Principal Partner Programs Lead

MongoDB MongoDB · Enterprise · London, United Kingdom · Partner Programs

This role is focused on building and scaling a new ISV partner program at MongoDB. The Principal Partner Programs Lead will identify, recruit, and activate ISV partners, develop go-to-market plans, and collaborate cross-functionally to drive adoption and revenue. The role requires business development, commercial acumen, and the ability to work in a fast-moving, greenfield environment.

What you'd actually do

  1. Identify, recruit, and activate high-potential ISV partners across both vertical (industry-specific) and horizontal (AI-native) categories, prioritizing partners with strong product-market fit and distribution potential
  2. Source and structure partnership agreements, define joint value propositions, and establish the commercial and technical foundations for long-term partnership success.
  3. Develop and execute partner GTM plans that activate MongoDB's sales field around ISV partner solutions, including co-sell plays, joint account targeting, and field enablement materials
  4. Contribute to the design and evolution of MongoDB's ISV partner program, including tiering frameworks, onboarding processes, and success metrics.
  5. Partner closely with MongoDB's Sales, Pre-Sales, Product, Marketing, and Legal teams to align on partner strategy, drive joint initiatives, and deliver measurable outcomes

Skills

Required

  • 8+ years in business development, partnerships, or ISV program management
  • demonstrated experience managing complex partnership initiatives from sourcing through GTM execution
  • understand how enterprise software is bought and sold
  • translate a technical integration into a field co-sell motion that generates pipeline
  • energized by greenfield opportunities
  • comfortable operating with ambiguity
  • structure a partnership deal
  • evaluate partner ROI
  • make a compelling internal case for which partners to prioritize
  • understand how ISVs build on data platforms
  • understand what makes an integration compelling to developers and enterprise buyers
  • communicate clearly and credibly with audiences ranging from ISV founders and field sellers to internal executives
  • write well
  • run tight meetings
  • build trust quickly with external partners and internal stakeholders
  • maintain strong relationships over time

What the JD emphasized

  • greenfield opportunity
  • build a repeatable playbook
  • shape the program from the ground up
  • define how MongoDB goes to market with ISV partners
  • validate initial product-market fit
  • activate MongoDB's sales field around ISV partner solutions
  • drive adoption and distribution of validated integrations through field sales channels
  • design and evolution of MongoDB's ISV partner program
  • new motion for the company
  • meaningful influence over how it takes shape
  • partner perspective internally
  • advocating for partner needs