Senior Security TPM: Strategy, Risk & Execution

Databricks Inc.; Seattle (WA); On-site; USD 180,000 - 243,000; Full time

Job summary

Databricks Inc. is seeking a Senior Staff Technical Program Manager to own and lead a company-wide portfolio of security programs spanning Trust & Safety Engineering, IAM, Platform Security, Security Operations, Product Security, and IT.

You will drive risk reduction from strategy to measurable outcomes, align roadmaps with executives, and reinforce secure-by-default controls across product, enterprise, and on-Databricks environments.

Qualifications

• 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 an equivalent technical leadership role.
• Demonstrated ability to translate security, privacy, policy, and compliance objectives into technical strategy, architecture decisions, execution plans, and measurable outcomes.
• Demonstrated ability to resolve conflicting priorities and resource constraints across cross-functional teams without direct authority, establish organization-wide engineering processes, and deliver complex, multi-team roadmaps.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills, with the ability to present complex technical strategies to executive engineering leaders.
• Experience using AI-enabled tools to accelerate 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

• Architect and drive execution of strategic security initiatives across Trust & Safety Engineering, Identity and Access Management, Security, and IT.
• Establish company-wide processes to identify, track, and resolve high-risk security issues while influencing architecture and infrastructure decisions.
• Connect core security infrastructure to platform services so unified identity, data lineage, and audit controls extend across structured, unstructured, and AI workloads.
• Resolve cross-organizational blockers with Director-, VP-, and C-suite engineering leaders while balancing technical tradeoffs and resource constraints.
• Mentor TPMs and strengthen standards for technical rigor, operational execution, and program management.
• Represent Databricks's security architecture and posture in executive technical reviews and, where appropriate, industry forums.

Skills

Bachelor's degree

10+ years experience

Security strategy

Cross-functional leadership

Communication skills

AI tools

Onsite three days

Education

Bachelor's degree in CS/CE

Tools

Cloud environments

Security engineering

Data governance

Open source

Public speaking

Job description

Databricks Inc. is seeking a Senior Staff Technical Program Manager to own and lead a company-wide portfolio of security programs spanning Trust & Safety Engineering, IAM, Platform Security, Security Operations, Product Security, and IT.

You will drive risk reduction from strategy to measurable outcomes, align roadmaps with executives, and reinforce secure-by-default controls across product, enterprise, and on-Databricks environments.