Senior Technical Program Manager
MongoDB · Posted Oct 1
Modern database platform, cloud database-as-a-service, vector search, and developer data services
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About the role
The HR Technology organization at MongoDB enables IT to accelerate business impact and transform how the company works with technology and AI, delivering technology solutions that meet stakeholder needs. As a Senior Technical Program Manager, you will own the successful delivery of complex, cross-functional efforts, partnering with Human Resources, Legal, Finance and other teams to execute against product vision and business objectives. The role focuses on HR technology-enabled projects, driving coordination between product development teams and internal stakeholders, managing delivery risk, backlog health, and release roadmaps.
What you will do
- Execute and improve the processes and tools that inform the daily life of the HR Technology delivery teams
- Drive coordination between product development teams and internal stakeholders to prioritize the team's backlog and plan its release roadmap
- Identify risks to the team's delivery, mitigating them where possible
- Own the data around the health of each team's project and ticket backlog
- Know when a project/team requires more hands-on management and know when it is time to operationalize and develop a process framework for the project and/or team(s)
- Promote a culture of continuous improvement by conducting retrospectives to help identify areas of growth and learnings within and across teams
- Recognize patterns in a sea of information and take action accordingly
- Expand knowledge into new domains by consistently working to gain the requisite technical knowledge required to skillfully manage the complexities, dependencies, and risks associated with HR technology enabled projects
Skills used in this role
What the employer is looking for
- Experienced with 7+ years working in an PMO and/or engineering organization, whether in technical program management delivery, support, or an analytics role.
- Skilled at managing HR related technical programs end-to-end and working with engineering teams using a variety of program management and agile delivery techniques
- Capable of deep user empathy and adept at balancing product goals and engineering constraints to deliver impactful experiences
- Proficient in grasping the technologies of the HR Technology portfolio, and skilled at identifying the technical interfaces between teams
- Proficient in HR related processes and capabilities, including but not limited to: Talent Management, Learning and Development, Core HCM, Benefits/Compensation and more.
- Able to maintain a strategic view of our engineering processes while also supporting and optimizing the operations of the team
- Inspired to innovate in areas where automation can replace manual work. The team works primarily with JIRA, Smartsheet, and GSuite so programming proficiency with all tools is a plus
- Skilled at communicating across a diverse set of engineers and stakeholders
- Hyper-organized and capable of juggling all of the data associated with technical programs and task-tracking
- Knowledgeable of agile methodologies and experienced with implementing program management best practices
- Driven by an attuned sense of priority and urgency to ship features and achieve the right business outcomes
- Trained in working with project tracking software (e.g. JIRA, Smartsheet, GSuite etc)
- Interested in learning everything about MongoDB
Benefits and support
- employee affinity groups
- fertility assistance
- generous parental leave policy
About MongoDB
MongoDB is a modern, general-purpose database platform designed to unleash the power of software and data for developers and enterprises globally. Its flagship cloud database service, MongoDB Atlas, supports flexible document models, vector search, and transactional capabilities built for modern cloud and AI-driven workloads.
- Industry
- Database Software
- Company size
- 5741 employees
- Founded
- 2007
- Location
- New York, New York, USA
- Funding stage
- Public Company
Funding
Public Company · $311M raised
- 2015-01-01Series F$80M
Leadership
President and Chief Executive Officer
Chief Financial Officer
Chief Technology Officer
Chief Customer Officer
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