Senior Field Technical Program Manager (Public Sector)

Location: Washington, D.C.; U.S. citizenship and eligibility for U.S. Government clearance are required to access classified information.

Salary: $140,400–$193,050 USD annually, plus potential performance bonus, equity, and benefits.

Company

Databricks develops a unified Data and AI Platform used by organizations worldwide for data science, analytics, and AI applications.

What you will do

• Provide technical leadership for complex customer engagements and guide implementation teams toward successful delivery.
• Support architectural decisions and help technical teams evaluate trade-offs between established and innovative approaches.
• Identify and mitigate technical risks, dependencies, and issues affecting project timelines and goals.
• Manage program scope, schedule, budget, risks, resources, status reporting, program plans, and customer responses.
• Serve as the primary escalation point for technical delivery issues and coordinate rapid resolution across Databricks.
• Build trust with technical stakeholders and facilitate productive, goal-oriented meetings.

Requirements

• Proven technical acumen and the ability to make sound technical decisions without hands-on coding.
• Experience managing large, complex engagements and balancing scope, budget, and timeline trade-offs.
• Strong 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.
• Must be a U.S. citizen and clearable with the U.S. Government.

Nice to have

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

Culture & Benefits

• Customer-focused environment centered on innovation, creativity, and continuous improvement.
• Collaborative work with cross-functional technical and customer-facing teams.
• Comprehensive benefits and perks, with details varying by region.
• Potential eligibility for an annual performance bonus and equity.