Program Manager, Public Sector (Commercial Legal)

Washington, D.C. · USD 132,000-181,500 / year · 6+ years experience · Hybrid · Posted Sep 23, 2026

At a glance

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 US and international public-sector deals.
You will act as the operational backbone for the public-sector contracting function, working in close coordination with legal, sales, operations, product, engineering, finance, and other cross-functional stakeholders.
This is a mission-critical and highly independent role designed to build programs in-flight to drive accountability and positive, timely outcomes.

Own the Public Sector Contracting Program by acting as the central driver for US public-sector contracting operations, plus Canada and priority overseas markets.
Drive Cross-Functional Deal Execution by coordinating stakeholders through a predictable, well-governed pipeline and keeping them accountable to deadlines.
Manage Pubsec Contracts and Contract Lifecycle, including Databricks' pubsec schedules like GSA MAS, and track contracts from RFI to signature to closeout.
Build Enablement by creating enablement for Legal and GTM teams, maintaining playbooks, talk tracks, clause libraries, and training to support self-service.
Strengthen Post-Award Obligation Management by owning traceability for non-standard contractual commitments in collaboration with Compliance.
Scale Internationally by developing and governing contracting programs for priority international markets.
Drive Continuous Improvement by auditing the status quo to support increasing scale and anticipating future needs.
Handle Routine Contracting Matters by supporting deal flow for initial triage and routine matters under attorney supervision.

6+ years in government contracts, public procurement, or contract administration at a technology company
Practical familiarity with US pubsec regulatory requirements, prime/sub relationships, and commercial flowdown clauses
Prior work with various channel contracting structures such as resellers, distributors, and cloud marketplaces
Experience with subscription/consumption-based SaaS agreements and interactions with finance, deal desk, and security/product/privacy terms
Demonstrated ability to build contracting operations from scratch with first-principles thinking and an eye to scale
Proficiency in leveraging AI tools to optimize legal or contracting operations and working with CLMs, CRMs, ticketing systems, and workflow automation tools
Bachelor's degree or equivalent experience
US Citizenship Required
Active security clearance or willingness to obtain one required