Product Design Manager - Metaverse

Meta; Bellevue (WA); On-site; USD 165,000 - 231,000; Full time

Job summary

Join a leading technology company as a Product Design Manager for the Metaverse. You will lead a prototyping team, focusing on enhancing user experiences in VR and MR products. This role requires strong technical expertise and people management skills, with a commitment to quality and innovation. Collaborate with interdisciplinary teams to create impactful prototypes that drive the future of social technology.

Qualifications

• 4+ years experience shipping 3D real time experiences.
• 2+ years experience managing design teams.
• Experience with real-time 3D design or development.

Responsibilities

• Lead a prototyping team to elevate product experience.
• Support team in developing solutions efficiently.
• Nurture a team culture focused on the full product journey.

Skills

Problem Solving

3D Design

UI/Interaction Development

Tools

Unity

Unreal

WebGL

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Base pay range

$165,000.00/yr - $231,000.00/yr

The Design at Meta community is pioneering technologies to bring people closer together, and our teams share in the responsibility of doing it at global scale. Our teams design and build Meta technologies—Facebook, Instagram, Messenger, WhatsApp, Workplace and Meta Quest—for billions of people around the world. At Reality Labs, we are focused on defining experiences in Augmented and Virtual Reality, finding new ways for people to connect and build communities and help people feel more present with each other even when we're apart. Meta’s work in augmented and virtual reality spans a number of breakthrough technologies and touches industries ranging from entertainment and gaming to education and beyond. The Product Design Prototyping team at Metaverse organization is looking for an experienced, hands-on product design leader with people management skills and strong technical expertise. The ideal candidate is an experienced product design leader who flourishes working in an ambiguous technology space at the front end of VR & MR products and tools. This position will afford you the opportunity to explore multiple facets of supporting VR & MR prototypes, interfaces, inputs and tools.You will become part of a well established prototyping team and mentor prototypers across our overall team, including work for multiple devices and technologies in MR & VR, with a heavy focus on end user experience and internal prototyping tools. As a manager, you will be expected to lead product design prototypers with different specializations from 3D software development, prototyping, game design, to interaction design, and guide them so that they are able to do the best work of their careers. You will be expected to use your full range of product development experience and design skills to raise the quality of the outcome of your team.

Product Design Manager - Metaverse Responsibilities:

• Identifies and frames up new projects and opportunities. Improves processes to help the organization be more effective.
• Lead a prototyping team to demonstrate strong technical craft and level of detail in design, elevating the product experience with their work.
• Support the team in developing solutions efficiently, showing mastery of iteration. Takes responsibility for all the dimensions of quality (level of detail, stability, and performance) for the prototypes created by the team.
• Pro-actively nurture a team culture that cares and pays attention to the full product journey (concept, test, shipping, updating).
• Lead the team in the creation of prototyping tools that enables others and able to generalize work into systems/components that other prototypes benefit from.
• Lead the creation of scalable architecture for larger or collaborative prototypes that enables quick iteration for themselves and others.
  
  

Minimum Qualifications:

• 4+ years experience shipping, or incubating 3D real time experiences or tools
• 2+ years experience building, managing or leading teams of design prototypers, designers, technologists and/or front end engineers
• Experience with real-time 3D design or development (i.e., Unity, Unreal, WebGL, etc)
• Proven experience to work effectively across organizations
• Proven problem solving experience and experience overcoming challenges
• Proven experience in creating or leading the creation of prototypes that intersect all qualities of the user experience (look and feel, Motion, level of detail, usability, and performance)
• UI/Interaction development experience in a 3D product
• Experience working on interdisciplinary teams, working effectively across domains, skilled at brainstorming big ideas, has product design sense, works well in ambiguous technology areas, has an eye for detail, and is skilled at working on a variety of software systems and wearing a lot of hats.
• Skilled at ramping on new tools and systems quickly, and can demonstrate a mastery (or past experience) of developing/supporting/using prototyping tools.
  
  

Preferred Qualifications:

• Experience with delivering 0-1 products from concept stages to launch
• At least 1 VR product in your portfolio
• Experience to thrive in dynamic, fast-paced environments
• Game or interaction development experience across multiple surfaces (console, mobile, PC, VR, AR)
• Experience driving a feature-driven development roadmap and prioritizing a backlog
  
  

About Meta:

Meta builds technologies that help people connect, find communities, and grow businesses. When Facebook launched in 2004, it changed the way people connect. Apps like Messenger, Instagram and WhatsApp further empowered billions around the world. Now, Meta is moving beyond 2D screens toward immersive experiences like augmented and virtual reality to help build the next evolution in social technology. People who choose to build their careers by building with us at Meta help shape a future that will take us beyond what digital connection makes possible today—beyond the constraints of screens, the limits of distance, and even the rules of physics.

Meta is proud to be an Equal Employment Opportunity and Affirmative Action employer. We do not discriminate based upon race, religion, color, national origin, sex (including pregnancy, childbirth, or related medical conditions), sexual orientation, gender, gender identity, gender expression, transgender status, sexual stereotypes, age, status as a protected veteran, status as an individual with a disability, or other applicable legally protected characteristics. We also consider qualified applicants with criminal histories, consistent with applicable federal, state and local law. Meta participates in the E-Verify program in certain locations, as required by law. Please note that Meta may leverage artificial intelligence and machine learning technologies in connection with applications for employment.

Meta is committed to providing reasonable accommodations for candidates with disabilities in our recruiting process. If you need any assistance or accommodations due to a disability, please let us know at [e-mail].

$165,000/year to $231,000/year + bonus + equity + benefits

Individual compensation is determined by skills, qualifications, experience, and location. Compensation details listed in this posting reflect the base hourly rate, monthly rate, or annual salary only, and do not include bonus, equity or sales incentives, if applicable. In addition to base compensation, Meta offers benefits. Learn more about benefits at Meta.

Seniority level

• Seniority level

  Not Applicable

Employment type

• Employment type

  Full-time

Job function

• Job function

  Design, Art/Creative, and Information Technology

• Industries

  Technology, Information and Internet

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