Sr. Technical Program Manager, FDE Engagements

This role oversees the lifecycle of forward-deployed engineering engagements in which MongoDB Forward Deployed Engineers (FDEs) partner closely with customer engineering teams to build working agents. It is a high-impact role at the intersection of customer delivery, AI agent development, and product feedback. By working closely with customers during implementation, the Sr. Technical Program Manager helps shape real-world agent outcomes, demonstrate the value of MongoDB’s platform in live enterprise environments, and bring back insights that can inform future product direction. These engagements are designed to help customers realize business value from our platform, accelerate successful agent delivery, and generate product feedback through close collaboration during implementation. The Sr. Technical Program Manager, FDE Engagements drives successful delivery by aligning stakeholders, managing risks and dependencies, removing operational blockers, and ensuring clear ownership, communication, and decision-making across the engagement lifecycle. In partnership with FDE, Product, Engineering, account teams, and customer stakeholders, this role is accountable for program execution and engagement outcomes. If an action item does not yet have an explicitly assigned owner, the Sr. Technical Program Manager is responsible for driving assignment and follow-through until ownership is clear. Pre-customer environment access Main goals: Secure access to the customer's internal collaboration and development tooling as early as possible Align on the intended behavior, functionality, and architecture of the agents Define how the FDE team and customer engineering team will collaborate on use case and architecture definition, code, and execution Establish the deployment path for MongoDB’s tools across customer development and cloud environments Confirm business goals, technical scope, and success criteria for the engagement During this phase, the Sr. Technical Program Manager partne