Program Manager, Public Sector (Commercial Legal)

Location: Washington, DC metro area; hybrid. US citizenship required. Active security clearance or willingness to obtain one is required.

Salary: $132,000–$181,500 USD annually, plus potential bonus, equity, and benefits.

Company

Databricks provides a Data and AI platform for building and scaling data and AI applications, analytics, and agents.

What you will do

• Own public-sector contracting operations across US Federal, Defense, Defense Industrial Base, SLED, Canada, and priority overseas markets.
• Coordinate sales, deal desk, operations, security, compliance, finance, product, engineering, and other stakeholders through government deal execution.
• Manage public-sector contract vehicles, including GSA MAS, from RFI and RFP support through signature, amendments, and closeout.
• Build playbooks, clause libraries, talk tracks, training, dashboards, intake processes, and governance frameworks for scalable contracting.
• Develop obligation matrices and controls for tracking non-standard contractual commitments after award.
• Handle routine contracting matters and initial deal triage under attorney supervision.

Requirements

• US citizenship required.
• Active security clearance or willingness to obtain one required.
• Six or more years of experience in government contracts, public procurement, or contract administration at a technology company.
• Practical familiarity with US public-sector regulatory requirements, prime/subcontractor relationships, and commercial flowdown clauses.
• Experience with resellers, distributors, cloud marketplaces, subscription or consumption-based SaaS agreements, and government procurement requirements.
• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent experience; PMP and NCMA certifications are strong advantages.

Nice to have

• Previous COR or COTR experience.
• Experience with multi-jurisdictional government procurement and foreign languages.
• Experience building contracting operations from scratch and using AI tools, CLMs, CRMs, ticketing systems, and workflow automation.

Culture & Benefits

• Independent, mission-focused work in a highly cross-functional and matrixed environment.
• Comprehensive benefits and region-specific employee perks.
• Potential annual performance bonus and equity eligibility.
• Commitment to inclusive hiring and equal employment opportunity.