Director of Internal Communications

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As Director of Internal Communications, you'll keep thousands of Bricksters informed, aligned, and connected to our mission, our products, and our culture as we scale. You'll own company-wide communications, run our most important internal moments, and serve as a trusted partner to our founders and executive team.

This is a strategic, hands-on role for a leader who thrives in fast-moving environments, knows how to cut through noise, and can translate technical topics and business priorities into clear, compelling narratives that resonate across a global organization.

• Serve as a trusted communications advisor to Databricks' leaders, providing strategic counsel and content development for internal audiences.
• Develop high-impact content, talking points, and presentations for company-wide moments including All Hands, Company Kickoff, and leadership forums.
• Partner closely with leadership to distill complex ideas — technical, strategic, and organizational — into narratives that land with employees at every level.

• Own Databricks' internal communications strategy: All Hands, Company Kickoff, org announcements, and major company updates.
• Ensure employees always understand where the company is going, why it matters, and how their work connects to our mission.
• Orchestrate messaging across leaders to deliver clarity and consistency at scale.

• Collaborate with across departments to align internal and external narratives, especially around major announcements, product launches, and organizational changes.
• Partner with production teams for live and recorded events such as All Hands, Company Kickoffs, etc. 
• Lead change communications for key initiatives, helping employees navigate transitions with clarity and confidence.
• Support our Chief People Officer and Chief Revenue Officer executive

• 10+ years of experience in internal or executive communications, preferably in enterprise software, cloud, or AI.
• Proven track record supporting founders and C-level executives with speechwriting, messaging, and high-stakes internal events.
• Exceptional storytelling skills — able to simplify complex topics and write in a range of executive voices. 
• Ability to bring content to life across video, graphics, podcasts, agents, and written content.  
• Experience owning large-scale internal programs and content production (All Hands, Kickoffs, videos) for global, distributed teams.
• Comfort operating in high-visibility, fast-moving environments with multiple senior stakeholders.
• Strong project management skills with the ability to juggle competing priorities without dropping the ball.
• Bachelor's degree in Communications, English, Journalism, Marketing, or related field.

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.

Databricks is the data and AI company. More than 10,000 organizations worldwide — including Comcast, Condé Nast, Grammarly, and over 50% of the Fortune 500 — rely on the Databricks Data Intelligence Platform to unify and democratize data, analytics and AI. Databricks is headquartered in San Francisco, with offices around the globe and was founded by the original creators of Lakehouse, Apache Spark™, Delta Lake and MLflow. To learn more, follow Databricks on Twitter, LinkedIn and Facebook.

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, please visit https://www.mybenefitsnow.com/databricks. 

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.