About this role
At MongoDB, we are disrupting industries and equipping developers with the tools to create extraordinary applications that impact daily lives. As the leading developer data platform and the pioneering database vendor to execute an IPO in over two decades, we offer an environment at the cutting edge of creativity and innovation.
The international data management software landscape is vast and expanding swiftly. Data from IDC indicates the global database management systems (DBMS) software market was valued at roughly $82 billion in 2023 and is projected to scale to approximately $200 billion by 2030, demonstrating an exceptional compound annual growth rate.
We are looking to speak to candidates who are based in Dublin or Cork for our hybrid working model.
The Role & Team Overview
We are seeking an accomplished technical leader to join our Technical Services organization as the head of the EMEA Incident & Escalation Management teams. In this critical capacity, you will guide the teams responsible for ensuring our clients can smoothly operate MongoDB at scale and seamlessly navigate any technical hurdles.
This position demands a leader who can maintain a hands-on approach—taking direct ownership of high-profile escalations that require coordinated corporate responses—while concurrently expanding the team, refining processes, and advancing strategic objectives within a global critical situations management framework.
Team Overview: As an integral component of the Customer Organization, Technical Services boasts more than 500 global members across worldwide offices. We maintain industry-leading customer satisfaction metrics through a 24x7x365 'follow-the-sun' support framework, with specialized regional teams across the Americas, EMEA, and APAC. The EMEA team operates out of hubs including Dublin, Milan, Barcelona, and Tel Aviv.
Core Responsibilities
• Collaborating with global leadership to architect and execute strategic plans for critical situations management, driving continuous refinement and evolution
• Directing time-sensitive, high-severity production incidents to swift resolution, reinforcing customer trust through exceptional service delivery
• Leading post-incident root cause analyses and fostering ongoing improvements across the broader Technical Services unit to prevent recurrence
• Partnering closely with sales, professional services, customer success, and other field organizations to address barriers to product adoption and expansion
• Engaging with managers and engineering personnel to proactively avert escalations by efficiently aligning resources to critical activities
• Coordinating with product management and core engineering divisions to address deep-seated product issues, advocating for essential feature enhancements and expedited bug fixes
• Working cross-functionally to champion continuous enhancement, ensuring customers experience MongoDB as a unified, seamless collective during critical situations
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