Senior Manager, Workplace

MongoDB’s mission is to empower innovators to create, transform, and disrupt industries by unleashing the power of software and data. We enable organizations of all sizes to easily build, scale, and run modern applications by helping them modernize legacy workloads, embrace innovation, and unleash AI. Our industry-leading developer data platform, MongoDB Atlas, is the only globally distributed, multi-cloud database and is available in more than 115 regions across AWS, Google Cloud, and Microsoft Azure. Atlas allows customers to build anywhere—on the edge, on premises, or across cloud providers. With offices worldwide and over 175,000 developers joining MongoDB every month, it’s no wonder that leading organizations, like Samsung and Toyota, trust MongoDB to build next-generation, AI-powered applications.

Location:  Preferably Singapore, Australia and India will also be considered.

Work Model: In office  (flexible hours to suit region and requirement to travel from time to time)

About Us

Headquartered in New York, MongoDB's mission is to empower innovators to create, transform, and disrupt industries by unleashing the power of software and data. Built by developers, for developers, MongoDB's developer data platform is a database with an integrated set of related services that allow development teams to address the growing requirements for today's wide variety of modern applications, all in a unified and consistent user experience. MongoDB has tens of thousands of customers in over 100 countries. The MongoDB database platform has been downloaded hundreds of millions of times since 2007, and there have been millions of builders trained through MongoDB University courses. To learn more, visit mongodb.com.
To learn a little more about our business in APAC, see here.

Summary

MongoDB is hiring a Senior Workplace Manager for Asia Pacific and India to be part of the regional Employee Experience team. Working closely with regional leaders, site leadership teams, real estate, procurement and the employee experience team, this role will be responsible for ensuring the offices and workspaces suit business requirements while enabling our hybrid working model. 

Additionally, the Senior Manager Workplace will partner with HR and workplace teams in the Americas and EMEA to align on workplace frameworks, programs, policy and practices while also overseeing calendared regional site initiatives to drive site collaboration and engagement. With excellent communication skills and orientation towards proactive collaboration, this role will  drive change, embedding new initiatives, and fostering an engaging employee experience. This exciting new role plays a pivotal part in shaping our workplace strategy and creating a thriving atmosphere for our employees.

The Employee Experience Team at MongoDB is the face of HR to the approximately 5,000 employees globally. The team is responsible for providing full employee life cycle service delivery from onboarding to separation management in partnership with the rest of the People Team including the following CoEs: Recruiting, Total Rewards, Culture & Engagement, Employee Engagement & Inclusion, HR Business Partnering and HR Operations. The team is also responsible for our Workplace sustainability and community/events efforts, Employee Relations, policy and process enhancements including regional compliance as well as developing programs to enhance manager capability across the company. 

Key Responsibilities

• Oversee and manage office sustainability in line with our company initiatives
• Formalize and execute an annual events roadmap that incorporates strategic planning with our executive support team and strategic events team
• Support the execution of community events such as town halls, QBRs, offsites, corporate & social responsibility and provide guidance to local teams on how to run those events successfully creating global end to end solutions 
• Work with real estate and procurement in regard to regional and site vendor relationships
• Manage any escalations with local vendors; own relationships with key operational vendors in the local market. 
• Partner with the real estate team in regard to current and future site design, fitout, moves and changes
• Implement in-house events to enhance the employee experience and work with Culture & Engagement on learning opportunities 
• Delegate / Roll out initiatives with the Global Workplace Team
• Bridge the gap between HR/Employee Experience & Workplace for relatable employee experiences via the delivery of key events
• Support the Site Leadership Committee and own the events calendar for your site(s) related to community projects and initiatives
• Create and implement systems and processes to streamline events. Ensure the effective documentation and marketing of community events and sustainability
• Review and approve invoices inline with budget, manage expectations, office service requests and office operating costs in line with budget
• Champion strategies to ensure that the organization’s culture, systems, and processes support an environment that is inclusive for all and where employees feel able to contribute their fullest. Leverage diversity and inclusion as a tool to design and implement employee events and services

Requirements

• 7-10 years office management, facilities, vendor management and community/events creation and support experience required
• Experience in leading and guiding teams of individuals
• Strong organisational and analytical skills
• Flexible approach with superb interpersonal skills, both in verbal and written communications with an ability to effectively present information and communicate changes
• Space management and programming experience
• Highly organized with an attention to details and ability to multitask
• A high degree of independent judgment and discretion in order to identify, diagnose, and solve problems while taking a team approach to daily office operations
• Proficient with Google Suite, MS office applications, Slack and Mac

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!

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MongoDB is an equal opportunities employer.