Sr Staff Technical Program Manager- Security
Databricks · Mountain View, California; San Francisco, California · Engineering - Pipeline · listed September 17, 2026
The shape of it
Seniority
Manager
Experience asked
10+ years
Where
On site
Stated pay
$189,800 – $256,160 USD
Requirements listed
8
Length
1,001 words
In the posting’s own words
We are seeking a Senior Staff Technical Program Manager to own and lead a company-wide portfolio of security programs spanning Trust & Safety Engineering, Identity and Access Management, Platform Security, Security Operations, Product Security, and IT.
What it asks for · 8
- Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, or equivalent technical experience.
- 10+ years of progressive experience in technical program management, engineering program management, security program management, or an equivalent technical leadership role.
- Demonstrated ability to translate security, privacy, policy, and compliance objectives into technical strategy, architecture decisions, execution plans, and measurable outcomes.
- Demonstrated ability to resolve conflicting priorities and resource constraints across cross-functional teams without direct authority, establish organization-wide engineering processes, and deliver complex, multi-team roadmaps.
- Strong written and verbal communication skills, with the ability to present complex technical strategies to executive engineering leaders.
- Ability to work onsite three days per week in Bellevue, Seattle, San Francisco, or Mountain View.
- Familiarity with unified data governance architectures, distributed-systems security, and or security controls supporting AI and machine-learning infrastructure.
- Experience with external security research, open-source contributions, or speaking at major technical conferences.
What the job covers
- Architect and drive execution of strategic security initiatives across Trust & Safety Engineering, Identity and Access Management, Security, and IT.
- Establish company-wide processes to identify, track, and resolve high-risk security issues while influencing architecture and infrastructure decisions.
- Connect core security infrastructure to platform services so unified identity, data lineage, and audit controls extend across structured, unstructured, and AI workloads.
- Resolve cross-organizational blockers with Director-, VP-, and C-suite engineering leaders while balancing technical tradeoffs and resource constraints.
- Mentor TPMs and strengthen standards for technical rigor, operational execution, and program management.
- Represent Databricks’ security architecture and posture in executive technical reviews and, where appropriate, industry forums.
Degree language
- Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, or equivalent technical experience.
Tools and skills named
Security & compliance
- Security21×
- IAM2×
- Audit
Operations & finance
- Program management6×
Data
- Databricks5×
Cloud & infra
- AWS
- Azure
- GCP
Ways of working
- Cross-functional
- Mentorship
Words the posting leans on
- security21×
- technical15×
- engineering9×
- program9×
- experience6×
- architecture5×
- program management5×
- complex4×
- controls4×
- decisions4×
- execution4×
- executive4×
- risk4×
- technical program4×
- tpm4×
- establish3×
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