Senior Technical Program Manager, MongoDB Server Hardening

The MongoDB Product Security organization is a diverse collection of individuals working together to scale MongoDB’s security, both security of the products themselves and the security features we offer to customers. The team is responsible for the MongoDB Database Server (Community and Enterprise editions).

The MongoDB Product Security organization works with software engineers to design, implement, and operate systems in a manner that protects customer data. It is a multidisciplinary team that covers product, software, cloud, infrastructure, and operational security concerns.  The team does the following:

• Build a developer driven security program where there is tight integration with engineering artifacts, process, and tooling
• Use software architecture and coding patterns to reduce the impact of security issues
• Be security subject matter experts for our tech stack and products

The Product Security organization is looking for a Senior Technical Program Manager who will own the planning and execution of our MongoDB Server security hardening efforts. You will connect long term security strategy to day-to-day engineering execution and help ensure that MongoDB Server continues to meet the expectations of our most demanding customers.

We are looking to speak to candidates who are based on the U.S. East Coast for our hybrid working model.

Lead MongoDB Server hardening programs

• You will own the end-to-end program to strengthen the security posture of MongoDB Server and related components
• You will translate security and product goals into clear roadmaps, milestones and success measures and keep everyone aligned on priorities and tradeoffs

Drive cross-team execution

• You will partner closely with Product Security engineers focused on Server and with Server engineering teams that build core database features such as authentication, authorization, encryption, and auditing
• You will coordinate work across these teams as well as with build, test, and infrastructure partners to ensure projects land on time and with high quality

Make risk and progress visible

• You will define and maintain lightweight metrics, dashboards, and status updates that clearly describe the state of Server hardening, key risks, next steps, and their importance
• You will prepare concise written updates for engineering and security leadership and help frame decisions when priorities or scope need to change

Remove ambiguity and unblock teams

• You will identify unclear ownership, vague requirements, and unexamined dependencies and drive them to resolution
• You will maintain decision logs and risk registers where it helps, keep stakeholders aligned, and ensure that open questions do not linger on the critical path

Support secure development practices

• You will work with Product Security and engineering leaders to integrate security considerations into design reviews, release planning, and validation

• You are an experienced technical program manager who is comfortable working in deep engineering domains and who enjoys making complex work simpler and more manageable
• You have 5+ years of experience running technical programs in software engineering organizations, including time spent in or very close to security, infrastructure, or platform teams in at least one area:
• Product or application security
• Infrastructure or platform engineering
• Large-scale backend or database systems
• You partner effectively with engineers, managers, and product leaders to turn high-level goals into clear plans and keep those plans on track through change
• You are comfortable in technical discussions about system-level software, performance, reliability, and security risks; you ask good questions and summarize trade-offs for others
• You are highly organized and pragmatic, fluent with tools like Jira, spreadsheets, and documents, and you communicate clearly with concise updates that leaders actually read
• You understand that security is not just about checking the box or meeting compliance standards, but also about doing what is right by your customers and your business
• You are data-informed and comfortable defining simple, meaningful measures of progress and risk for your programs

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Req ID: 4263330509