Manager, Candidate Experience

MongoDB MongoDB · Enterprise · Austin, TX · Early Talent Recruiting

This role manages the global Candidate Experience function at MongoDB, focusing on operational excellence, process standardization, and team development. The individual will own the end-to-end candidate journey, build reporting dashboards, and drive adoption of new tools and automation, including AI, to increase efficiency.

What you'd actually do

  1. Develop and lead a globally distributed team of Candidate Experience Leads & Coordinators (CECs) across multiple regions including US, EMEA, and APAC
  2. Foster a cohesive team culture across time zones, building engagement and alignment around shared goals and values
  3. Set the vision and strategy for candidate experience globally, ensuring a consistent, high-quality, and equitable experience across all regions and hiring stages
  4. Own and evolve the candidate journey from interview scheduling through offer acceptance, identifying friction points and implementing scalable solutions
  5. Build and maintain reporting dashboards to track key metrics such as scheduling SLAs, candidate satisfaction (NPS), and coordinator productivity

Skills

Required

  • 7+ years of experience in recruiting coordination, recruiting operations, or talent acquisition
  • at least 3 years in a people management role
  • Demonstrated experience managing distributed or global teams across multiple time zones and regions
  • Deep understanding of the candidate lifecycle and best practices for high-volume, high-quality interview experience
  • Strong operational mindset with a track record of building scalable processes and driving measurable improvements
  • Experience with ATS platforms (Greenhouse preferred) and scheduling tools
  • comfort with data and reporting
  • Excellent communication, influencing, and stakeholder management skills
  • experience working with senior recruiting and business leaders
  • Ability to thrive in a fast-paced, ambiguous environment and manage multiple competing priorities across regions

What the JD emphasized

  • AI