cross-Functional Decision Making: Navigate complex technical and compliance trade-offs, driving consensus across Engineering, IT, Product, and Security teams to reach timely resolutions.
• Optimize Delivery Methodologies: Continuously refine project frameworks to maximize effectiveness, ensuring that security initiatives are both rigorous and agile.
• Precision Program Management: Masterfully oversee project lifecycles—including milestones, dependencies, and risk mitigation—while providing executive-level transparency through accurate status reporting.
• Build Strategic Partnerships: Forge deep, collaborative relationships with Security Assurance Team subject matter experts and technical stakeholders to ensure seamless alignment on security goals
What We Are Looking For
• Active Clearance: Must hold an active Top Secret security clearance upon hire.
• SCIF & Pentagon Operational Availability:
• Must reside in or be willing to relocate to the Washington, D.C. Metropolitan Area .
• Ability and willingness to work on-site out of a local D.C.-area SCIF up to 5 days a week during initial platform buildouts, accreditation pushes, or critical deployment phases.
• Ability to travel locally across the D.C. region to the Pentagon and customer SCIFs as required.
• Proven Technical Program Management & TS Cloud Experience: Direct experience project managing complex security programs, including unclassified enterprise compliance initiatives alongside the technical building and accreditation of cloud platforms in Top Secret IC / classified regions (e.g., AWS C2S/SC2S/Top Secret, Azure Secret/Top Secret, or air-gapped hi