Sr. Project Manager, Services

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Company: Databricks

Location: California City, CA 93505

Description:

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As a Sr. Project Manager in our Professional Services team, you will play a pivotal role in delivering complex technical projects that drive customer success and our business growth. This position requires a strategic leader that understands our customers' business goals and can steer technical projects from beginning to end with exceptional results. You will start on projects after a statement of work is agreed (i.e. post-sales) and will leverage your technical expertise and project management skills to navigate customer challenges and deliver with excellence at every stage. In this position, you will report to the Senior Manager of Professional Services, working closely with professional services architects and consultants.

The impact you will have:
  • Customer Success: Take ownership of all phases of project delivery for approximately five concurrent customer projects, ensuring high customer satisfaction and successful project outcomes.
  • Project Planning: Develop detailed technical project plans from finalized proposals or statements of work setting specific milestones, objectives, and key results.
  • Project Execution & Risk Management: Drive measurable weekly progress with detailed tracking and by mitigating risks to project objectives, ensuring projects stay on track.
  • Stakeholder Management: Facilitate effective meetings across technical and non-technical stakeholders, from engineering standups to executive steering committees.
  • Leadership: Adapt to changing project requirements and priorities, proactively steering projects around challenges and collaborating across Professional Services, Engineering, and Sales teams.
  • Technical Knowledge: Leverage and expand your understanding of data platform technologies and processes, such as data lakes, data governance, data quality, ETLs, and migration best practices, to drive customer outcomes faster.


What we look for:
  • Versatility: Proven ability to excel in fast-paced environments managing multiple customer engagements concurrently.
  • Communication: Exceptional verbal and written communication skills; capable of developing organized project trackers and executive presentations; experience engaging with senior stakeholders and leading steering committees
  • Delivery Methodologies: Experience with industry-standard project management techniques, including agile project delivery; AGILE/PMI certification is highly desirable.
  • Global Scope: Extensive experience successfully managing and overseeing global projects with teams of up to 20 people and contract values in excess of $1 million
  • Industry Knowledge: Strong background in the big data and analytics industry domain, with a proven ability to quickly learn new technical domains.
  • Travel Requirements: Ability to travel up to 30% when needed


Pay Range Transparency

Databricks is committed to fair and equitable compensation practices. The pay range(s) for this role is listed below and represents base salary range for non-commissionable roles or on-target earnings for commissionable roles. Actual compensation packages are based on several factors that are unique to each candidate, including but not limited to job-related skills, depth of experience, relevant certifications and training, and specific work location. Based on the factors above, Databricks utilizes the full width of the range. The total compensation package for this position may also include eligibility for annual performance bonus, equity, and the benefits listed above. For more information regarding which range your location is in visit our page here.

Zone 1 Pay Range

$105,200-$161,300 USD

Zone 2 Pay Range

$94,600-$145,100 USD

Zone 3 Pay Range

$89,400-$137,100 USD

Zone 4 Pay Range

$84,100-$128,900 USD

About Databricks

Databricks is the data and AI company. More than 10,000 organizations worldwide - including Comcast, Cond Nast, Grammarly, and over 50% of the Fortune 500 - rely on the Databricks Data Intelligence Platform to unify and democratize data, analytics and AI. Databricks is headquartered in San Francisco, with offices around the globe and was founded by the original creators of Lakehouse, Apache Spark, Delta Lake and MLflow. To learn more, follow Databricks on Twitter, LinkedIn and Facebook.

BenefitsAt 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, please visit https://www.mybenefitsnow.com/databricks.

Our Commitment to Diversity and Inclusion

At Databricks, we are committed to fostering a diverse and inclusive culture where everyone can excel. We take great care to ensure that our hiring practices are inclusive and meet equal employment opportunity standards. Individuals looking for employment at Databricks are considered without regard to age, color, disability, ethnicity, family or marital status, gender identity or expression, language, national origin, physical and mental ability, political affiliation, race, religion, sexual orientation, socio-economic status, veteran status, and other protected characteristics.

Compliance

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