Principal Business Development Manager, Frontier AI Labs

MongoDB

Hybrid

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Work type
Hybrid
Location
San Francisco, CA
Salary
$162,400–$203,000 / yr
Posted
4 days ago

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Below market

How this pay compares to similar roles

Similar $216k
This role $183k
$150k most similar roles pay here $274k

This role pays less than 79% of similar roles. Most pay $186,375–$246,150 — the shaded band above. At the midpoint, this role pays about $183k versus about $216k for comparable roles.

Based on 238 similar postings.

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About MongoDB

MongoDB is a leading American software company that develops and provides commercial support for a popular, source-available document database. Designed to handle unstructured and structured data natively, its platform is purpose-built for modern cloud applications, analytics, and AI experiences.

MongoDB currently has 198 open roles on FindRole.

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TL;DR · Principal Business Development Manager, Frontier AI Labs

As a senior individual contributor in MongoDB's frontier AI labs team, you will own the end-to-end relationship with key model lab partners by building and maintaining executive relationships, driving product integrations to enhance developer experience, and executing go-to-market initiatives that create measurable outcomes. You must have over 12 years of experience in partnerships or business development at a tech company, with deep technical knowledge of AI application architecture and the ability to navigate complex organizations to drive internal alignment across Product, Engineering, Sales, and Marketing. This role requires sharp strategic instincts, credibility, and tenacity to succeed, ensuring MongoDB wins by shaping where AI applications are built and what infrastructure they run on.

What you'll do

  • Own executive-level relationships with MongoDB’s frontier AI lab partners.
  • Identify and drive integrations that improve developer experience using both platforms.
  • Develop and execute joint go-to-market initiatives with partner ecosystems.
  • Track and report on the business impact of each partnership relationship.
  • Ensure internal alignment across Product, Engineering, Sales, and Marketing teams.
  • Surface external partner intelligence to inform MongoDB’s roadmap and strategy.

What we're looking for

  • At least 12 years of experience in partnerships, business development, or product strategy at a technology company.
  • Proven ability to manage high-stakes executive-level relationships and drive complex initiatives through large organizations.
  • Deep understanding of AI application architecture for substantive product conversations with engineers and product leaders.
  • Strong strategic thinking skills to anticipate partner platform directions and build compelling cases for collaboration.
  • Excellent communication and executive presence, comfortable at senior leadership levels both internally and externally.
  • Ability to coordinate across multiple departments (Sales, Product, Marketing, Engineering) to maximize partnership outcomes.

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