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Director, Strategic Programs & Operations, CAO

Databricks912 open roles

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$221,800 – $305,050 a year
Where
West Coast - United States
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Databricks median: 61 days open

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While candidates in the listed location(s) are encouraged for this role, candidates in other locations will be considered.

Databricks is seeking a Director, Strategic Programs & Operations, for the Chief Accounting Officer (CAO) organization to lay the foundations and scale the CAO organization. Reporting directly to the Sr. Director, Finance Data and Strategy, this leader will serve as a strategic arm to CAO leadership. You will partner with teams across the CAO, including: Order to Revenue (Revenue Operations, Billing, Revenue Accounting, Revenue Assurance), Accounting, Payroll, Tax, Treasury, and Commissions, and collaborate with cross-functional teams such as IT, Engineering, Go-to-Market, FP&A, Pricing, and Sales Operations.

Planning, leading, and executing on global, cross-functional, enterprise-wide projects that impact the Finance organization should be your passion. The ability to plan and execute effectively while collaborating across teams and locations will be key to success in this role. In this role, you will remove friction for the Finance team by developing organization-wide standards, leading programs, including communications, reporting, and metrics, and driving technology improvements. You will manage a team of individuals across all CAO programs, leading massive, cross-functional initiatives that embed Data, AI, and modern ways of working into our core financial and accounting processes, while ensuring strict compliance and SOX controls.

The Impact You Will Have

  • Strategic Advisor, Organization Strategy & Team Leadership: Serve as a key sounding board to CAO leadership while defining organization strategy, managing third-party consulting partners, and directing a team of individuals across all CAO programs to foster operational excellence.
  • AI Enablement & Technology Modernization: Lead AI enablement and practical use case adoption throughout the CAO organization, while driving enterprise-level system implementations (including SAP) to automate workflows and enhance accounting operations.
  • Program Management, Compliance & Governance: Own CAO OKRs, offsites, compliance frameworks, SOX alignment, and the overall program governance roadmap. Design and execute high-stakes, cross-functional programs across Accounting, FP&A, IT, Engineering, Product, and Go-to-Market.
  • Commercialization Support & Cross-Functional Alignment: Provide strategic commercialization support across teams, ensuring global accounting processes and program management structures seamlessly align with new business models and scaling goals.

What We Look For

  • Experience: 12+ years of progressive experience across accounting, business operations, organization strategy, and program management leadership, including proven experience managing third-party consulting engagements and ideally combining top-tier management consulting with in-house corporate leadership.
  • Accounting, Compliance & Operational Expertise: Deep foundational knowledge of global accounting processes, financial controllership, regulatory compliance, and SOX requirements, paired with strong governance frameworks and a track record of managing cross-functional initiatives.
  • System Implementations & SAP Experience: Extensive experience leading large-scale ERP and system implementations,
  • AI Enablement & Tech Fluency: Demonstrated success championing AI enablement and practical use cases across an enterprise function, leveraging modern data platforms, automation, and predictive tools.
  • Elite Executive Presence: Exceptional communication and presentation skills (Google Slides, Docs). Ability to command a room, influence senior executives, and distill complex financial transformations into clear, actionable strategies.
  • GTM, and Finance, and deliver commercialization support within SaaS or high-tech enterprise environments.
  • Expertise in program management, executive communications, reporting, and metrics
  • Experience in implementing and managing SOX controls on both business process and IT sides
  • Proficiency with JIRA, project management tools, and reporting systems
  • SAP experience is a plus
  • SaaS industry experience is a plus
  • CPA certification is a plus
  • SQL or Python experience is a plus
  • Expert-level presentation skills, including the ability to develop impactful presentations using Google Slides

Pay Range Transparency

Databricks is committed to fair and equitable compensation practices. The pay range(s) for this role is listed below and represents the expected 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 anticipates utilizing 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

$221,800—$305,050 USD

Zone 2 Pay Range

$199,700—$274,550 USD

Zone 3 Pay Range

$188,600—$259,250 USD

About Databricks

Databricks is the Data and AI company. More than 20,000 organizations worldwide — including adidas, AT&T, Bayer, Block, Mastercard, Rivian, Unilever, and 70% of the Fortune 500 — rely on the Databricks Data + AI Platform to build and scale data and AI apps, analytics and agents. Headquartered in San Francisco with 30+ offices around the globe, Databricks offers a unified platform that includes Genie, Lakebase, Agent Bricks, Lakeflow, Lakehouse, and Unity Catalog. To learn more, follow Databricks on LinkedIn, X, YouTube, and Instagram.

Benefits

At 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 click here.

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

If access to export-controlled technology or source code is required for performance of job duties, it is within Employer's discretion whether to apply for a U.S. government license for such positions, and Employer may decline to proceed with an applicant on this basis alone.

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