Databricks · San Francisco, California; United States

Director, Travel & Expense

🏢 Databricks📍 San Francisco, California; United States🕐 Posted 44 days ago
⏱ Full-timeFinance✅ Direct from employer ATS
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About this role

GAQ327R263 While candidates in the listed location(s) are encouraged for this role, candidates in other locations will be considered

We are seeking a strategic, operationally strong Director, Travel & Expense to lead and modernize our global travel, expense, and corporate spend ecosystem. This leader will drive a digital-first, highly scalable program that improves the employee experience while strengthening governance, compliance, and financial discipline across a fast-growing global organization

This role is ideal for a builder who can define future-state strategy while also leading hands-on execution, operational rigor, and measurable outcomes. The successful candidate will partner closely across Finance, Procurement, IT, HR, Security, and Operations to create a seamless and future-ready T&E model

The impact you will have: Lead the transformation of the T&E program into a modern, automated, digital-first experience, including AI-enabled workflows, touchless expense processing, automated audit controls, and intelligent policy enforcement

Create a frictionless employee experience across booking, expense submission, approvals, reimbursements, and support while simplifying processes and reducing manual work

Build a scalable global T&E roadmap that balances agility, governance, employee experience, and operational efficiency, with clear KPIs, dashboards, and change management to support adoption

Oversee global business travel operations across air, hotel, ground transportation, meetings, and traveler support, while shaping regional travel strategies for a distributed workforce

Manage travel partners and supplier relationships to improve service levels, optimize spend, and support evolving business needs

Partner with Security and HR to strengthen traveler safety, duty of care, and crisis response capabilities

Lead enterprise expense reimbursement and corporate card programs with a focus on automation, compliance, scalability, and employee experience

Implement intelligent expense capabilities such as auto-generated reports, AI auditing, receipt automation, and policy-driven workflows, while simplifying approvals and accelerating reimbursement cycles

Partner closely with AP, Payroll, and Finance Operations to streamline end-to-end financial processes

Own the T&E technology ecosystem, including platforms such as Emburse, Egencia, AppZen, and corporate card integrations; partner with IT and Finance Systems on integrations, APIs, and analytics

Ensure strong policy governance, financial controls, audit readiness, and compliance with global tax, regulatory, data privacy, and regional travel requirements

Build and lead a high-performing global team, develop

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