Senior Program Director, MongoDB

• The candidate will have strong technical skills having worked in global technology services organizations driving large scale systems integration engagements that are commercially complex (fixed fees, milestone based, outcome or value based pricing terms).
• 10+ years of program management experience leading enterprise-scale technology transformation programs
• Excellent customer interaction and presentation skills (ability to present to different audiences and bring the message across in a concise, professional manner)
• Demonstrated belief in the power of stakeholder management and communications; track record of affecting change through stakeholder engagement
• Services delivery experience with diverse teams that span geographies and cultures
• Ability to travel to customer sites to actively engage and build trusted partner relationships across the customer organisation

Desirable

• The Modernization and Transformation group will drive legacy application modernization by leveraging its proprietary software platform, an Agentic AI-based software engineering and software development platform that reduces the amount of time needed to conduct core modernization activities by 10X, and produces better quality software that is future ready, i.e., with the ability to continue to maintain and build GenAI features as the business evolves
• The Senior Program Director, Application Modernization will be responsible for the overall success of the Modernization and Transformation of legacy applications and database program, and will have cross functional experience with ability to manage client expectations across client leadership - C-Suite to Delivery Leads, and internal teams across pre-sales, delivery, delivery excellence, finance, HR, and Operations
• Unlike traditional programs at Systems Integrators most problems are solved with people and processes, MongoDB Modernization and Transformation programs are executed using its Agentic AI platform, less reliant on manual efforts for core software development activities, matched with skilled engineers and processes
• This provides the candidate with unique opportunities to be at the cutting edge of technology revolution in software development
• Each delivery team is global, spanning various geographies and continuously leveraging our technology platform to differentiate delivery capabilities with productivity and quality. While carrying out the responsibilities, the candidate will foster a culture of collaboration with internal and external stakeholders
• Establishing program objectives and goals
• Establishing inter and intra dependencies to complete the program on-time
• Developing a detailed program management plan that integrates scope, schedule, budget, risk, communication, quality, and integration strategies
• Expertise in creating, meticulously tracking, and strictly controlling a large, fixed budget. This includes accurate forecasting, variance analysis, and proactive cost optimization
• Thorough understanding and effective management of the contractual terms such as scope, change control, milestone deliverables, quality and performance, financial payment terms and penalties
• Developing and maintaining a highly detailed and integrated master schedule that accounts for all integration activities, critical milestones, and interdependenciesIdentifying the critical path with precision and proactively managing activities along this path to ensure on-time delivery of the integrated system
• Actively enforcing adoption of MongoDB’s Agentic AI platform for automating all aspects of legacy application modernization. This will be a key metric for the overall success of the program
• Diligently monitoring progress against the established schedule, proactively identifying potential delays, and implementing effective mitigation strategies to stay on track
• Managing resources and optimizing the allocation of resources with the right number, at the right time from the right geographies to meet demanding schedules without causing over or under utilization
• Managing stakeholders communicating effectively to ensure customers and MongoDB’s objectives are met and to communicate program status on a weekly, monthly, and quarterly basis to various levels of customer organizations
• Program status reporting to ensure all program metrics are tracked and reported to ensure programs are running on-time, on-budget while meeting customer expectations
• Ensure delivery processes are followed, which includes timely and accurate feedback to engineering teams to improve the Agentic AI platform as part of its on-going development and evolution
• Providing leadership to a matrixed team spanning different geographies and cultures to operate as one cohesive unit to achieve overall program objectives
• Successful candidates will engage with customer systems and may be exposed to highly confidential customer data, including but not limited to non-public information
• For this reason, and due to the nature of the highly regulated industry in which our customers operate, successful candidates may be subject to enhanced background checks, security screenings, and possible constraints around the trading of securities
• Successful candidates will understand these requirements and be willing to participate in enhanced screenings and constraints as required by MongoDB and its customers in connection with this role