Engagement Manager (Services Sales) San Francisco

MongoDB Inc.; San Francisco (CA); Hybrid; USD 105,000 - 206,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading database technology company in San Francisco is seeking an Engagement Manager to drive professional services sales and collaborate with various teams. This hybrid role requires strong customer-facing sales skills, project management expertise, and a solid understanding of databases. Ideal candidates will have a BS in Computer Science and 5+ years in professional services sales. Join a team dedicated to innovation and customer success at an influential company in the technology sector.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of experience in professional services or technology sales.
• Experience as an architect, consultant, or project manager.
• Ability to travel for key engagements.

Responsibilities

• Scope, negotiate and close Professional Services opportunities.
• Drive professional services sales with cross-functional teams.
• Manage Professional Services pipeline for accurate forecasts.

Skills

Customer-facing sales experience

Technical consulting experience

Database knowledge

Project management skills

Strong presentation skills

Collaboration skills

Education

BS degree in Computer Science or equivalent

Tools

Agile methodologies

Cloud technologies (AWS, GCP)

Job description

MongoDB Engagement Managers are quota-carrying Professional Services Sales roles. Engagement managers utilize customer-facing sales, technical, consulting, and commercial experience to scope, negotiate and close Professional Services opportunities to accelerate and de-risk the adoption of MongoDB by our customers.

As an Engagement Manager, you will be a key leader within the PS team and work cross-functionally with the Sales, Professional Services, and Customer Success organizations to drive professional services sales.

Here are a few informative blogs about the Engagement Management role:

We are looking to speak to candidates who are based in San Francisco, CA for our hybrid working model.

What you’ll do at MongoDB

• Understand customers’ overall portfolio of applications and datasets, IT and business priorities and success measures to adapt, develop and design specific digital transformation approaches involving MongoDB technologies
• Help transform companies by translating their use‑cases, pains, and needs into scoped projects and statements of work
• Partner with a best‑in‑class sales organization and work effectively as a part of a larger team to develop account strategies and plans for the successful adoption, growth, and utilization of MongoDB
• Have a solid sense of ownership, driving all deals or technical scopings from inception to closure
• Manage the Professional Services pipeline for bookings and revenue forecasts for your region
• Expertly articulate the business value of professional services, talking knowledgeably and credibly about service delivery issues, challenges, strategies, approaches, and mitigating risks
• Work with our practice team to propagate internal skills and experience through the development of repeatable assets (estimates, proposals, SOWs, templates, tools, case studies etc.)
• Work with the delivery team to transition any agreed upon project scope and customer expectations to ensure successful project delivery
• Proactively seek opportunities to support and mentor other team members and share best practices
• Have situational awareness and react appropriately in group settings

An Ideal candidate will have

• A BS degree in Computer Science, Mathematics, Engineering or equivalent professional experience
• A minimum of 5 years experience in the sale of Professional Services and/or technology solutions at an enterprise software company
• Experience as an architect, consultant, project manager, or Professional Services manager
• Experience internally positioning and selling professional services
• Experience carrying a quota for PS bookings
• General knowledge of Databases (RDBMS, SQL, NoSQL)
• Experience and knowledge of the software development lifecycle and associated development methodologies (e.g. Agile, Waterfall)
• Knowledge of software architecture including both cloud and on‑premise technologies e.g. AWS, GCP, Kubernetes, Openshift
• The ability to collaborate as a part of a larger account team to build and execute complex account strategies and sales plays
• An ability to scope and estimate projects
• Strong presentation skills: Showing the value, capabilities, and differentiators of complex service solutions using methodologies and service offerings
• Ability to travel for key engagements and team offsites

About MongoDB

MongoDB is built for change, empowering our customers and our people to innovate at the speed of the market. We have redefined the database for the AI era, enabling innovators to create, transform, and disrupt industries with software. MongoDB’s unified database platform—the most widely available, globally distributed database on the market—helps organizations modernize legacy workloads, embrace innovation, and unleash AI. Our cloud-native platform, MongoDB Atlas, is the only globally distributed, multi-cloud database and is available across AWS, Google Cloud, and Microsoft Azure.

With offices worldwide and nearly 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.

MongoDB is committed to providing any necessary accommodations for individuals with disabilities within our application and interview process. To request an accommodation due to a disability, please inform your recruiter.

MongoDB, Inc. provides equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment and prohibits discrimination and harassment of any type and makes all hiring decisions without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex, national origin, disability, genetics, protected veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state or local laws.

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

$105,000 — $206,000 USD