MongoDB Staff Technical Program Manager Core Database Availability 

United States, New York, New York 

858423673

As a Staff Technical Program Manager for Core Database Availability, you will own the successful delivery of complex, cross-functional initiatives focused on enterprise-grade database reliability, availability, and operational excellence. You will partner closely with Product Management, Engineering, Performance Testing, and Field-facing teams to execute against our workload management vision, uncover solutions to technical challenges, and ensure MongoDB continues to set the standard for database reliability in mission-critical environments.

This role will be based remotely in the United States.

• Drive the execution of MongoDB's core database availability initiatives across multiple engineering teams, translating strategic goals into concrete, measurable delivery plans
• Partner with Product Management to define technical success metrics for database reliability, focusing on performance during high-load scenarios and enterprise workloads
• Develop and implement program management frameworks that balance agility with process rigor appropriate for mission-critical database systems
• Lead cross-functional teams through complex technical challenges related to workload management, resource allocation, and operational resilience
• Track program success with KPIs aligned to availability SLAs, performance metrics under load, and reduction in operator burden
• Establish and optimize processes for testing, validating, and deploying workload management features in enterprise environments
• Identify technical dependencies, risks, and blockers across workstreams, driving resolution and maintaining program momentum
• Create comprehensive documentation and dashboards to provide visibility into program status, key metrics, and business outcomes
• Coordinate with Support, Customer Success, and Field Engineering to gather operational feedback and ensure successful implementation of workload management features
• Champion a program culture of urgency, accountability, and quality in every phase—from planning through post-mortems
• Lead communication and status reporting to executive stakeholders across Engineering and Product
• Mentor junior TPMs on database reliability best practices and lead by example in program delivery excellence
• Embody MongoDB's core values and leadership principles while advancing our database workload management capabilities

• Experienced with 10+ years working in engineering organizations leading complex technical programs, with at least 3 years focused on databases, distributed systems, or cloud infrastructure
• Experienced with 5+ years of software development background, ideally with exposure to database internals or performance optimization
• Proven success driving complex systems programs in domains like distributed systems, databases, or cloud platforms
• Able to partner with technical stakeholders in methodically breaking down engineering challenges related to database workload management, resource allocation, and operational resilience
• Able to participate in technical design discussions for distributed systems and articulate trade-offs between performance, reliability, implementation complexity, and operational complexity
• Skilled at communicating complex technical concepts across diverse stakeholders, from database engineers to enterprise customers
• Deeply knowledgeable about enterprise workload patterns, database performance characteristics, observability, and reliability engineering principles
• Hyper-organized and capable of coordinating across multiple engineering teams working on interdependent database components
• A role model for effective execution practices in mission-critical systems, driven by an attuned sense of priority and urgency
• Able to leverage experience in database program delivery to influence improvements to our tools, operations, and architecture
• Trained in working with project tracking software (e.g., Jira) for complex technical initiatives
• Familiar with MongoDB's database architecture or comparable distributed database technologies

• Experience with performance optimization and workload management in enterprise database environments
• Familiarity with MongoDB or other distributed databases
• Knowledge of database reliability engineering and SRE practices
• Experience with database monitoring, observability, and performance analysis tools
• Background in capacity planning and resource optimization for high-scale database deployments