Design Program Manager

The Creative Audio Organization is a centralized team that touches nearly every product Meta produces, making our team integral to the company. We collaborate with product, creative, and engineering teams across Meta to design audio experiences across a wide range of software and hardware products, including but not limited to your phone, glasses, Virtual Reality (VR) headsets and a mix of Augmented Reality/Mixed Reality (AR/MR) experiences across these devices. We're a team of audio experts who design the experiences that connect people through the power of sound. The Creative Audio team is seeking a highly skilled Design Program Manager to join our Metaverse department. As a Design Program Manager at Meta, you will play a vital role in connecting teams and solving problems, enabling product teams to focus on designing, building, and shipping products by supporting various aspects of their work. You will improve team communication and collaboration, remove roadblocks, and utilize your organizational skills and experience to drive positive impact. In this role, you will help keep our teams on track, execute design initiatives aimed at growing team health, subject-matter knowledge, and team impact, and have the opportunity to work with cross-functional teams to establish effective ways of working together.

Design Program Manager Responsibilities:

• Identify and drive large, organization-level product initiatives forward that have multiple stakeholders, competing deadlines, multiple dependencies and many moving parts
• Prioritize, assess tradeoffs, propose clear solutions and communicate strategically
• Identify, define and manage multi-team strategic initiatives that drive efficiency and impact, often contributing best practices to the discipline
• Own and facilitate meetings to drive progress against goals and objectives and establish clear next steps and owners, while resolving blocks that impede progress
• Proactively assess risk, raise flags and resolve issues before they become problems for larger teams
• Sought out as the operations subject-matter expert to the product team and trusted leader across the company, mentoring and sharing in-depth knowledge with team members
• Communicate persuasively to the right audience to get buy-in and feedback
• Proactively problem solve and distribute information effectively
• Define and measure impact of programs and initiatives both qualitatively and quantitatively, continually refining and iterating to ensure usage and adoption
• Scale programs and initiatives when necessary and delegate effectively with clear expectations
• Source and manage operational budgets, vendor relationships and contracts
  
  

Minimum Qualifications:

• 5 years of experience in program or project management
• Experience handling complexity and navigating ambiguity with teams on large scale 0 to 1 projects from concept to execution
• Experience working directly with sound designers, technical sound designers, and prototypers
• Experience consistently working under your own initiative, seeking feedback and input where appropriate
• Experience managing time-critical projects through to completion while balancing evolving priorities and a broad range of stakeholders
• Experience managing vendors and contractors
• Experience using data to identify problems and communicate solutions
  
  

Preferred Qualifications:

• Familiarity with governance frameworks that ensure process efficiency, effectiveness, and alignment with hardware and software product development and user experience objectives
• Experience with Augmented Reality/Mixed Reality (AR/MR) technology or game development
• Interest in AI or generative AI systems
• Familiarity with audio production and audio production software
• Understanding of Digital Signal Processing (DSP), audio synthesis, and digital audio concepts and formats
• Experience organizing and visualizing data using Structured Query Language (SQL) and Tableau
  
  

About Meta:

Meta builds technologies that help people connect, find communities, and grow businesses. When Facebook launched in 2004, it changed the way people connect. Apps like Messenger, Instagram and WhatsApp further empowered billions around the world. Now, Meta is moving beyond 2D screens toward immersive experiences like augmented and virtual reality to help build the next evolution in social technology. People who choose to build their careers by building with us at Meta help shape a future that will take us beyond what digital connection makes possible today—beyond the constraints of screens, the limits of distance, and even the rules of physics.

Meta is proud to be an Equal Employment Opportunity and Affirmative Action employer. We do not discriminate based upon race, religion, color, national origin, sex (including pregnancy, childbirth, or related medical conditions), sexual orientation, gender, gender identity, gender expression, transgender status, sexual stereotypes, age, status as a protected veteran, status as an individual with a disability, or other applicable legally protected characteristics. We also consider qualified applicants with criminal histories, consistent with applicable federal, state and local law. Meta participates in the E-Verify program in certain locations, as required by law. Please note that Meta may leverage artificial intelligence and machine learning technologies in connection with applications for employment.

Meta is committed to providing reasonable accommodations for candidates with disabilities in our recruiting process. If you need any assistance or accommodations due to a disability, please let us know at accommodations-ext@fb.com.

$129,000/year to $185,000/year bonus equity benefits

Individual compensation is determined by skills, qualifications, experience, and location. Compensation details listed in this posting reflect the base hourly rate, monthly rate, or annual salary only, and do not include bonus, equity or sales incentives, if applicable. In addition to base compensation, Meta offers benefits. Learn more about benefits at Meta.