Product Risk Program Manager

Meta; Austin (TX); On-site; USD 153,000 - 209,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Bonus

Equity

Benefits

Job summary

Meta in Austin, Texas seeks a Specialized Assessment Product Risk Program Manager (SA PRPM) to drive risk review for new products and features that challenge policy and require specialized scrutiny.

You will partner with Legal, Policy, Data Strategy, Engineering, and Product to surface high-risk reviews, guide decision-making, and operate with autonomy across multiple risk domains.

Qualifications

• 8+ years of experience in program management, product operations, trust & safety, privacy, compliance or related field.
• Ability to manage high-pressure, ambiguous projects with multiple stakeholders across teams.
• Experience assessing novel or ambiguous product risks without established policy.
• Strong communication and cross-functional alignment in sensitive tradeoffs.
• Familiarity with data flows, technical systems, and risk mitigations.
• Track record of influencing decisions without formal authority.
• Experience building or operationalizing risk review and governance processes.
• Strong judgment amid competing priorities and significant risk.
• Experience using AI/automation to improve workflows and decisions.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills; comfortable with ambiguity.

Responsibilities

• Support and manage triage and escalation for novel or policy-challenging product risks.
• Coordinate across Legal, Policy, Data Strategy, Engineering, and Product for high-risk reviews.
• Engage stakeholders to drive progress and surface critical tradeoffs.
• Translate complex product concepts into structured assessments and recommendations.
• Facilitate risk-based decision-making balancing product velocity and compliance.
• Clarify goals and priorities to move work forward quickly and escalate when needed.
• Document, track, and resolve escalations with transparency.
• Identify process gaps and drive improvements in workflows, guidance, or tooling.
• Experiment with AI-integrated workflows to simplify work.
• Help Meta meet legal and regulatory obligations reflecting mission and values.

Skills

8+ years experience

Cross-functional collaboration

AI/automation in workflows

Risk assessment

Decision influence

Job description

As a Specialized Assessment Product Risk Program Manager (SA PRPM), you will be a critical driver in Meta’s risk management and product integrity efforts. You’ll sit at the intersection of product, legal, and regulations — triaging and supporting risk review for new products and features that challenge company policy, introduce novel or untested risk, or require specialized scrutiny.Your work will shape how Meta assesses high-risk product decisions, often in fast-moving or ambiguous contexts. You’ll help guide cross-functional partners through escalation workflows, support aligned decision-making, and ensure that the right voices are in the room to evaluate complex tradeoffs. You’ll operate with a high degree of autonomy—proactively identifying important problems, exercising independent judgment, and contributing to the strategy and roadmap for cross-functional risk review. The ideal person will have exceptional judgment, strategic foresight, and the ability to operate across multiple risk domains.This is a senior individual-contributor role. Success means managing and delivering large-scale programs, aligning solutions across multiple teams, and gaining recognition as a subject-matter expert whose advice is sought out across the product and risk community.

Product Risk Program Manager Responsibilities:

• Support and manage the triage and escalation process for product risks that are novel, ambiguous, or policy-challenging.
• Coordinate across Legal, Policy, Data Strategy, Engineering, and Product to ensure high-risk reviews are surfaced and addressed with the appropriate depth and speed
• network with and appropriately involve key stakeholders, persuading diverse audiences to drive progress.
• Translate complex technical and product concepts into structured assessments and recommendations.
• Facilitate decision-making through risk-based frameworks that support both product velocity and compliance
• seek clarity on goals and priorities so work can move forward quickly, and elevate as needed.
• Ensure escalations are documented, tracked, and resolved with transparency and consistency, maintaining appropriate documentation and timely follow-through.
• Identify gaps or breakdowns in current escalation/review processes and drive improvements in workflows, guidance, or tooling
• actively experiment and seek opportunities to simplify work through AI-integrated workflows.
• Help Meta meet its legal and regulatory obligations and make decisions that reflect our mission, values, and principles, informed by risk reviews and compliance guidance.

Minimum Qualifications:

• 8+ years of experience in program management, product operations, trust & safety, privacy, compliance or in a related field
• Demonstrated ability to manage and deliver high-pressure, high-ambiguity projects involving dependencies across multiple stakeholders, teams, or functions
• Experience assessing and triaging novel or ambiguous product risks, particularly where no established policy, process, or precedent exists
• Strong communication and cross-functional alignment skills — especially in navigating sensitive tradeoffs
• Familiarity with data flows, technical systems, and/or understanding of product risks and their applicable mitigations
• Track record of influencing decisions and driving progress without formal authority
• Experience building, improving, or operationalizing risk review, escalation, assessment, or governance processes
• Strong judgment in situations involving competing priorities, incomplete information, and significant business, regulatory, safety, privacy, or reputational risk
• Experience using AI/automation to improve complex workflows, analysis, decision-making, or operational processes
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills, with comfort embracing ambiguity and improving systems

Preferred Qualifications:

• Experience working on privacy, content, legal, or compliance-related product issues
• Experience with consumer-facing technology, platforms, AI/ML products, infrastructure, or other technically complex products
• Experience with product launches, 0→1 products, emerging technologies, or novel product capabilities
• Experience working with AI agents, automation, or other emerging technologies to improve risk assessment and operational efficiency
• Understanding of regulatory, reputational, or policy risks related to consumer-facing technology
• Experience developing and driving strategy or roadmap for cross-functional projects and/or teams
• Background in triaging or adjudicating product-level risks, ideally in a platform or infrastructure context
• Comfort presenting risk perspectives to senior stakeholders and leading through ambiguity
• 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 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].

$153,000/year to $209,000/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.