Staff Security TPM — Trust & Identity Platform Lead

Databricks Inc.; Mountain View, Northern (CA, KY); Hybrid; USD 223,000 - 306,000; Full time

Job summary

Databricks is seeking a Staff Technical Program Manager (Security) to leadTrust & Safety Engineering initiatives focused on platform integrity, identity, and data privacy at scale. You will collaborate with Security Engineering, Identity Infrastructure, ML, and Core Platform teams to design, build, and deploy authentication, access control, and anomaly-detection systems.

Embedded within engineering groups, you will translate identity protocols and threat models into actionable roadmaps, ensuring

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in CS, Computer Engineering, or equivalent technical experience.
• 8+ years of progressive experience in technical program management, engineering program management, security program management, or equivalent leadership role.
• Demonstrated ability to translate security, privacy, with data privacy, identity access, and trust engineering requirements 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, establishing engineering processes and 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

• Define, articulate, and own the security program strategy and roadmap, ensuring alignment with Databricks’ business and product goals.
• Drive initiatives across Identity Infrastructure, Data Governance, Platform Security, Machine Learning, and Trust Engineering.
• Oversee execution of complex security engineering multi-half initiatives (AuthN/AuthZ/Secret/PKI/Cryptography, etc.), from strategy through outcomes.
• Leverage deep technical knowledge of cloud, distributed systems, and security engineering to influence design decisions, identify risks, and remove roadblocks.
• Define and track security metrics (KPIs, OKRs), using data to drive decisions and measure business impact.
• Present program status, risks, and progress to executive and technical audiences, building trust and ensuring transparency around security posture.

Skills

IAM (OAuth 2.0 / OIDC)

Data privacy controls

Threat modeling

Security program management

Cloud security

Cross-functional leadership

Education

Bachelor's degree in CS/Engineering

Tools

AWS/Azure/GCP

Job description

Databricks is seeking a Staff Technical Program Manager (Security) to leadTrust & Safety Engineering initiatives focused on platform integrity, identity, and data privacy at scale. You will collaborate with Security Engineering, Identity Infrastructure, ML, and Core Platform teams to design, build, and deploy authentication, access control, and anomaly-detection systems.

Embedded within engineering groups, you will translate identity protocols and threat models into actionable roadmaps, ensuring