Sr. Field Technical Program Manager, Forward Deployed Engineering - Healthcare & Life Sciences

Location: Central, Northeast, or Southeast United States

Salary: $156,000–$214,500 USD in Zone 1; additional U.S. pay zones range from $124,800 to $193,050.

Company

Databricks provides a unified Data and AI Platform used to build and scale data and AI applications, analytics, and agents.

What you will do

• Lead the successful delivery of complex customer engagements within the Forward Deployed Engineering team.
• Provide technical leadership and guidance to implementation teams.
• Guide architectural decisions and help teams evaluate trade-offs between established and innovative approaches.
• Manage program scope, schedule, budget, risks, dependencies, and resources.
• Prepare program plans, status reports, deliverables, and customer responses.
• Act as the primary escalation point for technical delivery issues and build trust with customer and internal stakeholders.

Requirements

• Technical acumen and the ability to make sound technical decisions without being a hands-on coder.
• Experience managing large, complex engagements and mitigating unexpected technical challenges.
• Experience balancing scope, budget, and timeline trade-offs.
• Excellent communication, negotiation, conflict resolution, and stakeholder-influence skills.
• Ability to tailor communication for engineers, executives, and other audiences.
• Ability to manage multiple engagements while maintaining high customer satisfaction.

Nice to have

• Experience with business intelligence, data management, and big data technologies.

Culture & Benefits

• Customer-focused environment centered on innovation, creativity, experimentation, and continuous improvement.
• Comprehensive employee benefits and perks, with details varying by region.
• Eligibility for an annual performance bonus and equity may be included in the compensation package.
• Commitment to diversity, inclusion, and equal employment opportunity.