Senior Partner Programs Lead

MongoDB MongoDB · Enterprise · New York, NY · Partner Programs

This role focuses on building and scaling a new ISV partner program for MongoDB, specifically targeting horizontal AI-native ISVs and vertical ISVs building AI applications. The Senior Partner Programs Lead will identify, recruit, and activate partners, develop go-to-market strategies, and collaborate cross-functionally to drive adoption and co-sell execution. The role requires business development, commercial acumen, and technical fluency in the context of data platforms and AI applications.

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. 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
  3. Contribute to the design and evolution of MongoDB's ISV partner program, including tiering frameworks, onboarding processes, and success metrics. This is a new motion for the company and you will have meaningful influence over how it takes shape
  4. 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
  5. Maintain a deep understanding of the vertical SaaS and AI application landscape, including how ISVs build, distribute, and scale in the markets MongoDB serves

Skills

Required

  • 6+ 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
  • comfortable operating with ambiguity
  • structure a partnership deal
  • evaluate partner ROI
  • make a compelling internal case for which partners to prioritize and why
  • enough technical aptitude to understand how ISVs build on data platforms
  • 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

Nice to have

  • AI-native ISVs
  • vertical SaaS
  • AI application landscape

What the JD emphasized

  • founding part of that effort
  • greenfield opportunity
  • shape the program from the ground up
  • build a repeatable playbook that scales
  • new motion for the company
  • meaningful influence over how it takes shape