Staff Technical Program Manager, Site Reliability Engineering

MongoDB
Full-time•Engineering management•Dublin, Ireland
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At a glance

Employment type
Full-time
Workplace
On-site

Technologies & skills

Secondary technologies

What you'll be doing

As a Staff Technical Program Manager for SRE at MongoDB, you'll drive program execution, strengthen production reliability, and coordinate cross-functional efforts to scale the platform supporting all cloud products. You'll define roadmaps, manage dependencies, and build scalable systems and processes.

  • Drive program planning and execution with SRE engineers and leaders
  • Define program scope, milestones, and success criteria
  • Manage dependencies across platform teams and track work in Jira
  • Lead change management and launch readiness programs
  • Partner with SREs and product teams to define and operationalize SLOs/SLIs
  • Use incident data, metrics, and capacity signals for prioritization and improvement
  • Align SRE with Security, Compliance, Cloud platform, and other engineering teams
  • Coordinate cross-team incident response and ensure follow-through

Key requirements

Must-have

  • 8+ years in technical program management, engineering management, or comparable technical role
  • Proven track record leading large-scale, cross-team platform initiatives
  • Strong knowledge of production change management, software development lifecycle, and reliability metrics (SLOs, SLIs)
  • Skilled at shaping roadmaps and managing dependencies
  • Ability to query and interpret metrics, logs, or other data sources
  • Excellent communication skills across engineers, partners, and executives
  • Collaborative, low-ego, and motivated by ownership of end-to-end problems

Nice-to-have

  • Hands-on or close-partner experience with Kubernetes
  • Experience with cloud networking or observability stacks (metrics, logs, tracing, alerting)
  • Prior experience working with or alongside SRE teams
  • Background in large-scale cloud infrastructure or platform engineering
  • Familiarity with MongoDB Atlas or other modern cloud database platforms

Experience: 8+ years

Role signals

Technical focus
site reliability, program management, platform scaling, production reliability
Hands-on vs management
Hands-on

Full job description

As a TPM for SRE, you will partner with SRE leaders and engineers to scale the platform that underpins all of MongoDB’s cloud products. You will drive program execution, strengthen production reliability practices, and coordinate cross-functional efforts across US and EMEA teams. Success in this role means smoother launches, clearer roadmaps, stronger reliability metrics and an SRE organization that's better-equipped to deliver predictability at scale.

This role can be based out of our Dublin or Cork office or remotely in Ireland.

What You'll Do

  • Drive Program Planning & Execution – Define program scope, milestones, and success criteria with SRE engineers and leaders. Manage dependencies across platform teams, keep work clearly tracked in Jira, and deliver on time

  • Strengthen Production Reliability – Lead change management and launch readiness programs. Partner with SREs and product teams to define and operationalize SLOs/SLIs, and use incident data, metrics, and capacity signals to drive prioritization and continuous improvement

  • Lead Cross-Functional Coordination – Align SRE with Security, Compliance, Cloud platform, and other engineering teams. Coordinate cross-team incident response, ensure clear follow-through, and build trust as the go-to driver of complex, multi-team efforts

  • Build Scalable Systems & Processes – Design lightweight frameworks and communication patterns that help SRE deliver reliably at scale. Work yourself out of the "hero" role by leaving teams better-equipped to execute independently

Requirements

  • 8+ years in technical program management, engineering management, or a comparable technical role partnering with software engineering teams

  • Proven track record leading large-scale, cross-team platform initiatives through ambiguity and change

  • Strong knowledge of production change management, software development lifecycle, and reliability metrics (SLOs, SLIs)

  • Skilled at shaping roadmaps and managing dependencies

  • Able to query and interpret metrics, logs, or other data sources to inform decisions and communicate risk

  • Excellent communicator—clear, concise, and calm—across engineers, cross-functional partners, and executives

  • Low-ego, highly collaborative, and motivated by ownership of hard problems end to end

Nice to Have

  • Hands-on or close-partner experience with Kubernetes, cloud networking, or observability stacks (metrics, logs, tracing, alerting)

  • Prior experience working with or alongside SRE teams

  • Background in large-scale cloud infrastructure or platform engineering

  • Familiarity with MongoDB Atlas or other modern cloud database platforms

Why This Role

This role puts MongoDB's values into practice. You'll own hard, ambiguous problems end to end. You'll build together with SRE, engineering, Security, and Compliance to co-create solutions that work across the organization. And you'll think big—scaling the platform and practices that power MongoDB's next phase of growth. You'll be in the critical path of high-impact projects, working with executive stakeholders, and supported to grow in your career.

