Design Program Manager: Strategy & Cross‑Team Leadership

Meta; Phoenix (AZ); On-site; USD 162,000 - 222,000; Full time

Job summary

Meta is seeking an experienced Design Program Manager in the Risk organization to connect design leads with product teams, ensuring responsible, compliant products. You will remove roadblocks, enhance communication, and drive major, multi-stakeholder initiatives through concept to delivery.

You will mentor teams, manage budgets and vendor relationships, and measure program impact both qualitatively and quantitatively, ensuring adoption and scalable outcomes across programs like Accessibility.

Qualifications

• Minimum of 7 years of experience in program or project management.
• Experience managing cross-functional projects with shifting requirements, from initial concept and roadmapping through execution and delivery.
• Experience working directly with product designers and content designers.
• Experience independently managing project timelines, setting priorities, and escalating blockers across multiple workstreams.
• Experience using data to identify problems and communicate solutions.

Responsibilities

• Identify and drive large, organization-level product initiatives forward that have multiple stakeholders, competing deadlines, multiple dependencies and many moving parts
• Prioritize, assess tradeoffs, propose clear solutions and communicate strategically
• Own and facilitate meetings to drive progress against goals and objectives and establish clear next steps and owners, while resolving blocks that impede progress
• Proactively assess execution risks, raise flags and resolve issues - before they become problems for larger teams
• Be the operations subject matter expert to the product team, mentor, and share expertise with team members
• Communicate persuasively to the right audience to get buy-in and feedback
• Proactively problem solve and distribute information effectively
• Define and measure impact of programs and initiatives both qualitatively and quantitatively, continually refining and iterating to ensure usage and adoption
• Scale programs and initiatives when necessary and delegate effectively with clear expectations
• Source and manage operational budgets, vendor relationships and contracts for programs like Accessibility

Job description

Meta is seeking an experienced Design Program Manager in the Risk organization to connect design leads with product teams, ensuring responsible, compliant products. You will remove roadblocks, enhance communication, and drive major, multi-stakeholder initiatives through concept to delivery.

You will mentor teams, manage budgets and vendor relationships, and measure program impact both qualitatively and quantitatively, ensuring adoption and scalable outcomes across programs like Accessibility.