Product Manager, Central Product

Meta; Menlo Park (CA); On-site; USD 146,000 - 204,000; Full time

Job summary

Meta is seeking a Product Manager for the Central Product in Menlo Park, CA. You will lead a product area with cross-functional teams of engineers, designers, data scientists and researchers to define success metrics and prioritize problems aligned with organizational goals.

You will translate AI capabilities into compelling product visions, develop AI-native strategies, and leverage AI for market research, user feedback synthesis, and competitive analysis.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of relevant industry experience with at least 2 years in Product Management.
• Bachelor's degree (or relevant degree equivalent). STEM subject ideal but not essential.
• Experience with cross-functional product teams on a significant product area.
• Experience managing product through multiple product life cycle phases.
• Proven ability to drive material change in product performance and team effectiveness.
• Demonstrated experience analyzing large-scale data and making data-driven decisions.
• Experience using AI-enabled tools to build product or prototypes.
• Demonstrated ability to develop AI-native strategies including evals and data strategies.
• Experience integrating diverse requirements from multiple users into a coherent product strategy.
• Experience leading and motivating a product team and collaborating with partner teams.
• Strong communication skills with clarity in technical messaging.

Responsibilities

• Lead a product area; define success metrics and prioritize problems.
• Adapt strategy based on learnings and product changes.
• Translate AI capabilities into compelling product visions grounded in user value.
• Develop AI-native strategies, including evals and data strategies, enabling iteration.
• Leverage AI for market research, user feedback synthesis, and competitive analysis.
• Define roadmaps and drive progress across multiple workstreams and stakeholders.
• Coordinate across partner functions for product success and governance.

Skills

Product Management

Cross-functional teams

AI-native product development

Data analysis

Communication

Education

Bachelor's degree

STEM background preferred

Tools

AI-enabled tools

Job description

Product Manager, Central Product# Product Manager, Central ProductMenlo Park, CA+3 locationsProduct Strategy+ 1 moreApply nowMeta Product Managers work with cross-functional teams of engineers, designers, data scientists and researchers to build products. We are looking for Product Managers who value moving quickly and demonstrate AI-native product development practices.---## Product Manager, Central Product Responsibilities* Responsible for leading a product area; defining success metrics, prioritizing product problems and identifying the best strategies for the product, aligned with the organizational goals.* Adapt and adjust your strategy to reflect learnings and changes in the product.* Critically evaluate when AI is (and isn't) the right solution for user problems, with clear articulation of tradeoffs and risks.* Translate AI capabilities into compelling product visions grounded in real user value.* Develop AI-native strategies including evals strategy and data strategy that enable iteration and measurable quality improvements.* Leverage AI for identifying opportunities through deep market research, user feedback synthesis, and competitive analysis.* Work with a cross-functional team to define a product, develop a roadmap and drive progress against goals and milestones and resolve challenges and blockers, while maintaining team health.* Reimagine workflows, responsibly using AI tools to increase personal and team velocity (e.g., faster synthesis, clearer decision docs, tighter iteration loops).* Foster a culture of rapid experimentation and learning, especially around AI-powered product development.* Scale AI best practices (including responsible AI use) and proficiency across product teams to multiply impact.* Provide mentorship and coaching to other Product Managers and cross-functional team members on AI-native practices.* Coordinate proactively across partner functions for product success.* Structure shared roadmaps for best outcomes.* Orchestrate complex execution across multiple workstreams by combining AI automation with appropriate human oversight.* Communicate product strategy and progress with clarity to all stakeholders.* Use AI-enabled tools to build products—prototyping, validating, or shipping tangible artifacts independently.* Interpret research and state-of-the-art learnings to design product strategy and apply logical reasoning.* Understand system/architecture trade-offs and how they impact user experience and business priorities and engage credibly with engineering partners on constraints and decisions.* Design experiments and interpret results (leveraging AI to accelerate analysis) and turn insights into concrete decisions.* Define and run evaluations (evals) to interpret model outputs and adjust execution based on learnings—treating evaluation as a first-class product practice.## Minimum Qualifications* 5+ years of relevant industry experience with at least 2 years in Product Management* Bachelor's degree (or relevant degree equivalent): STEM subject ideal but not essential (Computer Science, Engineering, Information Systems, Analytics, Mathematics, Physics, Applied Sciences)* Experience working with a cross-functional product team on a significant product area: Crafting product vision and strategy, defining product requirements, coordinating resources from other groups (marketing, legal, etc.), and driving the team to achieve key milestones and goals* Experience managing a product through multiple product life cycle phases* Proven experience to drive a material change in the performance of a product and the effectiveness of the team that delivers that product* Demonstrated experience to analyze large scale, complex data sets and making effective decisions based on data* Experience using AI-enabled tools to build product, prototypes, or other tangible product artifacts* Demonstrated ability to develop AI-native strategies including evals and data strategies* Experience integrating a diverse set of requirements from a broad set of users as well as context into a single coherent product strategy* Experience leading and motivating a product team and collaborating with partner teams* Demonstrated experience in communication, bringing extreme clarity to complex and technical messages at the appropriate level for the audience## Preferred Qualifications* Demonstrated ability to integrate AI tools to optimize/redesign workflows and drive measurable impact (e.g., efficiency gains, quality improvements)* Experience adhering to and implementing responsible, ethical AI practices (e.g., risk assessment, bias mitigation, quality and accuracy reviews)* Demonstrated ongoing AI skill development (e.g., prompt/context engineering, agent orchestration) and staying current with emerging AI technologies---## About MetaMeta 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.For those who live in or expect to work from California if hired for this position, please click here for additional information.United States of America: $146,000/year to $204,000/year + bonus + equity + benefitsIndividual 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.## Equal Employment OpportunityMeta is proud to be an Equal Employment Opportunity employer. We do not discriminate based upon race, religion, color, national origin, sex (including pregnancy, childbirth, reproductive health decisions, or related medical conditions), sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, age, status as a protected veteran, status as an individual with a disability, genetic information, political views or activity, or other applicable legally protected characteristics. You may view our Equal Employment Opportunity notice here.Meta is committed to providing reasonable accommodations for qualified individuals with disabilities and disabled veterans in our job application procedures. 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