Senior Manager, HR Compliance - Americas

MongoDB is hiring a Senior Manager, HR Compliance to join our Americas Employee Experience team. This role reports to the Senior Director of Americas Employee Experience and is responsible for evolving, refining, and operationalizing a comprehensive compliance framework and strategy across the region.

The role includes direct management of one team member responsible for immigration and global mobility within the Americas region, ensuring these programs are effectively aligned with compliance requirements and broader people strategies.

As a key member of the Americas Employee Experience leadership team, this individual will help drive a culture of compliance and operational excellence, while also supporting team-wide planning, key initiatives, and quarterly business reviews (QBRs).

This role partners closely with regional Employee Experience leaders (Americas, EMEA, APAC) and maintains strong alignment with the Global Risk & Compliance function to ensure consistency in processes, policies, controls, and audit readiness.

We are looking to speak to candidates who are based in the United States for our hybrid working model.

Key Responsibilities

• Lead the continued development, refinement, and execution of a scalable HR compliance framework across the Americas (policy, training, audits, and programs), including a roadmap for future capabilities
• Build and embed a culture of compliance and best practices across the People Team and broader organization
• Develop and implement programs to ensure adherence to applicable laws, regulations, and internal policies; ensure in-region compliance of HR policies, processes, and programs
• Own and oversee immigration and global mobility programs for the Americas through direct management of a dedicated team member, ensuring regulatory compliance, effective vendor partnership, and alignment with business and talent needs
• Partner with Employee Relations and HR leadership to support compliant handling of employee matters, providing guidance, frameworks, and risk-based input (without direct ownership of ER processes)
• Partner closely with the Global Risk & Compliance function to align on controls, processes, policies, and audit activities; support internal and external audits as required
• Lead regular compliance audits and risk assessments, including policy creation, documentation, manager training, and systems/process approvals to identify risks and drive corrective actions
• Collaborate with HR leadership to create, implement, and maintain HR policies and procedures, ensuring consistency and effective escalation frameworks
• Partner closely with Legal to stay current on regulatory changes and translate requirements into actionable guidance
• Collaborate cross-functionally to integrate compliance considerations into business processes and decision-making
• Design and deliver compliance training programs to educate HR staff, managers, and employees on obligations and best practices
• Establish and maintain effective channels for reporting compliance concerns and support investigations as needed
• Prepare and present regular compliance reports to senior management highlighting key metrics, trends, and risks
• Build relationships with regulatory agencies, industry associations, and external stakeholders as needed
• In partnership with other regional HR Compliance Leads, drive key operational rhythms, including project management of or collaborations on global initiatives and coordination of quarterly business reviews (QBRs)

Qualifications

Basic Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent experience
• 10+ years of experience in HR compliance, employment law, or related field
• 5+ years of experience applying U.S. employment law across multiple states
• 3+ years of experience building and implementing HR compliance programs (policies, audits, training)
• 2+ years of people management experience
• Experience partnering with Legal, Employee Relations, and/or Risk/Compliance functions
• Experience supporting audits, including controls, documentation, and remediation
• Experience delivering compliance training to HR and/or managers
• Experience operating in ambiguous, fast-paced, or high-growth environments
• Experience working in multi-state or complex organizational environments

Preferred Qualifications

• Master’s degree or JD
• Experience supporting multi-country HR compliance programs (Americas or global)
• Experience overseeing or partnering on immigration and global mobility programs
• Experience working in a public company or SOX-regulated environment
• Experience in the technology industry or other high-growth environments
• Professional certification such as PHR, SPHR, SHRM-CP, SHRM-SCP, or equivalent

About the Team

The Employee Experience Team at MongoDB is the face of HR to our global employee population. The team is responsible for delivering full employee lifecycle support—from onboarding through separation—in partnership with the broader People Team, including Recruiting, Total Rewards, Learning & Development, Employee Engagement & Inclusion, HR Business Partnering, and HR Operations.

The team also leads employee relations, workplace initiatives, policy and process enhancements, regional compliance, and programs designed to strengthen manager capability and overall employee experience.

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: 1273417818