Candidate Profile:

Proven success as someone who can effectively partner with stakeholders to manage high-value change in a technical organization
Able to deconstruct complex challenges into coherent components and steadily advance towards solving them
Deep experience managing large-scale programs, end-to-end, across the whole software development process, encompassing strategic planning and successful product delivery
An ability to lead with innovative insights through strong analytical and communication skills
Demonstrated success partnering with technical stakeholders on breaking down engineering challenges in a methodical manner: establishing goals, setting priorities, outlining the project's scope and implementation steps
Crisp execution and facilitation skills in the face of ambiguity and competing priorities. Can preemptively anticipate potential blockers and navigate effectively
Experience building successful teams and cultivating an environment of trust, collaboration, and #intellectualhonesty
Experience identifying and supporting areas of growth, providing constructive and effective feedback with empathy, for reports that take into account their skills, backgrounds and working styles

Position Expectations:

Successfully leverage deep experience and knowledge of engineering operations and product development flows to set an innovative strategy for programs owned by reporting TPMs.
Model rigorous strategic and tactical thinking and execution
Lead and manage a team of TPMs, inspiring challenges for high performers and guiding high potential growth team members who need more support - advocate for and nurture their career growth
Cultivate a collaborative atmosphere that promotes learning, creativity, and invention
Anticipate and remove with a sense of urgency obstacles that slow down or prevent TPM reports and product teams from delivering on goals.
Build alignment across cross-functional leaders by fostering strategic partnerships to drive business goals forward
Be a trusted strategic partner for executive management to ensure program success
Create clarity in a complex technical environment, align stakeholder’s expectations and manage engineering communication
Capably facilitate engineering discussions leveraging technical aptitude and analytical skills to summarize complex trade-offs, extract priorities and next steps, streamlining team decision making

10-15 years experience managing complex, technical initiatives and engineering programs from initiation to completion
A degree in Computer Science, Engineering, Mathematics, Statistics, related fields or equivalent industry experience
Experience with MongoDB, databases, or comparable complex technology
Experience with technical design discussions and ability to summarize complex trade-offs and extract priorities
Demonstrated technical aptitude and strong analytical skills with proven results
Effective written and verbal communication skills, with the ability to adapt your style and delivery for a variety of audiences

In 3 months you will have ramped up on MongoDB products and understand the Core Server Engineering team as a whole. You will also have established partnerships with relevant engineering and product executives.
In 6 months you will have settled deeply in the role, performed your first set of P&G reviews, and identified a vision for the team.
In 12 months you will have sorted out interplanetary travel and how MongoDB’s program management team made it all possible.