Director, Technical Program Management

Summary

Join MongoDB's Core Server Engineering team as the Director of Technical Program Management! Lead strategic planning and execution of critical technical projects and programs. Oversee a team of Technical Program Managers, fostering collaboration and innovation. This role requires deep experience in large-scale program management and strong technical aptitude. The position can be based in Austin or remotely within the US. Success will be measured by your ability to build partnerships, establish a team vision, and drive program success. MongoDB offers a comprehensive benefits package including parental leave, flexible PTO, and more.

Requirements

• 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

Responsibilities

• Lead the strategic planning, execution, and delivery of some of our most business critical technical projects and programs within our core server engineering area
• Oversee a team of Technical Program Managers
• Elevate and perfect the art of program management, partnering closely with engineering and product management
• 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

Preferred Qualifications

• 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

Benefits

• Flexible paid time off
• 20 weeks fully-paid gender-neutral parental leave
• Fertility and adoption assistance
• 401(k) plan
• Mental health counseling
• Access to transgender-inclusive health insurance coverage
• Health benefits offerings
• Equity
• Participation in the employee stock purchase program