Product Risk Program Manager

Meta; Olympia (WA); On-site; USD 153,000 - 209,000; Full time

Job summary

Meta seeks a Specialized Assessment Product Risk Program Manager (SA PRPM) to drive risk review for new features and policy-challenging products. You will operate across product, legal, and regulations, guiding escalation workflows with autonomy.

You will shape the strategy and roadmap for cross-functional risk reviews, delivering large-scale programs and becoming a subject-matter expert across product and risk communities.

Qualifications

• 8+ years in PM, product ops, trust & safety, privacy, or related field.
• Experience delivering time-sensitive, high-ambiguity projects with multiple stakeholders.
• Experience triaging novel or ambiguous product risks with no precedent.
• Strong communication and cross-functional alignment for sensitive tradeoffs.
• Familiarity with data flows and product risk mitigations.
• Proven ability to influence decisions without formal authority.
• Experience establishing risk review or governance processes.
• Strong judgment navigating competing priorities with risk considerations.
• Experience applying AI/automation to workflows and decisions.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills.

Responsibilities

• Support and manage triage/escalation for novel, ambiguous, or policy‑challenging risks.
• Coordinate across Legal, Policy, Data Strategy, Engineering, and Product for high‑risk reviews.
• Network with key stakeholders and persuade diverse audiences to drive progress.
• Translate complex technical and product concepts into structured assessments and recommendations.
• Facilitate decision‑making through risk‑based frameworks for product velocity and compliance.
• Seek clarity on goals and priorities to move work quickly and accelerate when needed.
• Ensure escalations are documented, tracked, and resolved with transparency and follow‑through.
• Identify gaps in escalation/review processes and drive workflow/tooling improvements.
• Experiment and simplify work through AI‑integrated workflows.
• Help Meta meet legal and regulatory obligations reflecting our mission and values.

Skills

Program management experience

Project management

Risk assessment

Communication skills

Technical understanding

Influence without authority

Risk governance

Decision making

AI/automation

Analytical skills

Job description

Summary:

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. This role requires sound judgment, strategic thinking, and experience operating 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.

Required Skills:

Product Risk Program Manager Responsibilities:

1. Support and manage the triage and escalation process for product risks that are novel, ambiguous, or policy‑challenging


2. Coordinate across Legal, Policy, Data Strategy, Engineering, and Product to ensure high‑risk reviews are surfaced and addressed with the appropriate depth and speed


3. network with and appropriately involve key stakeholders, persuading diverse audiences to drive progress


4. Translate complex technical and product concepts into structured assessments and recommendations


5. Facilitate decision‑making through risk‑based frameworks that support both product velocity and compliance


6. seek clarity on goals and priorities so work can move forward quickly, and accelerate as needed


7. Ensure escalations are documented, tracked, and resolved with transparency and consistency, maintaining appropriate documentation and timely follow‑through


8. Identify gaps or breakdowns in current escalation/review processes and drive improvements in workflows, guidance, or tooling


9. actively experiment and seek opportunities to simplify work through AI‑integrated workflows


10. 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:

Minimum Qualifications:

1. 8+ years of experience in program management, product operations, trust & safety, privacy, compliance or in a related field


2. Demonstrated ability to manage and deliver time‑sensitive, high‑ambiguity projects involving dependencies across multiple stakeholders, teams, or functions


3. Experience assessing and triaging novel or ambiguous product risks, particularly where no established policy, process, or precedent exists


4. Strong communication and cross‑functional alignment skills — especially in navigating sensitive tradeoffs


5. Familiarity with data flows, technical systems, and/or understanding of product risks and their applicable mitigations


6. Track record of influencing decisions and driving progress without formal authority


7. Experience building, improving, or operationalizing risk review, escalation, assessment, or governance processes


8. Strong judgment in situations involving competing priorities, incomplete information, and significant business, regulatory, safety, privacy, or reputational risk


9. Experience using AI/automation to improve complex workflows, analysis, decision‑making, or operational processes


10. Strong analytical and problem‑solving skills, with comfort embracing ambiguity and improving systems

Preferred Qualifications:

Preferred Qualifications:

1. Experience developing and driving strategy or roadmap for cross‑functional projects and/or teams


2. Experience with product launches, 0→1 products, emerging technologies, or novel product capabilities


3. Background in triaging or adjudicating product‑level risks, ideally in a platform or infrastructure context


4. Demonstrated ability to integrate AI tools to optimize/redesign workflows and drive measurable impact (e.g., efficiency gains, quality improvements)


5. Demonstrated ongoing AI skill development (e.g., prompt/context engineering, agent orchestration) and staying current with emerging AI technologies


6. Experience working with AI agents, automation, or other emerging technologies to improve risk assessment and operational efficiency


7. Comfort presenting risk perspectives to senior stakeholders and leading through ambiguity


8. Understanding of regulatory, reputational, or policy risks related to consumer‑facing technology


9. Experience with consumer‑facing technology, platforms, AI/ML products, infrastructure, or other technically complex products


10. Experience working on privacy, content, legal, or compliance‑related product issues


11. Experience adhering to and implementing responsible, ethical AI practices (e.g., risk assessment, bias mitigation, quality and accuracy reviews)

Public Compensation:

$153,000/year to $209,000/year + bonus + equity + benefits

Industry:

Internet

Equal Opportunity:

Meta is proud to be an Equal Employment Opportunity and AffRightive 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.

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