Sr Product Manager, Employee Experience

About the role

The Sr Product Manager, Employee Experience will lead strategy and delivery for the newly formed People Pod. This role is a "zero to one" initiative focused on building next-generation agentic workflows on top of Databricks to fundamentally enhance internal employee experience tools and extend capabilities far beyond traditional systems like Workday.

Responsibilities

• Own the Zero-to-One Vision: Define and evolve the long-term strategy for the unified employee and manager experience, specifically focusing on advanced agentic workflows and automation tailored to the People function.
• Drive Product Strategy & Automation: Partner closely with developers, engineering teams, and stakeholders across People Operations and IT to design, build, and deploy intelligent agentic automation workflows on the Databricks platform.
• Domain Leadership: Serve as the primary product leader specializing in talent acquisition, hiring processes, and performance management workflows, transforming standard internal tools into highly optimized, automated experiences.
• Execute and Measure: Define success metrics (adoption, efficiency, engagement, automation accuracy) and use data-driven insights to guide rapid iteration and development within an evolving field.
• Influence and Collaborate: Report directly to VP of Product in IT and work cross-functionally to align engineering, design, and senior leadership around the automated product vision, evangelizing the roadmap in company-wide productivity and AI discussions.

Requirements

• 5+ years of product management experience, with a proven track record leading specialized, highly technical, or zero-to-one enterprise and internal product initiatives.
• Specialist Domain Expertise: Deep background in human resources and people-process functions, specifically with concrete experience in hiring, talent acquisition, employee experience and performance management.
• Agentic Automation & Advanced AI: Hands-on experience or a strong technical understanding of agentic automation, LLM orchestration, and modern AI-driven workflows to streamline operational bottlenecks.
• Strategic & Product Thought Leadership: Demonstrated ability to own a product domain end-to-end, linking automation outcomes directly to corporate scaling and employee experience goals.
• Technical & Data Fluency: Strong understanding of building on advanced data platforms, user-centered design, data-informed development, and modern enterprise governance practices (e.g., RBAC/ABAC).
• Ambiguity Champion: Highly comfortable leading through extreme ambiguity, managing complex stakeholder landscapes, and collaborating directly with engineering pods to build applications from scratch.

Qualifications

• Experience developing custom productivity applications or automation layers on data platforms (such as Databricks).
• Familiarity with enterprise HR ecosystems like Workday, ServiceNow, or similar core systems of record, specifically regarding their API limitations and integration surfaces.

Skills

• Strong communication and collaboration skills.
• Ability to work effectively in a fast-paced, dynamic environment.
• Experience with agile methodologies and product development processes.

Benefits

At Databricks, we strive to provide comprehensive benefits and perks that meet the needs of all of our employees. For specific details on the benefits offered in your region click here.

Pay

The pay range(s) for this role is listed below and represents the expected salary range for non-commissionable roles or on-target earnings for commissionable roles. Actual compensation packages are based on several factors that are unique to each candidate, including but not limited to job-related skills, depth of experience, relevant certifications and training, and specific work location. Based on the factors above, Databricks anticipates utilizing the full width of the range. The total compensation package for this position may also include eligibility for annual performance bonus, equity, and the benefits listed above.

Contact

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