Director, Strategic Programs & Operations, CAO

Databricks is seeking a Director, Strategic Programs & Operations, for the Chief Accounting Officer (CAO) organisation to lay the foundations and scale the CAO organisation. 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 organisation should be your passion. The Impact You Will Have Strategic Advisor, Organisation Strategy & Team Leadership: Serve as a key sounding board to CAO leadership while defining organisation strategy, managing third-party consulting partners, and directing a team of individuals across all CAO programs to foster operational excellence. AI Enablement & Technology Modernisation: Lead AI enablement and practical use case adoption throughout the CAO organisation, 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. Commercialisation Support & Cross-Functional Alignment: Provide strategic commercialisation 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, organisation strategy, and program management leadership. Accounting, Compliance & Operational Expertise: Deep foundational knowledge of global accounting processes, financial controllership, regulatory compliance, and SOX requirements. 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. Elite Executive Presence: Exceptional communication and presentation skills. 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. 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. 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 Job Data by YubHub .