Risk Manager, Regulatory Response

The Meta People team strives to run a great business and ensure that we comply with our regulatory and compliance obligations. Meta is seeking a Risk Manager to develop and execute strategic programs that meet globally evolving employment regulation.Our organization is responsible for designing, implementing, monitoring, and maintaining Meta People Group's governance and compliance system. We develop frameworks and execute solutions that make certain that Meta's global offices meet their jurisdiction's employment compliance — all while maintaining Meta's core culture. We partner with teams across People Operations, People Engineering, and Employment & Privacy Legal to build an industry-leading People compliance program.The Risk Manager will join the People Risk & Compliance team, leading programs to scale our global compliance coverage. HR compliance solutions developed will take into account the full life cycle, from understanding how new regulation will impact our business to measuring quality and reporting evidence to regulators. The successful candidate will have proven risk management skills, systems thinking, and attention to detail, with experience driving initiatives independently and collaborating across teams.

Risk Manager, Regulatory Response Responsibilities:

• Manage regulatory information responses and reporting. Own end-to-end management of responses to regulatory inquiries, statutory information requests, and investigations
• Support the design, build and execution of industry-leading first line of defense/second line of defense compliance management
• Manage cross functional dependencies, risks, and changes effectively by optimizing scope, schedule, and resources
• Manage multiple concurrent workstreams with competing deadlines, including tracking deliverables, owners, and milestones to drive accountability
• Build and improve workflows, tools, and frameworks that enable the team to operate efficiently as regulatory demand grows
• Produce executive communications on response status, compliance posture, and emerging risks
• Develop and manage relationships with subject matter experts across Legal, Policy, Product teams
• Define program metrics and use complex data sets to report on compliance health and key risk indicators
• Identify, scope, and take ownership of emerging compliance problems as the team and company evolve, exercising independent judgment on approach and solution

Minimum Qualifications:

• 8 years of experience in program management, regulatory affairs, public policy, compliance, risk management, or related fields
• Demonstrated ability to manage complex, time-sensitive programs with multiple cross-functional stakeholders and hard deadlines
• Demonstrated analytical thinking, problem-solving experience, and attention to detail
• Demonstrated experience utilizing program metrics to report risks and drive business decisions

Preferred Qualifications:

• Demonstrated ongoing AI skill development (e.g., prompt/context engineering, agent orchestration) and staying current with emerging AI technologies
• Demonstrated ability to integrate AI tools to optimize/redesign workflows and drive measurable impact (e.g., efficiency gains, quality improvements)
• Experience adhering to and implementing responsible, ethical AI practices (e.g., risk assessment, bias mitigation, quality and accuracy reviews)
• Background in managing relationships with regulators or government stakeholders
• Experience producing polished, executive-ready written communications (e.g., status reports, compliance summaries, risk briefings) within defined deadlines
• Experience in the technology sector, particularly around data protection (e.g., GDPR, CCPA), AI governance, or HR

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.