Define and evolve global compensation strategy aligned with business goals, growth stage, and talent needs
Advise senior leaders (Engineering, Product, Sales, and G&A) on compensation trends, market competitiveness, and equity practices
Balance market competitiveness, pay equity, and cost efficiency in a fast-moving tech environment
Compensation Programs & Projects
Lead the design and evolution of global compensation philosophy, ensuring alignment with company strategy, talent needs, and market competitiveness
Own job architecture strategy, including leveling frameworks, job families, and career structures, to support consistency, clarity, and growth at scale
Drive complex, cross-functional compensation initiatives from concept through implementation, acting as DRI and accountable owner for outcomes, timelines, and quality
Partner with Director, Compensation Operations to design and implement scalable frameworks, tools, and processes that enable effective, consistent compensation decision-making globally
Benchmark against peer tech companies and evolving talent markets
Business Partnership
Lead and develop a global team of Compensation Partners supporting multiple business units
Advise on hiring offers, promotions, retention, and organizational changes, especially for critical technical roles
Use data and market insights to guide compensation decisions in competitive talent markets
Cross-Functional Collaboration
Partner with Finance on compensation planning, forecasting, and equity spend
Collaborate with HRIS and People Analytics to improve tools, modeling, and reporting
Work with Recruiting to support competitive, scalable hiring strategies
Team Leadership
Lead, coach, and develop a high-performing compensation team
Build a culture of accountability, data-driven decision-making, and continuous improvement
Requirements
Strategic leader and trusted advisor: You shape decisions and influence outcomes at the senior leadership level, owning complex, high-impact initiatives end-to-end across strategy and execution.
Driver of clarity, alignment, and execution: You cut through ambiguity, challenge assumptions, and align stakeholders to make clear decisions and deliver results across complex initiatives.
Builder of teams and culture
You create alignment, trust, and camaraderie across teams. You lead through influence, develop others, and foster an environment of high performance and collaboration.
About MongoDB
With offices worldwide and over 60,000 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 as
Benefits
Equity / stock options
Additional Information
MongoDB's People team is on a journey to optimize our compensation programs for scale. We are looking for strategic and analytical individuals to drive innovative, competitive compensation rewards programs that attract, reward and retain our best assets, our people!
To that end, our Global Compensation team is looking for a Senior Director, Compensation Partners to play significant leadership across MongoDB's global compensation programs, co-leading the team alongside the Director of Compensation Operations Reporting to our VP, Total Rewards, you will serve as a trusted advisor to senior leaders and a key architect of our compensation strategy as we continue to scale globally.
Mongodb · Austin