Program Manager, Public Sector; Commercial Legal

GAQ
427R57

Databricks is the Data and AI company. More than 20,000 organizations worldwide — including over 70% of the Fortune 500 and most of the largest U.S. government agencies — rely on Databricks to build and scale data and AI apps, analytics, and agents.

As a Program Manager for Public Sector in Commercial Legal at Databricks, you will own the contracting engine for one of the fastest-growing segments of the business: US and international public-sector deals. Reporting to the Director & Associate General Counsel, Commercial, you will act as the operational backbone for the public-sector contracting function, working in close coordination with Public Sector legal, sales, operations, product, engineering, finance, and other cross-functional stakeholders.

This is a mission-critical and highly independent role designed for a proactive, focused person who thrives on building programs in-flight to drive accountability and positive, timely outcomes. You won’t just track work streams — you will own them. You will design and manage contracting programs and workflows, build playbooks and governance frameworks, route and manage complex government deals through stakeholders, handle routine contracting matters under attorney supervision, and support some contract management/contract lifecycle work (including Databricks’ GSA MAS).

If you are an operationally fierce program manager with government-contracting chops and extraordinary interpersonal skills who wants to be the linchpin to Databricks’ pubsec legal function, we want to talk to you.

Location:

Washington, DC metro area (hybrid).

• Own the Public Sector Contracting Program: Act as the central driver for US public-sector contracting operations (US Federal/Defense, Defense Industrial Base, and SLED), plus Canada and priority overseas markets.
• Drive Cross-Functional Deal Execution: Coordinate stakeholders, including sales, deal desk, operations, security, compliance, and finance through a predictable, well-governed pipeline. Keep stakeholders and executives well informed about the work and accountable to deadlines. No surprises, no missed deadlines, and exceptions are handled with aplomb.
• Manage Pubsec Contracts and Contract Lifecycle: Manage Databricks’ pubsec schedules, including our GSA MAS and similar vehicles. Track contracts from RFI to signature to closeout, and support amendments.
• Build Enablement :
  Create enablement for Legal and GTM teams so that routine matters can be handled at scale with minimal legal involvement. Build and maintain playbooks, talk tracks, clause libraries, and training that support self-service for sales teams and decrease deal friction.
• Strengthen Post-Award Obligation Management: Own (in collaboration with Compliance) traceability for non-standard contractual commitments, such as by building obligation matrices, aligning them to accountable owners, systems, and controls across the organization.
• Scale Internationally: Develop and govern contracting programs for priority international markets to create repeatable processes to drive stakeholder engagement and forward progress.
• Drive Continuous Improvement: Constantly audit the status quo to support increasing scale and anticipate future needs before they arise. Develop training and GTM enablement for sales, delivery, finance, and partner teams.
• Handle Routine Contracting Matters: Support deal flow for initial triage (including pre-award RFI/RFP support and coordination) and routine matters (under attorney supervision).

• Government Contracting Substance: 6+ years in government contracts, public procurement, or contract administration at a technology company (required). Bonus if you’ve previously been a…