Program Manager, Product Ops: Roadmap Planning

About Databricks

At Databricks, we are obsessed with enabling data teams to solve the world’s toughest problems, from security threat detection to cancer drug development. We do this by building and running the world’s best data and AI infrastructure platform, so our customers can focus on the high value challenges that are central to their own missions.

Founded in 2013 by the original creators of Apache Spark, Databricks has grown from a tiny corner office in Berkeley, CA to a global organization with over 1,400 employees. Thousands of organizations, from small to Fortune 100, trust Databricks with their mission-critical workloads, making us one of the fastest growing SaaS companies in the world.

Job Description

You will be part of the Program Management team within the Product organization, and charged with  driving the cross-functional, quarterly roadmapping process. This role exists to ensure that the Product organization is in lock step, and requires coordinating Product and Engineering activities, disseminating company-wide updates, and leaning in wherever necessary to make sure the roadmap is completed on time. This role involves a deep understanding of stakeholder management, and  the ability to operate in a fast-paced environment with passionate people intent on delivering valuable products.

Responsibilities:

• Drive the quarterly roadmap planning process
• Coordinate cross-functional collaboration between teams or organizations
• Develop a deep understanding of engineering team’s missions to effectively organize  roadmap meetings and projects
• Think critically about ways to improve the existing processes
• Own product roadmap communications
• Develop weekly updates  and quarterly summaries to share company-wide
• Prepare materials for weekly status meeting with product and engineering leadership
• Collaborate with Product Managers to create the customer-facing roadmap that the field engineers use regularly
• Help drive various product operations projects end-to end (eg. Field enablement, support processes, etc.)
• Be a team player
• Evangelize and uphold our cultural principles: be customer obsessed, be data-driven, team work makes the dream work, and own it.

Competencies / Requirements

• 2+ years of full time work experience
• Excellent communication/presentation skills
• Experience leading update syncs (strong preference for Agile/Scrum/JIRA experience)
• Listen well in order to drive stakeholder alignment to help reach the necessary decisions
• You understand the benefits of moving quickly while paying attention to detail
• Entrepreneurial, "can do" attitude - ability and willingness to make an impact in a start-up
• Strong analytical skills, with excellent problem solving abilities in the face of ambiguity
• Experience with SQL, and building dashboards is a plus
• Data and AI domain knowledge is a plus

**Most of all, we look for relentless problem solvers and will consider candidates with non-traditional backgrounds.

Benefits

• Comprehensive health coverage including medical, dental, and vision
• 401(k) Plan
• Equity awards
• Flexible time off
• Paid parental leave
• Family Planning
• Gym reimbursement
• Annual personal development fund
• Employee Assistance Program (EAP)

EEO Statement

Individuals seeking employment at Databricks are considered without regards to race, color, religion, national origin, age, sex, marital status, ancestry, physical or mental disability, veteran status, gender identity, or sexual orientation.