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Program Manager, Public Sector (Commercial Legal)

Databricks· Public Sector / Commercial Legal
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Hybrid (Washington, DC)$132k - $181.5kfull-timePosted 4w ago

About the role

Program Manager for Public Sector in Commercial Legal at Databricks responsible for owning the contracting engine for US and international public-sector deals, building and managing contracting programs, playbooks, and governance, and coordinating across cross-functional teams.

Responsibilities

  • Own the Public Sector Contracting Program: central driver for US public-sector contracting operations (US Federal/Defense, Defense Industrial Base, and SLED), plus Canada and priority overseas markets.

Qualifications

  • 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.
  • Prior work with various channel contracting structures (resellers, distributors, cloud marketplaces).
  • Experience with subscription/consumption-based SaaS agreements and interactions with finance, deal desk, and security/product/privacy terms.
  • Ability to build contracting operations from scratch with first-principles thinking and scale (intake, playbooks, dashboards, metrics, governance).
  • Bias for action with proactive issue resolution and stakeholder alignment.
  • Ability to operate in a matrixed, highly interdependent environment.
  • Balanced emotional intelligence and mission focus.
  • Proficiency in leveraging AI tools to optimize contracting operations and experience with CLMs, CRMs, ticketing systems, and workflow automation tools.
  • International experience or multi-jurisdictional procurement and foreign language skills are a plus.
  • Education & Credentials: Bachelor's degree or equivalent experience. PMP and NCMA certifications are a huge plus.
  • US Citizenship Required. Active security clearance or willingness to obtain one.

Skills

Required:Public sector contracts / government contractingSaaS / cloud contractingContract lifecycle managementCross-functional program management

Benefits

  • benefits detailed on regional page linked in the posting
Last updated Sep 24, 2026. Interested? Apply on the company site.

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