MongoDB is a company that empowers customers and employees to innovate at the speed of the market. They are seeking a Senior Director of Data Product Management to own the vision, strategy, and execution of their internal data product portfolio, focusing on Go-to-Market functions and leading a team of Product Managers.
Responsibilities:
- Own and communicate a compelling, multi-year product vision and strategy for MongoDB's internal data products, anchored in the goal of building a Data-Driven Enterprise with trusted golden data and strong self-serve capabilities
- Serve as a thought partner and key point of contact for C-suite and executive stakeholders, translating enterprise data strategy into a clear, prioritized product roadmap
- Lead, mentor, and grow a team of Product Managers, fostering a high-performance culture of ownership, curiosity, and impact
- Champion the development of canonical, single-source-of-truth golden data assets that serve as the single source of truth for Customer, Product, People and Finance data, breaking down siloes and cultivating a common language across metrics business-wide
- Drive the build-out of self-serve data capabilities that empower business users to access, explore, and act on trusted data with minimal friction
- Partner with leadership across the company to identify and prioritize the highest-value opportunities where data products can improve decision-making, automate workflows, and accelerate growth
- Work across Data Engineering, Architecture, Platform, and Governance teams within IT as well as our key partners in Analytics & Data Science to ensure data products are scalable, reliable, and aligned with enterprise data standards
- Define and own success metrics for the data product portfolio, using data to demonstrate business impact and continuously raise the bar
- Establish and evolve product development practices across the team, including roadmap planning, backlog management, agile delivery, and cross-functional coordination
- Drive organization-wide adoption of data products through effective storytelling, clear documentation, enablement programs, and change management
Requirements:
- 10+ years of product management experience, with at least 3–5 years in a senior leadership role managing product managers and delivering data products or data platforms at scale
- Demonstrated experience leading large, strategic, enterprise-wide data democratization initiatives with executive visibility and cross-functional complexity
- Deep understanding of modern data ecosystems, including data pipelines, lakehouse and medallion architectures, analytics platforms, and data governance frameworks
- Exceptional communication and executive presence, with the ability to translate complex technical strategies into compelling narratives for C-suite audiences
- Proven ability to define and execute a vision for trusted, governed data assets and scalable self-serve data capabilities
- Experience building and scaling self-serve analytics and data enablement programs
- Experience partnering with and influencing partner organizations across the company at the leadership level
- Strong people leadership skills, with a track record of developing and retaining high-performing product talent
- Ability to operate effectively in fast-paced, ambiguous environments, balancing long-term strategic thinking with near-term execution
- Background in analytics, data science, or data engineering
- Familiarity with metadata management, data discoverability, or data catalog tooling
- Exposure to AI/ML product development in the context of enterprise data platforms