Vice President Finance Technology jobs at Mongodb in United States, San Francisco

This role can be based out of our Palo Alto or San Francisco offices.

• Develop and communicate a compelling enterprise architecture vision aligned to MongoDB’s long-term business strategy and technology roadmap
• Reduce tech sprawl - Define architecture principles, and standards that guide solution design, data integration, cloud infrastructure, security, and application development
• Partner with leadership across IT, engineering, and business functions to drive architectural alignment, eliminate tech debt, and improve interoperability across systems
• Enable the enterprise to be “AI-ready” by championing modern data, integration, and automation architecture foundations that power GenAI, analytics, and decision intelligence
• Establish strong architecture governance to ensure systems are designed for scale, security, and resilience, while reducing redundancy and fragmentation
• Lead modernization initiatives to rationalize legacy platforms and promote reusable, composable architecture patterns (e.g., APIs, microservices, event-driven architecture)
• Provide architectural leadership in build vs. buy decisions, balancing time-to-value with long-term scalability and cost
• Build and develop a world-class team of enterprise and domain architects; create a strong community of practice to share learnings and best practices
• Champion business architecture thinking to ensure technology decisions are grounded in business capabilities and customer outcomes
• Track emerging technologies and bring outside-in perspective to influence MongoDB’s future enterprise architecture direction

• 15+ years of experience in enterprise architecture, technology strategy, or solution design leadership roles in high-growth, global environments
• 10+ years leading architecture at fast paced, high growth companies
• Proven experience designing and scaling modern cloud-native architectures (e.g., SaaS, APIs, microservices, data mesh)
• Strong understanding of enterprise platforms (ERP, CRM, CPQ, Data & Analytics, AI/ML, Integration, Identity & Access, Security)
• Demonstrated ability to partner with executive stakeholders and drive architecture alignment across business and technology domains
• Experience driving enterprise-wide transformations including modernization, cloud migration, data strategy, and AI enablement
• Excellent communicator and influencer, capable of translating complex technical topics into clear business impacts for diverse audiences
• Strategic mindset with a pragmatic bias for action; able to balance long-term vision with near-term execution
• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or related field required;

• In 90 days: You’ve built trust across business and technology leadership, assessed the current architectural landscape, and identified high-priority opportunities to improve alignment and reduce complexity
• In 6 months: You’ve rolled out foundational architecture principles and governance, delivered early wins in simplifying key areas, and gained alignment on the 18–24 month enterprise architecture roadmap. You would have tangible benefits in controlling tech and AI sprawl.
• In 12 months: You've built a high-performing architecture team, driven adoption of scalable, AI-ready architecture patterns, and positioned MongoDB for continued growth through a unified, future-ready technology foundation

This role can be based out of our New York City, Palo Alto, or San Francisco offices or remotely in the United States region.

• Develop and gain buy-in for our finance technology strategy and associated roadmap that drives the Company to achieve its business objectives and evolves with the organization’s business strategy
• Define and execute against a rolling twelve-month project roadmap, and provide visibility into a 24-month planning horizon
• Manage stakeholders; Be an integral member of the Finance Leadership Team and act as the trusted technology advisor; Facilitate discussions with key stakeholders across functions and levels, advise on technology and process maturity, data sensitivity, potential tradeoffs, scope creep, and provide implementation options including crawl-walk-run phases
• Uplevel planning and execution processes including cross-functional prioritization and software delivery practices to ensure rapid, quality delivery
• Develop an organizational approach to balance the speed provided by a distributed technology support model with the efficiency of a centralized model
• Continuously evaluate the technology stack to determine where to build, buy/customize, replace
• Recruit, develop, and retain high-performing global talent, and ensure they have deep knowledge of our end-to-end financial operations practices. Eliminate any single points of knowledge
• Remain connected to the broader finance technology community and incorporate best practices and new product offerings into MongoDB
• Liaise with internal teams to ensure our control environment is efficient and effective
• Scale finance technology to support a larger, more complex Finance function
• Play a key role in driving effective change management and communication on technical delivery to non-technical audiences, explaining the “what”, the “how”, and the “why”
• Manage technology operations to ensure system uptime, performance, and data quality
• Partner with key vendors to ensure best-in-class system implementations, including appropriate levels of customization and integration
• Pay down existing technical debt in finance platforms and prevent additional debt from accumulating without oversight and a plan to pay down in the future
• Implement project metrics to hold teams accountable

• 10+ years of experience in an IT business systems, business operations, product management, or a consulting role responsible for driving finance service delivery
• 8 years or more of people management, including at least 5 years on the second line of management
• Extensive knowledge of best-in-breed ERP applications, including but not limited to Oracle, SAP, and the NetSuite ecosystem
• Extensive knowledge of core finance processes, including Quote to Cash, Record to Report, Procure to Pay
• Proven experience as part of an ERP replatforming program, preferably migrating from NetSuite
• Deep understanding of the Agile software development methodology and best practices. You have rolled out Agile, you understand what makes a great product owner and scrum master
• Ability to ‘think big’ with a strategic mindset to develop the medium-long term roadmap and strategy, while being able to adapt and be creative in solving problems to meet immediate operational needs
• Able to communicate effectively with both C-suite, business stakeholders, and engineering teams to conceptualize and sell ideas internally and attain win-win outcomes
• Proven track record of building effective relationships with Executives and senior leadership
• Experience integrating data across a plethora of system platforms, ability to define systems ownership, and ability to advise on best practices for master data management
• Track record of sustained successful partnership with cross-functional teams
• Excellent analytical, organizational, and time management skills
• Ability to lead multiple projects simultaneously that have fluctuating requirements, and time-sensitive deadlines

• In 3 months you will have a deep understanding of your team, the value proposition to the company, and a roadmap for the next 12 months
• In 6 months you will have built-out key initial processes and cemented strong working relationships with your key partners across the business
• In 12 months, having added key hires and implemented key operational processes for scale, you will have cemented the foundation to significantly grow the Finance Technology team over the next several years