Staff TPM, Trust & Safety Security Programs

Databricks Inc.; Bellevue (WA); Hybrid; USD 190,000 - 261,000; Full time

Job summary

Databricks is seeking a Staff Technical Program Manager (TPM) for Trust & Safety Engineering to drive security execution across infrastructure initiatives ensuring 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 and access control systems.

Embedded with engineering groups, translate identity protocols and threat models into actionable roadmaps,

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, or equivalent technical experience.
• 8+ years in technical program management or security program leadership.
• Translate security/privacy requirements into technical strategy, architecture decisions, and execution plans.
• Resolve conflicting priorities and resource constraints across cross-functional teams without direct authority.
• Strong written and verbal communication for executive engineering leaders.
• Experience using AI-enabled tools to accelerate program strategy, technical problem-solving, analysis, and automation.

Responsibilities

• Define, articulate, and own the security program strategy and roadmap, aligned with Databricks’ goals.
• Drive initiatives across Identity Infrastructure, Data Governance, Platform Security, ML, and Trust Engineering.
• Oversee execution of complex security engineering initiatives, from strategy to outcomes.
• Influence design decisions using deep knowledge of cloud, distributed systems, and security engineering.
• Define and track security metrics (KPIs, OKRs) and communicate program health.
• Present program status, risks, and progress to executive and technical audiences.

Skills

Security program mgmt

IAM

OAuth/OIDC

Data privacy

Anomaly detection

Abuse prevention

Risk assessment

Cloud-native

SaaS

Leadership

Executive communication

Education

Bachelor's degree in CS/Engineering

Job description

Databricks is seeking a Staff Technical Program Manager (TPM) for Trust & Safety Engineering to drive security execution across infrastructure initiatives ensuring 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 and access control systems.

Embedded with engineering groups, translate identity protocols and threat models into actionable roadmaps,