Data Architecture Program Manager - Global Operations

Meta; New York (NY); On-site; USD 123,000 - 179,000; Full time

Job summary

Meta in New York seeks a Data Architecture Program Manager to establish and scale governance and architecture for Global Operations. You will translate complex requirements into shared data models, classification frameworks, and cross-system designs, partnering with data science, engineering, and operations to power scale.

You will lead schema governance, set standards, and mentor others while focusing on cost attribution, canonical structures, and future data needs across GO.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree or equivalent practical experience.
• 7+ years of program management in data-intensive environments.
• Ability to translate complex data concepts for non-technical audiences.
• Experience designing data models, taxonomies, or classifications across teams.
• Proven cross-functional consensus on shared standards and definitions.
• Experience leading schema governance and deprecation planning.
• Strong analytical thinking and structured problem solving.
• Experience working with global, multicultural teams.

Responsibilities

• Define and govern shared operational data models and classification frameworks across teams.
• Establish scalable architectural standards beyond a single team or program.
• Translate business needs into data architecture designs for storage and integration.
• Map data flows between systems to standardize and optimize information usage.
• Drive cross-functional alignment on definitions and integration standards.
• Manage schema evolution, deprecation, and communications with dependent teams.
• Collaborate with data science and engineering to deliver data products and pipelines.
• Design cost attribution and resource modeling spanning GO.
• Forecast future data requirements and pre-build canonical structures.
• Set long-term data architecture strategy and roadmaps for GO.
• Enable internal tooling by defining data requirements and governance.

Skills

7+ years program management

Data modeling

Data architectures

Cross-functional collaboration

Executive communication

Schema governance

Analytical thinking

Global cross-team experience

Education

Bachelor's degree in a related field

Tools

SQL

Job description

Meta in New York seeks a Data Architecture Program Manager to establish and scale governance and architecture for Global Operations. You will translate complex requirements into shared data models, classification frameworks, and cross-system designs, partnering with data science, engineering, and operations to power scale.

You will lead schema governance, set standards, and mentor others while focusing on cost attribution, canonical structures, and future data needs across GO.