About MongoDB

MongoDB is built for change, empowering our customers and our people to innovate at the speed of the market. We have redefined the data platform for the AI era, enabling builders to create, transform, and disrupt industries with software. MongoDB’s unified data platform, the most widely available, globally distributed data platform on the market, helps organizations modernize legacy workloads, embrace innovation, and unleash AI. Our cloud-native platform, MongoDB Atlas, is the only globally distributed, multi-cloud data platform and is available across AWS, Google Cloud, and Microsoft Azure.

With offices worldwide and over 67,000 customers, including 75% of the Fortune 100 and AI-native startups, relying on MongoDB for their most important applications, we’re powering the next era of software.

Our compass at MongoDB is our Leadership Commitment, guiding how and why we make decisions, show up for each other, and win. It’s what makes us MongoDB.

To drive the personal growth and business impact of our employees, we’re committed to developing a supportive and enriching culture for everyone. From employee affinity groups, to fertility assistance and a generous parental leave policy, we value our employees’ wellbeing and want to support them along every step of their professional and personal journeys. Learn more about what it’s like to work at MongoDB, and help us make an impact on the world!

MongoDB is committed to providing any necessary accommodations for individuals with disabilities within our application and interview process. To request an accommodation due to a disability, please inform your recruiter.

MongoDB is an equal opportunities employer.

REQ ID: 1273416890

Interview prep pack

Grounded in this listing. Use it to prepare examples before you apply.

Your interview focus

You will be assessed on your ability to drive large-scale SRE program execution, strengthen production reliability, coordinate cross-functional teams, and build scalable processes. Deep understanding of reliability metrics, change management, and technical program leadership is essential.

  • SRE program management·High
  • Production reliability·High
  • Cross-team coordination·High
  • Change management·High

Only have 30 minutes?

Follow a focused preparation plan based on this job.

Start 30-minute prep

Your 30-minute plan

  1. Review SRE Program Leadership Experience

    0–10 min

    List and reflect on your most relevant examples of leading large-scale, cross-team programs, focusing on ambiguity and change.

  2. Refresh Reliability Metrics Knowledge

    10–17 min

    Revisit how you have defined, measured, and operationalized SLOs/SLIs, and how you've used incident data to drive improvements.

  3. Prepare Cross-Functional Collaboration Stories

    17–24 min

    Identify examples of coordinating with Security, Compliance, or other engineering teams, emphasizing outcomes and learnings.

  4. Summarize Change Management Approaches

    24–30 min

    Outline your frameworks for change management and launch readiness, ready to discuss process and impact.

Likely questions

, 8 items

Priority reflects how strongly this topic is emphasised in the job listing, not whether it will be asked.

Talking points

, 6 items
  • Program Planning & Execution in SRE

    You must define scope, milestones, and success criteria, manage dependencies, and deliver on time for complex SRE initiatives.

  • Production Reliability Practices

    Leading change management, launch readiness, and operationalizing SLOs/SLIs are central to the role's impact on reliability.

  • Cross-Functional Coordination

    You will align SRE with Security, Compliance, and Cloud teams, requiring strong coordination and incident response skills.

  • Change Management in Cloud Environments

    Driving change management and launch readiness programs is a core responsibility for ensuring stable, reliable releases.

  • Interpreting Reliability Metrics

    You must query and interpret metrics, logs, and data sources to inform decisions and communicate risk effectively.

  • Building Scalable Systems & Processes

    Designing frameworks and communication patterns that enable SRE teams to operate independently is a key expectation.

What to research

, 2 items
  • Driving Large-Scale SRE Program Execution

    Expect deep questions on how you have led complex, cross-team initiatives, managed dependencies, and delivered results in ambiguous environments.

  • Strengthening Production Reliability

    Be ready to discuss your experience with change management, launch readiness, and operationalizing SLOs/SLIs to improve reliability.

Questions to ask

, 6 items
  1. How does the SRE organization at MongoDB define and measure success for its programs?

    Why ask this? Clarifies expectations and how your impact will be evaluated.

  2. What are the biggest challenges currently facing the SRE team?

    Why ask this? Reveals current pain points and where you can add value.

  3. How do cross-functional teams (e.g., Security, Compliance, Cloud) typically collaborate on incident response?

    Why ask this? Shows how integrated and mature cross-team processes are.

  4. What frameworks or processes are in place for change management and launch readiness?

    Why ask this? Helps you understand the maturity of operational practices.

  5. How does MongoDB support the professional growth of technical program managers?

    Why ask this? Gives insight into career development opportunities.

  6. What is the team's approach to balancing reliability with speed of delivery?

    Why ask this? Clarifies priorities and potential trade-offs in the role.

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