Technical Program Manager, RL Cloud Technologies

Meta - Redmond, WA

Full-time

Redmond, WA

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About the position

Are you looking to shape the future of computing? Reality Labs (RL) is bringing together cutting-edge research and engineering to deliver products and experiences for the future of immersive computing and connecting humans with entertainment, information, and each other. Reality Labs is building software for all realities - augmented or virtual - for billions of users across the globe. Our team is expanding, and we're looking for an experienced Technical Program Manager (TPM) who will play a key role in defining and driving highly complex, cross-functional feature sets. We are looking for a TPM with a proven track record of developing and shipping new technology, especially those focused around MR/VR and cloud computing. In this role, you will partner with Engineering, Product, and XFNs to execute on our strategy on Cloud technologies, enabling next-generation capabilities for MR and AR. As a Technical Program Manager, you will bootstrap programs in ambiguous areas, requiring you to manage multiple cross-team interdependencies. You will need to understand technology requirements, roadmap, dependencies, and evolution, and develop a plan for mitigating risks and delivering features that meet the requirements across multiple products. Demonstrating end-to-end ownership and thought leadership across multiple teams, you will influence program direction and plans. Establishing expertise in the technology area, you will be the go-to escalation point for execution, a leader for driving visibility across the program, and an orchestrator for managing the integration across your program area. You will drive technical excellence within the team, coordinating and contributing to engineering deliverables including architectural diagrams, specifications, launch criteria, and test plans. Working cross-functionally, you will develop best practices and development processes in a quickly-changing and dynamic environment, driving impact through the deployment of key initiatives and garnering adoption of those processes.

Responsibilities

• Bootstrap programs in ambiguous areas, managing multiple cross-team interdependencies.
• Understand technology requirements, roadmap, dependencies, and evolution, and develop a plan for mitigating risks and delivering features across multiple products.
• Demonstrate end-to-end ownership and thought leadership across multiple teams and influence program direction and plans.
• Establish expertise in the technology area, being the go-to escalation point for execution and managing integration across your program area.
• Drive technical excellence within the team, coordinating and contributing to engineering deliverables including architectural diagrams, specifications, launch criteria, and test plans.
• Work cross-functionally to develop best practices and development processes in a quickly-changing and dynamic environment.

Requirements

• B.S. in Computer Science or a related technical discipline, or equivalent experience.
• 7+ years of technical program management, software engineering, or systems engineering experience.
• Experience building Machine Learning technologies and shipping them into products.
• Demonstrated experience leading execution across highly ambiguous, complex products and programs, with experience making technical and product tradeoffs balancing business needs and technical constraints.
• Knowledge of user needs, gathering requirements, and defining scope.
• Experience operating autonomously across multiple teams, demonstrating critical thinking and thought leadership.
• Experience in leading complex execution across multiple teams in different time zones, anticipating roadblocks and creating a path forward.
• Analytical and problem-solving experience with large-scale systems.
• Effective communicator who can translate high-level goals into tangible action plans, and vice-versa, and expertise in communicating with technical and non-technical stakeholders.

Nice-to-haves

• Experience delivering Cloud services particularly as they relate to consumer devices and experiences.
• Experience delivering software features and/or services related to Virtual Reality, Mixed Reality and/or Augmented Reality.