Applied AI Eng Program Manager - Incubator Portfolio

Meta; New York (NY); On-site; USD 145,000 - 205,000; Full time

Job summary

Meta's Applied AI Engineering (AAI Eng) program manager role sits in the Strategy and Operations group, accountable for running the AAI Labs program lifecycle across hundreds of projects and aligning with leadership to grow and scale the business.

You will define acceptance criteria, run reviews, build portfolio dashboards, and drive milestone decisions with cross-functional teams to deliver measurable impact.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree or foreign equivalent.
• 8+ years of program management experience leading complex, multi-team programs.
• Experience working with software engineers and engineering leaders, with enough technical fluency to assess project progress.
• Ability to drive clear decisions, including difficult cut or deprioritize calls, in ambiguous environments.
• Quantitative, analytical, and conceptual problem-solving skills with business acumen.
• AI-first mindset.

Responsibilities

• Own the proposal process end to end: define acceptance criteria, run the review process, and keep a high-volume pipeline moving with clear, timely decisions.
• Build and run the portfolio tracking system for hundreds of concurrent projects, including milestones, health signals and data-generation targets.
• Design and run regular project evaluations, and drive milestone, pivot, cut and graduation decisions with the AAI Labs leadership team.
• Make decisions consistent across reviewers by creating rubrics, calibration and documented standards.
• Plan and run intake batches: onboarding, launch backlog and cadence.
• Report on portfolio health and outcomes to senior leadership, and turn insights into program improvements.
• Identify bottlenecks in the AAI Labs operating model and fix them through process, tooling and automation.

Education

Bachelor’s degree or foreign equivalent

Job description

Meta's Applied AI Engineering (AAI Eng) program manager role sits in the Strategy and Operations group, accountable for running the AAI Labs program lifecycle across hundreds of projects and aligning with leadership to grow and scale the business.

You will define acceptance criteria, run reviews, build portfolio dashboards, and drive milestone decisions with cross-functional teams to deliver measurable impact.