Celebal Technologies - Senior Technical Program Manager - Databricks

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The impact you will have:

• You will take ownership of all commercial delivery of services from a project administration and director perspective across numerous projects, ranging from a single individual for 2 - 3 weeks to 6 - month engagements of multi - person teams.
• Serve as a trusted advisor to senior customer stakeholders, driving clarity, alignment, and confidence through all stages of delivery.
• Shape the success of engagements by proactively managing risks, aligning cross - functional teams, and ensuring customer outcomes are met or exceeded.
• Ensure accurate reporting on projects and keep all relevant parties up - to - date with project activity and success.
• Drive growth in key accounts by identifying expansion opportunities, influencing future roadmaps, and enabling continued adoption of the Databricks platform.
• Contribute to the evolution of delivery best practices within the Professional Services team and mentor junior team members to build future leaders.

What we look for:

• Proven experience leading complex, enterprise - scale data or AI/ML projects in a fast - paced customer - facing environment.
• Extensive experience successfully managing and overseeing projects with teams of up to 5 people, with contract values in excess of $0.5 million.
• Ability to engage, influence, and build trust with senior executive stakeholders on the customer side, including CxOs.
• Strong understanding of cloud platforms (AWS, Azure, GCP) and familiarity with data lakehouse architecture or modern data platforms.
• Demonstrated ability to manage multiple workstreams across technical and business stakeholders, balancing scope, time, and risk.
• Experience working with cross - functional teams, including engineering, solution architects, sales, and partners.
• Skilled in driving structured governance, managing stakeholder expectations, and facilitating executive - level communication.
• Experience in setting up and managing project delivery frameworks, including Agile, Scrum, or hybrid methodologies, ideally with PMI/PRINCE/AGILE certification.
• Comfort with ambiguity and ability to bring clarity and structure to unstructured or evolving customer engagement.
• Ability to identify delivery risks early and implement mitigation plans to ensure customer outcomes and satisfaction.
• Experience with commercial aspects of delivery, including change control, SoW management, and margin protection.
• High ownership mindset with a bias for action, accountability, and customer success.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills, with the ability to influence at all levels.
• Experience identifying opportunities to expand or upsell services in the context of ongoing delivery engagements.
• A product - oriented mindset or experience working closely with product teams is a plus.
• Ability to mentor team members.