Experienced in managing technical projects and working with full stack development teams using a variety of project management techniques
Experienced with 5+ years working in a technical capacity and/or in a project or program management role
Capable of deep user empathy and adept at balancing product goals and engineering constraints to deliver impactful experiences
Proficient in grasping the infrastructure of the Cloud and experimentation platforms, and skilled at identifying the technical interfaces between teams
Fluent in leveraging data for decision-making and able to become a go-to authority on experimentation and metrics
Able to maintain a strategic view of our software engineering processes even while executing on the daily operations of the team
Inspired to innovate in areas where automation can replace manual work. The team works with JIRA and Google Docs so any programming proficiency with either or both 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 projects and task-tracking
Knowledgeable of agile methodologies and experienced with implementing project management best practices
Driven by an attuned sense of priority and urgency to ship features and experiments to gain meaningful insights about our users
Trained in working with project tracking software (e.g. JIRA, Rally, MS Project, Trello)
Interested in learning everything about MongoDB
Position Expectations:
Execute and improve the processes and tools that inform the daily life of engineering 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)
Champion the adoption of experimentation methodologies, fostering a culture of evidence-based decision-making within the organization.
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 as called upon
Success Measures:
In 3 months you will understand MongoDB’s R&D platform and be fully ramped on engineering development processes
In 6 months you will be actively partnering with your key stakeholders and own executing on those processes
In 9 months you’ll have begun identifying areas for improving the team's operations, building consensus for improvement, and have an implementation plan for bringing these changes to fruition
Requirements:
Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, Mathematics, Statistics, related fields or equivalent practical experience.
Demonstrated technical aptitude and strong analytical skills with proven results
5+ years industry experience as a program or engineering manager
Effective written and verbal communication skills, with the ability to adapt style and delivery for a variety of audiences