Sr. Technical Program Manager - Cloud Efficiency

Databricks is looking for a top tier Technical Program Manager with a passion for process improvement and project management. You will focus on running end-to-end processes for the engineering org, process improvements focused on cost and lifecycle changes across products. You will be hands-on in the execution of large scale projects as well as think strategically about how to improve day to day operations. This role will report into the R&D Operations team, which is part of the engineering org.

The impact you will have:

• Deliver repeatable process with tools and automation per quarter, supporting the visibility of and improving engineering product operations 
• Demonstrate and coordinate with engineering and finance teams to improve engineering costs
• Solve complex business problems by breaking them down into tangible steps to execute
• Be a pioneer of our Databricks Costa Rica office

What we’re looking for: 

• Bachelor degree
• 3+ years of experience in technical program management, or PMO
• Solid experience with SQL-based database is required.
• Experience in program management desired
• Experience working with teams to understand and document how a process works and what needs to happen to track and push on teams
• Proficiency with, project management tools required (Spreadsheets)
• Enable cross-functional teams (Finance, Engineering team, etc.) to understand cost of cloud operations, overage and drive various engineering efficiency efforts
• Expertise in working effectively and autonomously across multiple teams in situations of ambiguity, with only high-level direction
• Experience creating and managing programs related to services and support pricing
• Experience with collaboration tools such as Jira, Asana, etc.
• Build scalable and repeatable project plans to help track the business quickly
• Create and publish dashboards to communicate effectively to the business the status of a project, risks, and milestones
• Influence accuracy and reportability of our products across all systems by building out comprehensive project plans that take dependencies into account

• A team player, adept at building relationships across the organization
• Ability to adhere to deadlines across multiple projects in a fast paced environment without losing sight of accuracy
• Candidate must possess good English written and oral communication skills.
• Technical degree or the equivalent experience.

Last updated on Sep 7, 2023