Global Competitive Intelligence & Vendor Programs Lead

Meta; Topeka (KS); On-site; USD 118,000 - 170,000; Full time

Job summary

Meta in the United States is seeking a Global Research Operations Program Manager to define, establish, and scale global programs. You will partner with Sourcing, Privacy, and Legal to coordinate data contracts, renewals, and governance, aligning initiatives with a data-driven strategy that strengthens the product landscape.

This role emphasizes process improvement, vendor management, and AI-enabled workflows to boost productivity, quality, and impact across multiple locations.

Qualifications

• 6+ years of program or project management experience focusing on vendor management or business operations.
• 2+ years managing cross-functional data projects (3P data source integration).
• Experience in data modeling and project tracking with Excel/Sheets, PowerPoint/Slides.
• Experience establishing programs and leading them end-to-end while scaling for growth.
• Experience building relationships with peers and senior stakeholders across locations.
• Experience communicating with data to drive change.
• Experience managing competing priorities and resolving operational problems.

Responsibilities

• Partner with Meta Sourcing and the Privacy teams to complete new data contracts and renewals, bringing agreements to completion in a timely fashion while ensuring compliance requirements are met
• Identify opportunities to improve process efficiency, and propose approaches that expand data coverage and realize more value from existing vendor relationships
• Guide vendor management best practices and governance by building strong working relationships with current and prospective vendors, and support negotiation of pricing decisions and sensitive terms
• Define clear program roadmaps, share frequent program updates, surface and communicate risks and adjustments, and ensure commitments are delivered
• Partner with stakeholders on internal processes, templates, and guidelines that improve team optimization and documentation
• Define and manage strategic initiatives that improve team efficiency and impact, and establish the operational systems that support them
• Work in an AI-native way by integrating AI into your workflows to support productivity, innovation, and quality, adapting to new technologies and sharing best practices to support team-wide AI adoption
• Serve as a connection point to the Global Research Ops team, adopting new processes and best practices where relevant and collaborating on programs specific to the team's needs

Skills

Vendor management

Cross-functional collaboration

Data-driven decision making

Excel/Sheets proficiency

Project management

Education

Bachelor's degree or equivalent in business/analytics

Tools

SQL

Excel/Sheets

PowerPoint/Slides

Job description

Meta in the United States is seeking a Global Research Operations Program Manager to define, establish, and scale global programs. You will partner with Sourcing, Privacy, and Legal to coordinate data contracts, renewals, and governance, aligning initiatives with a data-driven strategy that strengthens the product landscape.

This role emphasizes process improvement, vendor management, and AI-enabled workflows to boost productivity, quality, and impact across multiple locations.