Program Manager, Public Sector (Commercial Legal)

What you'd do

• 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 COR/COTR.
• Practical familiarity with US pubsec regulatory requirements, prime/sub relationships, and commercial flowdown clauses.
• Partner/channel Experience: Prior work with various channel contracting structures (resellers, distributors, cloud marketplaces) is critical.

What they want

• Education & Credentials: Bachelor's degree or equivalent experience. PMP and NCMA certifications are huge pluses.
• US Citizenship Required. Active security clearance or willingness to obtain one required.

About Databricks · Legal

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.