Project Associate
Play a front-line role with Customers, Sales, and our Delivery ecosystem representing the high-growth software company that is energetically challenging the status quo of the database industry.
Work in a team of technologists, sales and delivery professionals among the best in their fields. Work with some of the most ambitious and complex global companies, helping to define and progress their innovation initiatives across every vertical.
MongoDB consulting exists to support the development of our customers’ vision, accelerate customers’ time to value, and drive a multitude of customer adoption scenarios - from building new solutions to modernizing legacy applications or migrating to cloud. Our consulting solutions ensure that organizations get the best out of MongoDB.
Help us take our business to the next level of scale and excellence in delivery and governance. You will have abundant opportunity to meaningfully impact the growth of the MongoDB business.
Candidate Profile
University degree or relevant work experience
At ease operating in a small, dynamic, fast growing team, able to be proactive and self-sufficient with an ability to have a can-do attitude and make oneself accountable
2+ years experience with enterprise-scale software solutions, large scale software engineering or consulting services delivery experience preferred
Comfortable creating plans and priorities for both project delivery and customer resources
Demonstrated belief in the power of stakeholder management and communications
Outstanding and effective interpersonal skills; strong verbal and written communication abilities
Ability to foresee and assess risk, plan to mitigate risk and manage escalations or critical situations
Certification in or understanding of standard frameworks such as PMI PMBOK or Prince2 is beneficial
Theoretical knowledge of the Agile framework and related practices
Services delivery experience with development or operation teams is a plus
Position Expectations
Engage directly with customers to ensure swift, successful delivery of a specific set of packaged offerings
Own a portfolio of projects and work closely with customers and consultants to ensure accountability of execution
Setup resource planning and assignments in coordination with the PS Operations team
Maintain and monitor project plans, project schedules, work hours, budgets and expenditures
Organize and lead project status meetings and the follow-up to those meetings
Document and follow up on important actions and decisions from meetings
Chair and facilitate meetings where appropriate and distribute minutes to all project team members
Ensuring projects adhere to frameworks and all documentation is maintained appropriately for each project
Assess and handle project risks and issues, seeking to provide solutions where appropriate
Ensure clear stakeholder expectations are managed towards achieving the best possible solutions
Ensure robust communication internal to MongoDB, within the project team, and from the team to the customer
Expect to travel to customer sites occasionally
Measures of Success
Collaborate directly with customers and other internal teams to lead and deliver high-quality, reference-able engagements
Of paramount importance is predictability: predictability of forecasts for resource needs and revenue; predictability of internal & customer stakeholder management; predictability of outcomes; predictability of risk management; predictability of customer expectations and experience
Demonstrate business acumen through robust control of the internal and external budget, project margin, resource utilization and billability across your entire project portfolio
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