Staff Technical Program Manager, Queryable Encryption

The Queryable Encryption program is delivering one of MongoDB’s most unique and exciting products; Queryable Encryption is an industry-leading in-use encryption capability that allows customers to protect sensitive data while preserving the ability to query it, helping our most demanding and security-sensitive customers meet strict data privacy and security requirements.

As a Staff Technical Program Manager, Queryable Encryption, you will own the successful delivery of complex, cross-functional efforts for Queryable Encryption. You will be the primary owner of the Queryable Encryption program and will also contribute to upleveling other critical security-adjacent initiatives as needed.

You will partner closely with stakeholders across the organization from Engineering, Product, Cryptography, Analytics, and Field-facing teams to develop and execute against our overall product vision and business objectives, uncover solutions to technical challenges, and provide data-driven insights that power strategic decision-making.

The right candidate for this role will be

Experienced with 10+ years of working in an engineering organization leading complex cross-functional technical programs

Technically fluent, with the ability to partner credibly with engineers and leaders on architecture, APIs, systems behavior, delivery risk, and implementation trade-offs

Experienced in one or more relevant domains such as security, privacy, distributed systems, databases, infrastructure, or other technically demanding product areas

Able to partner with technical stakeholders in methodically breaking down engineering challenges to deliver against abstract goals

Able to participate in technical design discussions and summarize trade-offs, outcomes, and next steps

Skilled at communicating across a diverse set of engineers and stakeholders

Capable of deep user empathy and adept at balancing product goals, customer needs, and engineering constraints to deliver impactful experiences

Hyper-organized and capable of coordinating across multiple independent work streams and organizations

A role model for effective execution practices, driven by an attuned sense of priority and urgency

Able to leverage their experience in program delivery to influence improvements to our tools, operations, and architecture

Trained in working with project tracking software (e.g. Jira, Rally, MS Project)

Familiar with MongoDB or a comparable technology

Experienced in security-sensitive domains or products where privacy, compliance, trust, or resilience meaningfully shape product and engineering decisions

Hands-on software development experience can help in this role, but we care most about demonstrated technical depth, program leadership, and the ability to operate effectively in a highly technical environment

Position Expectations

Leverage technical acumen and analytical skills to drive engineering programs forward and maximize business value delivery

Recognize patterns in a sea of information and take action accordingly

Develop a strategic approach to program management that balances hands-on oversight with process-driven operationalization

Build strategic partnerships with Product, Crypto, Engineering, Analytics, and Marketing stakeholders

Expand knowledge into new domains as called upon

Drive alignment across security, server, drivers, developer experience, and supporting teams, identifying dependencies early and resolving friction before it slows delivery

Help teams navigate technical and organizational trade-offs across security, usability, compatibility, performance, and operability

Contribute to the TPM organization by mentoring peers and helping raise the quality bar for program leadership and written artifacts

Success Measures

In 3 months you will be ramped on the Queryable Encryption product and engineering roadmap, core stakeholders, and major delivery risks

In 6 months you will own and drive critical initiatives across the Queryable Encrypt