Senior Staff Technical Program Manager — Security & Trust

Databricks; Mountain View (CA); On-site; USD 190,000 - 256,000; Full time

Job summary

Databricks seeks a Senior Staff Technical Program Manager to own a company-wide security portfolio spanning Trust & Safety, IAM, Platform Security, Security Operations, Product Security, and IT. This executive-facing role partners with C-suite and VP-level leaders to drive risk reduction and align roadmaps with secure-by-default principles.

The role requires 10+ years in security or TPM leadership, strong communication, and onsite presence three days a week across listed cities including

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

• Own and lead a company-wide portfolio of security programs spanning Trust & Safety Engineering, Identity and Access Management, Platform Security, Security Operations, Product Security, and IT.
• Drive prioritization, architecture alignment, investment planning, execution, adoption, and operationalization of security initiatives.
• Connect core security infrastructure to platform services so unified identity, data lineage, and audit controls extend across workloads.
• Mentor TPMs and strengthen standards for technical rigor, operational execution, and program management.
• Represent Databricks' security posture in executive technical reviews and industry forums.

Skills

Technical program management

Executive communication

Cross-functional collaboration

AI tooling experience

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or Computer Engineering

Job description

Databricks seeks a Senior Staff Technical Program Manager to own a company-wide security portfolio spanning Trust & Safety, IAM, Platform Security, Security Operations, Product Security, and IT. This executive-facing role partners with C-suite and VP-level leaders to drive risk reduction and align roadmaps with secure-by-default principles.

The role requires 10+ years in security or TPM leadership, strong communication, and onsite presence three days a week across listed cities including