MongoDB is built for change, empowering customers and employees to innovate at the speed of the market. They are seeking a strategic, hands-on Senior Product Manager to own and drive the roadmap for Talent Management and Employee Experience technology platforms, ensuring alignment with business priorities and user needs.
Responsibilities:
- Define and clearly communicate the vision and long-term roadmap for Talent Management and Employee Experience systems
- Align product roadmaps with company strategy, People Team goals, and enterprise IT architecture
- Translate business strategies and operational needs into actionable product strategies and detailed delivery plans
- Continuously evaluate market trends, best practices, and innovations in talent management and engagement technologies
- Partner with HR and other business teams to understand pain points, uncover opportunities, and align on priorities
- Be the voice of the user—employees, managers, HRBPs, leaders—in discovery, design, and prioritization discussions
- Provide technology leadership and decision-making, ensuring operational teams are empowered but not burdened with making technical choices
- Define detailed Product Requirement Documents (PRDs) for features and capabilities
- Lead agile pods with clear requirements, participate in backlog grooming, sprint planning, and reviews
- Balance new feature delivery with addressing technical debt in partnership with engineering leads
- Build strong relationships with engineering, architecture, and vendor partners (SAP SuccessFactors, Qualtrics)
- Own and maintain the product backlog; prioritize based on business impact, technical feasibility, and strategic alignment
- Balance quick wins with foundational, long-term improvements
- Make informed trade-off decisions between scope, resources, and timelines
- Provide transparency to stakeholders on backlog status, delivery timelines, and any issues or delays
- Lead agile ceremonies: backlog grooming, sprint planning, sprint reviews, and retrospectives
- Define clear, measurable product outcomes and success metrics (e.g., adoption rates, completion rates, engagement scores)
- Manage dependencies across technical and functional teams to ensure smooth, timely releases
- Drive iterative improvements to product processes and user experience
- Partner with Change Management and Learning teams to ensure effective rollout and adoption of new capabilities
- Communicate product changes clearly and consistently to all impacted audiences
- Track KPIs and product health metrics to measure business impact and adoption
- Support incident and problem management when product issues arise, ensuring root cause resolution and prevention
Requirements:
- Bachelor's degree in Business, HR, Information Systems, or related field
- 8+ years in HR technology product management, with deep expertise in SuccessFactors Talent Management modules (PMGM, Succession Planning, CDP) and Qualtrics HXM (engagement, surveys, 360 feedback)
- Proven experience leading enterprise-scale, global HR tech projects
- Strong business process understanding of performance management, succession planning, career development, and engagement best practices
- Technical fluency with integrations, workflows, role-based permissions, analytics, and system architecture for SuccessFactors and Qualtrics
- Skilled in Agile delivery methodologies and managing product backlogs
- Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills; able to influence at all levels
- Strong product mindset—focused on outcomes, user-centric design, and continuous improvement