Senior Technical Project Manager
Job description
Senior Technical Project Manager leading a small Agile team that migrates a customer's legacy Java application to a modern cloud-based architecture running on MongoDB, using genAI tools to accelerate delivery. The role sits within MongoDB's Application Modernization Platform (AMP) offering for enterprise customers.
At a glance
- Employment
- Full-time · Employee (employment agreement)
- Work mode
- Hybrid · Germany
What you'll do
- Work with the team's Technical Lead to lead a small Agile team responsible for migrating a customer's legacy Java application to a modern cloud-based architecture running on MongoDB
- Liaise with customers and internal stakeholders, managing concerns and potential resolutions, and guide the team towards success
- Foster a culture of innovation and collaboration within the team
- Proactively identify and remove impediments
- Manage project risks and issues
- Define and refine the project team's "Way of Working"
- Streamline communications between the project team and project stakeholders
- Manage expectations of project stakeholders, the majority of whom are leaders within the organization
- Act as a liaison between the customer, project team and the rest of MongoDB (sales, customer success, support, product and engineering) throughout an engagement
- Create plans and priorities for both project delivery and customer resources; guide customer and project team members to a successful business outcome by managing the client relationship and setting and managing customer expectations during implementations
- Establish and lead recurring project status or governance meetings, including preparation of materials and working with customer project manager and key internal and external stakeholders to review key project information and maintain visibility and accountability
- Report project status periodically in a concise and actionable manner both internally and to the customer, and document project progress as per established best practices (meeting minutes, project plan updates, weekly status reports)
- Manage escalations or critical situations
- Assist with scoping of solution and project scope definition
- Adopt a consultative and prescriptive approach that inspires trust and confidence
What we're looking for
- 10+ years of project management experience with enterprise-scale software solutions, large-scale software engineering or consulting services delivery experience preferred
- Excellent customer interaction and presentation skills (ability to present to different audiences and bring the message across in a concise, professional manner)
- Demonstrated belief in the power of stakeholder management and communications; track record of affecting change through stakeholder engagement
- Agile mindset with an understanding of SCRUM/Kanban processes
- Able to support a project team consisting of onsite, co-located and remote team members
- Able to be self-sufficient with a can-do attitude and make oneself accountable in a small, dynamic, fast-growing team
- Ability to travel and work on customer sites for a number of continuous weeks
- Be intrigued by the possibilities of genAI to assist in accelerating the delivery of projects
Nice to have
- Experience as a SCRUM master
- Experience in managing projects with a high degree of uncertainty (research and innovation)
- Experience in delivering software development projects (ideally modernization of a legacy application)
- Experience with JIRA / Project tools
- Services delivery experience with development or operation teams
Your team
Application Modernization Platform (AMP)
A MongoDB offering that modernises customers' legacy relational applications to a modern architecture underpinned by MongoDB using a combination of software, processes, and engineers, delivered in an accelerated timeframe with GenAI and algorithmic tooling.
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About MongoDB
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MongoDB has redefined the data platform for the AI era, enabling builders to create, transform, and disrupt industries with software. Its unified data platform, the most widely available, globally distributed data platform on the market, helps organizations modernize legacy workloads, embrace innovation, and unleash AI. MongoDB Atlas is the only globally distributed, multi-cloud data platform and is available across AWS, Google Cloud, and Microsoft Azure.
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- Over 67,000 customers, including AI-native startups and approximately 75% of the Fortune 100
- MongoDB Atlas is available across AWS, Google Cloud, and Microsoft Azure
- Offices worldwide
- Leadership Commitment guides how and why decisions are made
- Employee affinity groups, fertility assistance and a generous parental leave policy
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