Sr Staff Technical Program Manager- Security
Databricks · Mountain View, CA · 1 mo ago
Project Management$190k–$256k/yrFull-time
We need to output HTML fragment with sections: About the role? Actually we need headings for sections like About the role, Responsibilities, Requirements, Qualifications, Skills, Benefits, Pay, Schedule. Use for each section heading. Only include sections that have real specific content. Remove boilerplate, navigation, legal, EEO, etc. Also remove duplicated lines. Preserve all substantive info.
We need to parse the posting.
Content:
- Title: P-1489 About Databricks (but we ignore job title heading). The page already shows it, so we don't repeat.
- About Databricks paragraph: "At Databricks, we are passionate about enabling data teams to solve the world's toughest problems; from making the next mode of transportation a reality to accelerating the development of medical breakthroughs. We do this by building and running the world's best data and AI infrastructure platform so our customers can use deep data insights to improve their business. Founded by engineers and customer obsessed, we leap at every opportunity to solve technical challenges, from designing next-gen UI/UX for interfacing with data to scaling our services and infrastructure across millions of virtual machines. And we're only getting started."
That's about the company. Could be "About the role"? Actually "About Databricks" is company description. Could be placed under "About the role"? The instruction: use headings for section headings (e.g. About the role, Responsibilities, Requirements, Qualifications, Skills, Benefits, Pay, Schedule). So we need to map content to these headings. "About the role" likely corresponds to description of role. The posting includes "The Role" section with description. So we can put that under
for each section heading. Only include sections that have real specific content. Remove boilerplate, navigation, legal, EEO, etc. Also remove duplicated lines. Preserve all substantive info.
We need to parse the posting.
Content:
- Title: P-1489 About Databricks (but we ignore job title heading). The page already shows it, so we don't repeat.
- About Databricks paragraph: "At Databricks, we are passionate about enabling data teams to solve the world's toughest problems; from making the next mode of transportation a reality to accelerating the development of medical breakthroughs. We do this by building and running the world's best data and AI infrastructure platform so our customers can use deep data insights to improve their business. Founded by engineers and customer obsessed, we leap at every opportunity to solve technical challenges, from designing next-gen UI/UX for interfacing with data to scaling our services and infrastructure across millions of virtual machines. And we're only getting started."
That's about the company. Could be "About the role"? Actually "About Databricks" is company description. Could be placed under "About the role"? The instruction: use headings for section headings (e.g. About the role, Responsibilities, Requirements, Qualifications, Skills, Benefits, Pay, Schedule). So we need to map content to these headings. "About the role" likely corresponds to description of role. The posting includes "The Role" section with description. So we can put that under About the role
. Then "The Impact You’ll Have" could be Responsibilities? Or maybe "Responsibilities". The bullet list under "The Impact You’ll Have" includes items like "Architect and drive execution of strategic security initiatives across Trust & Safety Engineering, Identity and Access Management, Security, and IT." etc. Those are responsibilities. So we can put those under Responsibilities
as a - .
Then "What We're Looking For" includes Minimum Qualifications and Preferred Qualifications. Could be under Requirements or Qualifications. The instruction includes Requirements, Qualifications, Skills. We need to decide. Minimum Qualifications could be Requirements. Preferred Qualifications could be Qualifications or Skills. We'll treat Minimum Qualifications as Requirements, Preferred Qualifications as Qualifications. Also there is a skill: "Experience using AI-enabled tools to accelerate program strategy, technical problem-solving, analysis, and automation." That's a skill. Could be under Skills.
But we can combine: maybe we have Requirements (minimum), Qualifications (preferred), Skills (specific). However we need to avoid thin sections. Let's see content:
Minimum Qualifications:
- 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.
- Experience using AI-enabled tools to accelerate program strategy, technical problem-solving, analysis, and automation.
- Ability to work onsite three days per week in Bellevue, Seattle, San Francisco, or Mountain View.
Preferred Qualifications:
- Experience operating in hyperscale cloud environments such as AWS, Azure, or GCP, or in complex distributed data-processing environments.
- Prior hands-on experience as a software, systems, or security engineer before transitioning to Technical Program Management.
- 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.
Pay Range Transparency: includes pay range: Local Pay Range $189,800—$256,160 USD. Also mentions total compensation may include annual performance bonus, equity, benefits. So we have Pay section.
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. That's vague; not specific benefits listed. According to rule: do NOT create Benefits section unless posting actually states them. It only says "comprehensive benefits and perks" but no specifics. That's likely placeholder. So we should not include Benefits section.
