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Senior Compensation Manager

MongoDB Atlanta; Austin; Baltimore; Boston; Chicago; Houston; Minneapolis; New York City; Philadelphia; Pittsburgh; Washington DC Full-time Total Rewards Posted Jul 13, 2026
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What it’s like to work at MongoDB

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Employee Rating
3.8
Work-Life Balance
381
Open Roles
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What employees love

  • World-class enablement — best training programs many employees have encountered
  • Competitive pay with strong equity, especially for senior roles

What could be better

  • No 401k match and culture has gotten more political at scale
  • Work-life balance is team-dependent — some teams have long hours expectations
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About the Role

The Compensation team serves as a strategic advisor to business leaders, managers, and employees across MDB. We are compensation experts with a deep understanding of our stakeholders, problem solvers who use data and insights to drive value, and partners who build the tools, models, and frameworks that support sound compensation decision-making across the company. This role sits within the Compensation function and will work closely with the Customer organization and cross-functional partners including Recruiting, Finance, Legal, HR Partners

The Difference You Will Make:

We are looking for a Senior Compensation Partner to serve as the dedicated compensation partner for the Product and Technology organization. This role will support Executive, VP and Director level leaders and their HRBP Partners as the primary day-to-day compensation resource. The ideal candidate will be a strong business partner and a builder of compensation programs, and tools, and must be comfortable operating with autonomy in a fast-moving environment.

A Typical Day:

  1. Serve as the dedicated compensation partner for the Product and Technology organization, supporting senior leaders, HR Directors, and People Partners across customer divisions
  2. Act as the primary point of contact for new hire offers, internal equity reviews, leveling decisions, and out-of-cycle requests
  3. Own compensation cycle execution for customer client groups end-to-end, including market benchmarking, budget modeling, manager enablement, and leadership rollups
  4. Lead competitive intelligence for roles by conducting market research on compensation trends, pay practices, and talent movement, particularly important in the new AI competitive landscape
  5. Develop benchmarking methodologies that supplement traditional survey data with recruiting signals, offer data, and other real-time market sources
  6. Partner with Recruiting and People partners to provide market insights and competitive positioning recommendations for hires at all levels
  7. Own or lead global projects to stretch learning such as shift allowance, job architecture, comp planning tool implementation
  8. Develop enablement materials that help managers understand compensation philosophy and make informed decisions

Your Expertise

Preferred Experience/Skills

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. MongoDB’s 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, we’re 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. It’s what makes us MongoDB.

To drive the personal growth and business impact of our employees, we’re committed to developing a supportive and enriching culture for everyone. 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 it’s 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, Inc. provides equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment and prohibits discrimination and harassment of any type and makes all hiring decisions without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex, national origin, disability status, genetics, protected veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state or local laws.

REQ ID: 2273491101

MongoDB’s base salary range for this role is posted below. Compensation at the time of offer is unique to each candidate and based on a variety of factors such as skill set, experience, qualifications, and work location. Salary is one part of MongoDB’s total compensation and benefits package. Other benefits for eligible employees may include: equity, participation in the employee stock purchase program, flexible paid time off, 20 weeks fully-paid gender-neutral parental leave, fertility and adoption assistance, 401(k) plan, mental health counseling, access to transgender-inclusive health insurance coverage, and health benefits offerings. Please note, the base salary range listed below and the benefits in this paragraph are only applicable to U.S.-based candidates.

MongoDB’s base salary range for this role in the U.S. is:
$98,000$193,000 USD

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Frequently Asked Questions

What is the work-life balance like at MongoDB?
MongoDB has a work-life balance score of 3.8/5 based on employee reviews. This is about average for the AI/tech industry.
What is MongoDB’s culture like?
MongoDB is characterized by these culture values: open-source, eng-driven, learning, equity, product-impact. Based on employee reviews, the company has an overall rating of 4/5. World-class enablement — best training programs many employees have encountered
How many open roles does MongoDB have?
MongoDB currently has 381 open roles across departments including engineering, product, sales, and more. Roles are refreshed daily from their careers page.
Is this role remote-friendly?
This role is located in Atlanta; Austin; Baltimore; Boston; Chicago; Houston; Minneapolis; New York City; Philadelphia; Pittsburgh; Washington DC. Check the job description above for specific location and remote work details.
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