At Facebook Reality Labs Research, we're developing the future of virtual and augmented reality. As Manager, Technical Program Management, you’ll collaborate closely with a world-class teams of research scientists and engineers to accomplish these ambitious goals. You'll be a critical member of the Graphics team working closely with a multi-disciplinary group of research teams. To be successful, you will be eliminating barriers to your team's success, clearly communicating their work to all stakeholders and ensuring the team operates at an optimal level. Ideal team members are adaptable and resilient, eager to attack unfamiliar problems with curiosity and tenacity, and able to use a light touch to find ways to help the team be more efficient.

Manager, Technical Program Manager Responsibilities

• Own program management strategy for a complex multidisciplinary graphics system comprised of multiple workstreams and leads

• Create frameworks for organizational health and operational excellence: in areas such as: team communication, organization, documentation

• Deliver programs on schedule while balancing research ambiguity and building-in flexibility

• Develop and manage Technical communication and documentation of programs in executive reviews

• Directly coach and manage team of Technical and Operational Program Managers

• Proactively identify technical, legal, procedural, logistical, and communication issues and drive creative solutions to fix them and manage risk

• Maintain full visibility of the project status and potential roadblocks

• Embrace changes in priority as Research finds new approaches to big problems

• Work with Finance, Recruiting and Legal to ensure teams needs are being met

Minimum Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, Science or equivalent experience

• 10+ years of experience leading programs in research or product

• A minimum of 5 years direct people management experience

• Experience creating efficient and intuitive program and communication structures in a highly matrixed environment

• Experience driving program management frameworks with the flexibility to adapt to a research environment

• Experience contributing to graphics teams in either a technical or program role

• Project management, budgeting and organizational experience

• Communication skills and the experience working across many disciplines

• Experience operating autonomously across multiple teams

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience tech transferring research programs to a product team

• Experience developing a Program Framework (PDP process, NTI process, etc.)

• Understanding of machine learning, cloud services, real time distributed rendering and/or Silicon development

• Experience driving complex programs for consumer electronics devices, including both Hardware and Software components

• Start-up experience as a leader or co-founder of the organization

• PMP, PgMP or other program management industry accreditation

• MBA