Senior Product Manager / Head of Product Management

We're building a new product team in India to help shape how customers build, deploy, and operate AI applications on MongoDB. You'll report to a Director of Product Management based in Europe, working async-first with partners across India, EMEA, and North America. We are looking to speak to candidates based in Gurugram for our hybrid working model. Defining product strategy and roadmap for your area, aligned with MongoDB's broader AI strategy and business goals Talking to customers from AI-native startups to large enterprises to understand how they build and deploy AI applications, where they struggle, and what MongoDB should do about it Writing clear product narratives, memos, and specs that align stakeholders, clarify trade-offs, to guide conversations with engineering, design, product marketing, etc Partnering with cross-functional stakeholdersincluding Engineering, Design, Product Marketing, Partners, Sales, and Developer Relationsto scope, prioritize, and ship, balancing experimentation with reliability and scale, and driving positioning, launches, and enablement Documentation and written communication are how decisions travel across time zones When we need to discuss something live, we hop on a call to unbundle issues together The team gets together periodically for planning, relationship-building, and the kind of work that's better done face to face 5+ years in product management (or equivalent) building platforms, infrastructure, or developer-facing products ideally in cloud, data, or AI Customer obsession: you're comfortable running discovery calls, digging into workflows, and turning messy feedback into clear product decisionsStrong written and live communication: clear docs, productive meetings, confident stakeholder presentations. Technical depth sufficient to collaborate with senior engineers on distributed systems, cloud services, and AI/ML tooling, and to ask good questions when something is unclearCuriosity about AI: you follow how companies are building AI applications agents, orchestration frameworks, RAG, fine-tuning, or other emerging patternsComfort with ambiguity: you help define the problem, the success metrics, and the path forward. Bonus points Experience building developer tools, AI platforms, or MLOps/LLMOps products. Engineering background or deep experience partnering with engineering on technical products. Experience with enterprise customers on mission-critical workloads. Claude, Gemini, Figma Make) to move faster and amplify impact. Ramp up on MongoDB products, AI application patterns, and how our teams work Shadow customer calls and internal forums to learn current strategy, open questions, and key stakeholders Lead customer- and data-informed iterations on what youve shipped, adjusting the roadmap based on what youre learning Contribute to the broader AI application platform strategy with perspectives from your domain, customers, and the field MongoDB is one of the most widely adopted database platforms in the world, used by tens of thousands of customers including much of the Fortune 100 and a fast-growing set of AI-native startups. Our cloud platform, Atlas, runs across AWS, Google Cloud, and Azure. This role puts you at the center of how MongoDB powers AI applications at scale. 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 data platform for the AI era, enabling builders to create, transform, and disrupt industries with software. MongoDBs unified data platform, the most widely available, globally distributed data platform 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 data platform and is available across AWS, Google Cloud, and Microsoft Azure. With offices worldwide and over 67,000 customers, including 75% of the Fortune 100 and AI-native startups, relying on MongoDB for their most important applications, were 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. Its what makes us MongoDB. From employee affinity groups, to fertility assistance and a generous parental leave policy , we value our employees wellbeing and want to support them along every step of their professional and personal journeys. Learn more about what its like to work at MongoDB , and help us make an impact on the world! 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 is an equal opportunities employer. We're building a new product team in India to help shape how customers build, deploy, and operate AI applications on MongoDB. You'll report to a Director of