Director, Technical Program Management, Developer Infrastructure

Meta; Menlo Park (CA); On-site; USD 300,000 - 520,000; Full time

Job summary

Meta's DevInfra organization is seeking a Director of Technical Program Management to lead a team of TPMs across pillars, owning high-risk, cross-cutting programs and setting the operating strategy for TPM investments. The role requires strong leadership, deep technical and program experience, and a track record of delivering complex, scalable infrastructure initiatives.

You will partner with engineering, product leadership, and cross-functional partners to plan, govern, and execute programs

Qualifications

• 15+ years of software engineering, systems engineering, or technical product/program management experience.
• Proven ability to build, grow, and mentor TPM or engineering teams.
• Track record of scaling infrastructure or platforms in transformative environments.
• Experience leading large-scale, company-wide initiatives requiring broad collaboration.
• Ability to communicate the reasoning behind program architectures and systems.

Responsibilities

• Build and lead a high-performing team of technical program managers supporting DevInfra pillars, partnering with engineering, product, and cross-functional leaders.
• Set organization-wide TPM strategy and identify high-leverage initiatives.
• Structure the TPM organization for scalable execution and talent growth.
• Own end-to-end delivery of cross-pillar programs from ambiguity to measurable outcomes.
• Partner with engineering and product leadership on planning, risks, dependencies, and resources, and drive cadence across the org.
• Mentor and grow the TPM team with performance management.
• Deliver measurable results and improve platforms and processes.
• Design and execute framework for goal setting, decision making, and business impact.
• Lead technical discussions, articulate vision and milestones to stakeholders up to VP level.
• Represent DevInfra to internal customers and drive cross-functional alignment across the company.
• Lead with urgency, translate vision into results, and advance the larger mission.

Skills

Leadership

Technical Program Management

Cross-functional collaboration

AI/ML infra

Strategic planning

Executive communication

Mentoring/People management

Roadmap governance

Scaling platforms

Developer tooling

Education

B.S. in Computer Science

Equivalent experience

Job description

About

Meta's Developer Infrastructure (DevInfra) organization has a single mission: make Meta's engineers - and increasingly, Meta's AI builders - the most productive in the industry. Every engineer at the company depends on what DevInfra builds, and the shift to AI-native development has put our tools, platforms, and systems at the center of how Meta ships software. The nature of the work is changing fast, with work needed across the entire software/product development lifecycle.We are looking for a Director of Technical Program Management to lead the TPM function for DevInfra. This is a leadership role with both breadth and depth: you will build and lead a team of technical program managers embedded across DevInfra's pillars, and you will personally own the highest-risk, highest-ambiguity programs that cut across all of them. You will set the organization-wide operational strategy - deciding where TPM investment creates the most leverage, building the lightweight constructs that accelerate team momentum without adding overhead, and holding the organization accountable to outcomes rather than activity.The right candidate is a team leader with experience motivating and developing high-performing teams with deep technical and program expertise, who can gain the support of stakeholders across many dimensions and bring the whole team along. You do not need to have the correct answer to everything; you do need to be able to quickly drive a conversation toward a productive, programmatic solution by pulling in the right people, concepts, and decision‑making frameworks. You should be a problem solver with experience driving large-scale organizational and technical transformation.

Responsibilities

• Build and lead a high-performing team of technical program managers supporting DevInfra's pillars, forging tight partnerships with engineering, product, and cross‑functional leaders across the organization
• Set organization-wide TPM strategy: identify the riskiest "can't fail" business and technical initiatives, and deploy TPM where it creates the most leverage
• Structure the TPM organization and optimize it for execution - attracting top-tier talent, closing gaps quickly to accommodate change, and building for scale
• Own end-to-end delivery of the cross-pillar programs that no single team can land alone, from ambiguous problem statement through measurable outcome
• Partner with engineering and product leadership on planning: shaping priorities, validating plans against risks, dependencies, and resource constraints, and driving the planning and review cadence for the organization
• Manage, mentor, and grow the existing TPM team, including performance‑managing those who need more support
• Deliver measurable results - quantifying the effectiveness of the platforms and processes we own, and identifying how to take them to the next level
• Design and execute the process and strategy frameworks that facilitate goal setting, decision making, and business impact across a matrixed organization
• Lead technical discussions and serve as a thought leader in program, product, and design reviews; articulate the organization's technical vision, requirements, goals, and milestones to stakeholders up to and including VP‑level leadership
• Partner across technical functions company-wide to keep organizations in sync, and represent DevInfra to its internal customers
• Lead from the front - prioritize, translate vision into results, and drive the bigger mission forward
• Continue to improve a thriving engineering culture with customer focus, world‑class quality, decisive and fast‑moving solutions, quick and constructive conflict resolution, and a "no barriers" mentality
• Serve as an evangelist for the team and its culture, both internally and externally

Minimum Qualifications

• B.S. in Computer Science or a related technical discipline, or equivalent experience
• 15+ years of software engineering, systems engineering, or technical product/program management experience
• Demonstrated experience building, growing, and mentoring technical program management or engineering teams
• Proven track record of scaling infrastructure or platforms in a highly transformative environment
• Experience running large-scale, company‑wide initiatives requiring collaboration across a broad range of roles and participants
• Experience moving technical or engineering programs from concept to completion, and articulating impact using metrics, growth examples, and return
• Experience communicating the reasoning behind program architectures — how and why they were run, and the systems put in place to run them
• Knowledge of technical program management methodologies
• Experience setting organizational strategy and influencing roadmaps across multiple engineering organizations
• Experience with executive‑level communication, including presenting to and influencing senior leadership
• Experience navigating ambiguity and defining structure for complex, multi‑year programs
• Experience with developer infrastructure, developer tooling, or large‑scale software systems Demonstrated ongoing AI skill development (e.g., prompt/context engineering, agent orchestration) and staying current with emerging AI technologies
• Experience with the software development lifecycle at scale: source control, build systems, CI, code review, testing and verification, mobile/web release
• Experience adhering to and implementing responsible, ethical AI practices (e.g., risk assessment, bias mitigation, quality and accuracy reviews)
• Experience leading a function through organizational change or reorganization
• Experience leading programs in AI-native software development - coding agents, agent orchestration, evaluation, or the infrastructure that supports them
• Demonstrated ability to integrate AI tools to optimize or redesign workflows and drive measurable impact (e.g., efficiency gains, quality improvements)
• Experience defining and driving developer productivity or engineering effectiveness metrics