Schedule: The posting mentions ability to work onsite three days per week in certain locations. That's schedule info (onsite 3 days/week). Could be under Schedule. It's specific: Ability to work onsite three days per week in Bellevue, Seattle, San Francisco, or Mountain View. That's schedule. So we can include Schedule section.
Also location: The role is located on-site in Bellevue, WA; Seattle, WA; San Francisco, CA; or Mountain View, CA. That's location info; could be part of Schedule or maybe a separate section but not in list. Could be included in Schedule as note.
We need to preserve all substantive info. So we need to include location somewhere. Could be under Schedule or maybe under About the role? Probably better to include location in Schedule: "On-site three days per week in Bellevue, WA; Seattle, WA; San Francisco, CA; or Mountain View, CA."
Now About Databricks company description: Could be under About the role? Actually About the role is about the role, not company. But we have no separate heading for company. Could we put it under About the role? Might be okay but it's not about role. However instruction says use headings for section headings (e.g. About the role, Responsibilities, Requirements, Qualifications, Skills, Benefits, Pay, Schedule). It doesn't forbid other headings? It says use
for section headings (e.g. About the role, Responsibilities, Requirements, Qualifications, Skills, Benefits, Pay, Schedule). So we should stick to those headings only. So we need to map company description somewhere. Perhaps under About the role we can include a brief intro about Databricks as part of role description. That seems acceptable.
Thus About the role section will contain: The company description paragraph + The Role description paragraph(s). Let's combine.
The Role paragraph: "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. This role will take a major security risk portfolio from strategy to measurable risk reduction by driving prioritization, architecture alignment, investment planning, execution, adoption, and operationalization. The scope connects customer-facing product security with internal engineering and enterprise controls across Databricks’ product, corporate, and Databricks-on-Databricks environments. Success means advancing a complex security domain, creating clarity where direction is incomplete, and materially improving Databricks’ security posture, customer trust, and ability to operate at scale. The TPM will structure ambiguous problems, evaluate technical and resourcing tradeoffs, establish durable decision mechanisms, and align VP- and Director-level organizations with competing priorities and shared dependencies. This is an executive-facing role and a trusted partner to C-suite executives, VPs of Engineering and Product, Security executives, and senior architects. The TPM will communicate risk, options, decisions, progress, and escalations with precision; embed security commitments in technical roadmaps and launch processes; and strengthen secure-by-default controls, measurable risk ownership, and operational readiness. The role will also elevate the broader TPM community through mentorship, reusable operating mechanisms, and high standards for technical program leadership. This position is located on-site in Bellevue, WA; Seattle, WA; San Francisco, CA; or Mountain View, CA."
We can include location in this paragraph or later.
Now Responsibilities: The Impact You’ll Have bullet points.
List them:
- 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.
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Now Requirements (Minimum Qualifications): list as
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- 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.
- Experience using AI-enabled tools to accelerate program strategy, technical problem-solving, analysis, and automation.
- Ability to work onsite three days per week in Bellevue, Seattle, San Francisco, or Mountain View.
Now Qualifications (Preferred Qualifications): list.
- Experience operating in hyperscale cloud environments such as AWS, Azure, or GCP, or in complex distributed data-processing environments.
- Prior hands-on experience as a software, systems, or security engineer before transitioning to Technical Program Management.
- 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.
Now Skills: Could we extract any skill not already covered? The AI-enabled tools experience is already in Requirements. Could also list "Strong written and verbal communication skills" etc. But those are already in Requirements. Might be redundant. Perhaps we can skip Skills section if no distinct skills beyond those. But we could include Skills: "Strong written and verbal communication skills; ability to present complex technical strategies to executive engineering leaders; experience using AI-enabled tools to accelerate program strategy, technical problem-solving, analysis, and automation." However that duplicates. Better to omit Skills if not distinct.
Pay: include pay range.
- Local Pay Range $189,800—$256,160 USD.
- Total compensation may include annual performance bonus, equity, and benefits.
We can put as
- .
Schedule: On-site three days per week in Bellevue, WA; Seattle, WA; San Francisco, CA; or Mountain View, CA.
We could also mention location again but it's okay.
Now we need to ensure we don't include boilerplate like "About Databricks" repeated, "Pay Range Transparency", "For more information regarding which range your location is in visit our page here.", "Based on the factors above, Databricks anticipates utilizing the full width of the full width of the range." etc. We should keep substantive info: pay range, total compensation may include bonus, equity, benefits. That's enough.
