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Staff Program Manager, People M&A

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staff full-time Zone 1 Pay Range: $181,100-$249,050 USD Zone 2 Pay Range: $1 San Francisco, California

First indexed 21 Jul 2026

Description

Databricks continues to grow organically and through numerous strategic acquisitions. We're looking to scale our M&A engine to handle high-volume and high-complexity deals.

As the Staff Program Manager, you will oversee and lead the "engine room" of our People M&A team, transforming manual workflows, undocumented process, and numerous spreadsheets into a world-class, automated execution machine.

You will bridge the gap between Corporate Development and our functional People teams to ensure every "Brickster" joins with a seamless, error-free experience.

The impact you will have:

  • Standardize the Playbook: Operationalize tribal knowledge into a documented, E2E M&A Playbook and Knowledge Hub to eliminate dependency on a small group of experts.
  • Drive Automation: Partner with People Tech to design and execute the "Tech Efficiency Roadmap," utilizing automation and AI into our workflows/deal phases.
  • Execution Leadership: Lead the People M&A phases of the deal. Manage the complex orchestration of recruiting, IT onboarding, and HR operations from deal disclosure through Day 1.
  • Data Integrity: Design and establish "Single Source of Truth" protocols and data ownership matrices to ensure 100% accuracy in employee data across all systems.
  • Cross-Functional Partnership: Act as the primary POC of the People team (TA, Benefits, PeopleOps, People Partners, Global Mobility) to ensure the People M&A priorities are roadmapped, tracked and implemented.

What we look for:

  • 8+ years of M&A experience
  • Speed matters, you don't wait for a playbook; you plan fast, drive alignment and execute
  • You're a problem solver, with multiple successful M&A project and process transformations
  • Deep technical knowledge of People processes
  • Experience designing, scaling, transforming People workflows
  • Strategy & planning mindset, execution/delivery, influencing executive stakeholders

Pay Range Transparency: The pay range(s) for this role is listed below and represents the expected base salary range for non-commissionable roles or on-target earnings for commissionable roles.

Zone 1 Pay Range: $181,100-$249,050 USD Zone 2 Pay Range: $163,000-$224,200 USD Zone 3 Pay Range: $153,900-$211,650 USD Zone 4 Pay Range: $144,900-$199,200 USD

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