Staff Technical Program Manager ClearedSecurity

RDQ227R1178

As a Staff Technical Program Manager within the Security Assurance Team you will

help lead high-visibility security compliance implementation initiatives. Reporting directly

to the Senior Director you will serve as a strategic catalyst for these programs ensuring

seamless execution and alignment with Databricks global security objectives.

You will navigate a complex cloud-native landscape collaborating with Security

Engineering Internal Audit Corporate Operations and other teams to assure

successful completion of highly cross-functional projects that enable the growth of our

business and safeguard our customers.

This role requires an active Top Secret Clearance the ability to access and work within

a SCIF environment and residence within the Washington DC metropolitan area.

The impact you will have:

• Drive Project Outcomes: Adopt an ownership mindset to manage the end-to-end delivery of work required for new security certifications federal authorizations and compliance initiatives that expand Databricks reach across regulated and government markets.
• Accelerate Execution: Act as a force multiplier by proactively identifying and neutralizing project blockers reducing friction and maintaining high velocity in a cloud-native environment.
• Orchestrate Cross-Functional Decision Making: Navigate complex technical and compliance trade-offs driving consensus across Engineering IT Product and Security teams to reach timely resolutions.
• Optimize Delivery Methodologies: Continuously refine project frameworks to maximize effectiveness ensuring that security initiatives are both rigorous and agile.
• Precision Program Management: Masterfully oversee project lifecyclesincluding milestones dependencies and risk mitigationwhile providing executive-level transparency through accurate status reporting.
• Build Strategic Partnerships: Forge deep collaborative relationships with Security Assurance Team subject matter experts and technical stakeholders to ensure seamless alignment on security goals

What We Are Looking For

• Active Clearance: Must hold an active Top Secret security clearance upon hire.
• SCIF & Pentagon Operational Availability:
• Must reside in or be willing to relocate to the Washington D.C. Metropolitan Area.
• Ability and willingness to work on-site out of a local D.C.-area SCIF up to 5 days a week during initial platform buildouts accreditation pushes or critical deployment phases.
• Ability to travel locally across the D.C. region to the Pentagon and customer SCIFs as required.
• Proven Technical Program Management & TS Cloud Experience: Direct experience project managing complex security programs including unclassified enterprise compliance initiatives alongside the technical building and accreditation of cloud platforms in Top Secret IC / classified regions (e.g. AWS C2S/SC2S/Top Secret Azure Secret/Top Secret or air-gapped high-side deployments).
• Proven Expertise: 7 years of experience (with Bachelors degree or 5 years with advanced degree) in security and technical program/project management. Ideally at a fast-paced cloud-native organization.
• Strategic Ownership: Demonstrated success in leading high-stakes security compliance initiatives (e.g. FedRAMP DoD IL5/IL6 NIST 800-53 CMMC PCI HIPAA) from inception to authorization or market.
• Complexity Management: Experience navigating projects with intricate technical dependencies multiple stakeholders and competing constraints with geo-distributed teams.
• Executive Presence: Ability to influence and communicate effectively across the spectrum from deep-dive technical discussions with engineers to high-level briefings for senior leadership and government stakeholders.
• Agility & Continuous Learning: A proven track record of rapidly mastering new processes methodologies technologies and security frameworks to meet evolving business needs.
• Communication Excellence: Superb verbal and written skills with a knack for translating complex project data into clear actionable insights and documentation.
• Educational Foundation: Bachelors degree in Computer Science Information Systems or a related technical field (or equivalent practical experience).
• Federal Experience Preferred: Experience supporting U.S. Government Defense Intelligence Community or other highly regulated environments is strongly preferred.