We also need to remove duplicated lines: The "About Databricks" appears twice at start and later near the end. We'll include only once in About the role.
Now produce HTML fragment with
sections and content.
Structure:
About the role
... (company description + role description)
Responsibilities
- ...
...
Requirements
for section headings (e.g. About the role, Responsibilities, Requirements, Qualifications, Skills, Benefits, Pay, Schedule). So we should stick to those headings only. So we need to map company description somewhere. Perhaps under About the role we can include a brief intro about Databricks as part of role description. That seems acceptable. Thus About the role section will contain: The company description paragraph + The Role description paragraph(s). Let's combine. The Role paragraph: "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. This role will take a major security risk portfolio from strategy to measurable risk reduction by driving prioritization, architecture alignment, investment planning, execution, adoption, and operationalization. The scope connects customer-facing product security with internal engineering and enterprise controls across Databricks’ product, corporate, and Databricks-on-Databricks environments. Success means advancing a complex security domain, creating clarity where direction is incomplete, and materially improving Databricks’ security posture, customer trust, and ability to operate at scale. The TPM will structure ambiguous problems, evaluate technical and resourcing tradeoffs, establish durable decision mechanisms, and align VP- and Director-level organizations with competing priorities and shared dependencies. This is an executive-facing role and a trusted partner to C-suite executives, VPs of Engineering and Product, Security executives, and senior architects. The TPM will communicate risk, options, decisions, progress, and escalations with precision; embed security commitments in technical roadmaps and launch processes; and strengthen secure-by-default controls, measurable risk ownership, and operational readiness. The role will also elevate the broader TPM community through mentorship, reusable operating mechanisms, and high standards for technical program leadership. This position is located on-site in Bellevue, WA; Seattle, WA; San Francisco, CA; or Mountain View, CA." We can include location in this paragraph or later. Now Responsibilities: The Impact You’ll Have bullet points. List them: - 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. We'll put each as
- .
- 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.
- Experience using AI-enabled tools to accelerate program strategy, technical problem-solving, analysis, and automation.
- Ability to work onsite three days per week in Bellevue, Seattle, San Francisco, or Mountain View.
Now Qualifications (Preferred Qualifications): list.
- Experience operating in hyperscale cloud environments such as AWS, Azure, or GCP, or in complex distributed data-processing environments.
- Prior hands-on experience as a software, systems, or security engineer before transitioning to Technical Program Management.
- 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.
Now Skills: Could we extract any skill not already covered? The AI-enabled tools experience is already in Requirements. Could also list "Strong written and verbal communication skills" etc. But those are already in Requirements. Might be redundant. Perhaps we can skip Skills section if no distinct skills beyond those. But we could include Skills: "Strong written and verbal communication skills; ability to present complex technical strategies to executive engineering leaders; experience using AI-enabled tools to accelerate program strategy, technical problem-solving, analysis, and automation." However that duplicates. Better to omit Skills if not distinct.
Pay: include pay range.
- Local Pay Range $189,800—$256,160 USD.
- Total compensation may include annual performance bonus, equity, and benefits.
We can put as
- .
Schedule: On-site three days per week in Bellevue, WA; Seattle, WA; San Francisco, CA; or Mountain View, CA.
We could also mention location again but it's okay.
Now we need to ensure we don't include boilerplate like "About Databricks" repeated, "Pay Range Transparency", "For more information regarding which range your location is in visit our page here.", "Based on the factors above, Databricks anticipates utilizing the full width of the full width of the range." etc. We should keep substantive info: pay range, total compensation may include bonus, equity, benefits. That's enough.
We also need to remove duplicated lines: The "About Databricks" appears twice at start and later near the end. We'll include only once in About the role.
Now produce HTML fragment with
sections and content. Structure:
About the role
... (company description + role description)
Responsibilities
- ... ...
Requirements
- .
Schedule: On-site three days per week in Bellevue, WA; Seattle, WA; San Francisco, CA; or Mountain View, CA.
We could also mention location again but it's okay.
Now we need to ensure we don't include boilerplate like "About Databricks" repeated, "Pay Range Transparency", "For more information regarding which range your location is in visit our page here.", "Based on the factors above, Databricks anticipates utilizing the full width of the full width of the range." etc. We should keep substantive info: pay range, total compensation may include bonus, equity, benefits. That's enough.
We also need to remove duplicated lines: The "About Databricks" appears twice at start and later near the end. We'll include only once in About the role.
Now produce HTML fragment with