Senior TPM: Databricks Data Platform Leader

Programmers.io; Las Vegas (NV); On-site; USD 140,000 - 190,000; Full time

Job summary

Programmers.io seeks a senior Technical Program Manager to lead multi-workstream data platform initiatives using Databricks and modern ETL/ELT patterns. You will drive strategy, delivery, and governance across data engineering, analytics, and platform modernization.

This role manages roadmaps, budgets, risks, and stakeholder communication, empowering cross-functional teams to deliver business value at scale and maintain robust CI/CD, data quality, and security controls across cloud environments.

Qualifications

• Experience leading multi-workstream data platform programs.

Responsibilities

• Own end-to-end program strategy, roadmap, and execution for Databricks-centric data initiatives.
• Translate business outcomes into measurable OKRs/KPIs and delivery milestones.
• Orchestrate cross-functional delivery across data engineering, platform, DevOps, QA, and security teams.
• Establish delivery governance and ensure on-time, on-budget delivery.
• Drive Agile at scale (SAFe/Scrum/Kanban), sprint health, throughput, and release management.
• Define and enforce SLAs/SLOs for data pipelines and analytics products.
• Guide solution direction for Databricks and ETL/ELT flows.
• Oversee modernization/migration programs and cost optimization.
• Ensure robust CI/CD and IaC for platform components.

Skills

Program Management

Backlog management

Stakeholder alignment

Agile at scale

SQL

Python

Leadership & communication

Cross-functional collaboration

Vendor management

Tools

Databricks

Azure Data Factory

Synapse Pipelines

dbt

Airflow

Informatica

Azure DevOps

GitHub Actions

Jenkins

Terraform

Bicep

Job description

Programmers.io seeks a senior Technical Program Manager to lead multi-workstream data platform initiatives using Databricks and modern ETL/ELT patterns. You will drive strategy, delivery, and governance across data engineering, analytics, and platform modernization.

This role manages roadmaps, budgets, risks, and stakeholder communication, empowering cross-functional teams to deliver business value at scale and maintain robust CI/CD, data quality, and security controls across cloud environments.