MongoDB

Head of AI Platform, GM

MongoDB$203K — $399K *
Enterprise Technology
8 - 10 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • Entrepreneurial background with experience in launching software products.
  • Deep understanding of the AI landscape, including frameworks and vector databases.
  • Over 10 years in developing scalable Cloud/SaaS enterprise products.
  • Proven leadership experience managing large, cross-functional teams.
  • Product-driven mindset that emphasizes speed and adaptability in software development.
  • Strong communication skills for translating complex technical concepts to diverse audiences.
  • Experience with MongoDB is a plus.

Responsibilities

  • Own the product roadmap and ensure delivery of the AI Platform.
  • Manage the P&L for the business unit, controlling R&D and budgeting.
  • Lead a high-performance R&D organization across Engineering, Product Management, and Design.
  • Develop technical vision and communicate it to stakeholders and customers.
  • Collaborate with Partnerships, Sales, and Marketing on go-to-market strategies.
  • Serve as the technical representative for strategic customers and partners.

Benefits

  • Equity in the company via stock options.
  • Participation in the employee stock purchase program.
  • Flexible paid time off for better work-life balance.
  • 20 weeks of fully-paid gender-neutral parental leave.
  • Fertility and adoption assistance support.
  • 401(k) plan to help save for retirement.
  • Mental health counseling services.
  • Access to transgender-inclusive health insurance coverage.
Full Job Description
Mongo is seeking a Head of AI Platform, GM to lead the development and scaling of a new AI Applications Platform. With millions of developers trusting MongoDB for their workloads, MongoDB is building the future to enable them to create, deploy and manage AI Applications at enterprise scale. As GM you will own the business, vision and execution of this Platform.

This is a unique "intrapreneurial" role where you will act as the CEO of the product line. You will own the end-to-end success of the platform, with direct responsibility over the R&D organization (Engineering, Product, and Design).

As the VP & GM, you will lead the transition from 0 to 1-defining the technical architecture, building a world-class team of engineers and product thinkers, and scaling the platform to support thousands of customers building production-grade AI applications. You are someone who can debate the nuances of multi-agent orchestration and Model Context Protocol (MCP) in the morning, and present a three-year commercial growth strategy to the board in the afternoon.

This role can be based in our San Francisco and New York City offices or remotely in the United States.
Responsibilities
  • Product Vision & Execution (0 to Scale): Own the roadmap and delivery of the AI Platform. Take the product from its current state to a market-leading, developer-first platform.
  • Business Ownership:Own the P&L for the business unit. Manage the budget for R&D, infrastructure/inference costs, and headcount planning.
  • R&D Leadership: Build and lead a distributed high-performance R&D organization. You will manage Engineering, Forward Deployed Engineering, Product Management, and Product Design, fostering a culture of rapid iteration and technical excellence.
  • AI Strategy: Build the technical vision for the area, and lead technologists and product managers to document and evangelize the strategy with internal and external customers.
  • Go-to-Market Partnership: Collaborate with Partnerships, Sales and Marketing to define our GTM motion.
  • Customer Evangelism: Act as the "technical face" of the product for strategic customers, partners, and the open-source community.
Requirements
  • Entrepreneurial Track Record: Experience as a founder, early-stage employee, or "0-to-1" leader within a larger tech company. You must have experience building and launching a software product from scratch.
  • Technical Depth in AI: Deep understanding of the AI landscape. You should be familiar with AI frameworks, foundation models, embeddings and vector databases.
  • Cloud & Platform Expertise: 10+ years of experience building scalable Cloud/SaaS products, enterprise infrastructure software or developer platforms (APIs, SDKs, or infrastructure tools).
  • Leader of Leaders: Proven experience managing managers and leading cross-functional organizations of 100+ people.
  • Product-Led Mindset: A "product-hacker" mentality. You prioritize shipping and learning over perfection, but understand the reliability requirements of enterprise-grade software.
  • Strategic Communication: Ability to distill complex technical concepts (e.g., multi-layered AI governance or inference optimization) into compelling narratives for customers and executives.
  • MongoDB experience is a plus


MongoDB's base salary range for this role is posted below. Compensation at the time of offer is unique to each candidate and based on a variety of factors such as skill set, experience, qualifications, and work location. Salary is one part of MongoDB's total compensation and benefits package. Other benefits for eligible employees may include: equity, participation in the employee stock purchase program, flexible paid time off, 20 weeks fully-paid gender-neutral parental leave, fertility and adoption assistance, 401(k) plan, mental health counseling, access to transgender-inclusive health insurance coverage, and health benefits offerings. Please note, the base salary range listed below and the benefits in this paragraph are only applicable to U.S.-based candidates.

MongoDB's base salary range for this role in the U.S. is:

$203,000-$399,000 USD

About MongoDB

MongoDB is a general purpose, document-based, distributed database built for modern application developers and for the cloud era. MongoDB is a leading NoSQL database that allows developers to build applications with ease and flexibility. MongoDB is used by many of the world's largest organizations to power their most critical applications. MongoDB is headquartered in New York City and has offices around the globe.
Learn more about MongoDB
Size
3,544 employees
Market Cap
$12.9 billion
Industry
Net Income
-$266.9 million
Founded
2007
5 Year Trend
+50.1%
Revenue
$590.3 million
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