Senior Program Manager - Learning & Development

Mission

The ideal candidate develops, executes, and facilitates a highly engaging and comprehensive leadership development program. There are a broad range of opportunities in designing program content that drives performance improvement, skill building, and ongoing professional development for the organization's people leaders. This individual is a natural self-starter who is comfortable managing a large scale, high-profile initiative.

Outcomes

• Work closely with Chief People Officer and Director of Learning & Development to create content for company-wide leadership training program. Content is structured around defined pillars including Leadership Skills, Employee Lifecycle, and Compliance.
• Develop and facilitate a live component or workshop as part of the broader leadership program that includes group activities and discussion as well as hands-on skill-building exercises.
• Support the Raise the Bar initiative by designing an interviewing excellence program for both hiring managers and talent acquisition teams.
• Design and structure a talent acquisition program that promotes the professional development and certification of recruiters.
• Support Learning and Development and People teams, as required, with various programs and initiatives that align with the stated OKRs of the company.

Competencies

• Bachelor's degree in Human Resources, Business or related field.
• 5+ years of experience building, maintaining and managing large-scale leadership and/or professional development learning programs.
• 3+ years of people management experience preferred.
• A deep understanding of and experience in instructional design, performance analysis, performance coaching
• An end-to-end problem-solving skill set, from structuring a complex problem to developing actionable recommendations and working with other teams to get solutions implemented
• Strong organization and planning skills. Excellent attention to detail.
• Demonstrated excellence in written and verbal communication. Strong ability to tailor communication style to specific audiences.
• Experience creating and delivering presentations and training.
• Ability to build and maintain rapport and trust by building strong relationships with stakeholders at all levels of the organization.
• Strong public speaking, facilitation and coaching skills with a desire to see others succeed.

About Databricks

Databricks is the data and AI company. Founded by the original creators of Apache Spark™, Delta Lake and MLflow, Databricks simplifies data and AI so data teams can collaborate and innovate faster. More than five thousand organizations worldwide —including Shell, Conde Nast and Regeneron — rely on Databricks as a unified platform for massive-scale data engineering, collaborative data science, full-lifecycle machine learning and business analytics. Venture-backed and headquartered in San Francisco (with offices around the globe) Databricks is on a mission to help data teams solve the world's toughest problems.