Staff Technical Program Manager (Security)

Location: Must reside in or be willing to relocate to the Washington, D.C. metropolitan area. The role may require working on-site from a local D.C.-area SCIF up to 5 days per week during initial platform buildouts, accreditation pushes, or critical deployment phases, with local travel to the Pentagon and customer SCIFs.

Salary: $175,400–$241,100 USD annually, plus potential performance bonus, equity, and benefits.

Company

Databricks provides a unified Data and AI Platform used by organizations worldwide to build and scale data, AI, analytics, and agent applications.

What you will do

• Lead end-to-end delivery of security certifications, federal authorizations, and compliance initiatives.
• Manage milestones, dependencies, risks, and executive-level status reporting across complex programs.
• Identify project blockers and improve delivery velocity in a cloud-native environment.
• Coordinate technical and compliance decisions across Security, Engineering, IT, Product, Internal Audit, and Corporate Operations.
• Build partnerships with security assurance specialists and technical stakeholders to align programs with security objectives.

Requirements

• Active Top Secret security clearance is required upon hire.
• Residence in or willingness to relocate to the Washington, D.C. metropolitan area is required.
• Ability to work in a SCIF and travel locally to the Pentagon and customer SCIFs is required.
• 7+ years of security and technical program or project management experience with a bachelor's degree, or 5+ years with an advanced degree.
• Experience managing security programs involving enterprise compliance, classified cloud platforms, and accreditation in Top Secret IC or other high-side environments.
• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, or a related technical field, or equivalent practical experience.

Nice to have

• Experience with FedRAMP, DoD IL5/IL6, NIST 800-53, CMMC, PCI, or HIPAA initiatives.
• Experience supporting U.S. Government, Defense, Intelligence Community, or other highly regulated environments.
• Experience working in a fast-paced, cloud-native organization.

Culture & Benefits

• Work with globally distributed, cross-functional teams across security, engineering, audit, and operations.
• Comprehensive employee benefits and region-specific perks.
• Potential annual performance bonus and equity eligibility.
• Inclusive employment practices and equal employment opportunity standards.