Program Manager, Product Data Operations (Reality Labs)

Meta; United States; Remote; USD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

Meta is hiring a Reality Labs Product Data Operations Program Manager to run multilingual data collection for language expansion across Reality Labs products including AR/VR wearables. The role focuses on building scalable data collection programs, managing external vendors, and working with cross-functional teams to improve model performance.

In-person presence is required at least 3 days per week, with some travel.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in a related field or equivalent practical experience.
• 4+ years of experience in program management, data operations or technical operations in a data-driven, AI/ML or technology organization.
• Experience in running data collection, annotation, or language data programs, including managing external vendors at scale.
• Experience in communicating with and influencing multiple cross-functional stakeholders and leaders.
• Experience defining and maintaining quality standards and acceptance criteria for data deliverables.
• Analytical experience using data to spot trends, diagnose operational issues, and influence program direction.
• Experience prioritizing competing workstreams based on impact and deadlines in fast-moving, agile environments with changing priorities.
• Experience breaking ambiguous problems into component parts to develop solutions.
• In-person presence at least 3 days per week, with occasional travel required.
• Experience in owning program budgets, cost forecasting, or per-unit cost tracking.
• Experience with AI/ML development lifecycles, including model evaluation, benchmarking, and data-centric improvement of model output.
• Proficiency in one or more languages besides English, as the role supports multilingual data collection programs across multiple regions and locales.
• Track record of building scalable, repeatable operating models or playbooks for a service function.
• Experience designing hybrid in-house and vendor sourcing strategies, including cost/quality trade-off analysis.
• Experience with participant recruitment, screening criteria, informed consent, and data governance for human-subject data across regions.
• Experience with multilingual, speech, text, or conversational AI data, including localization or language expansion programs.
• Experience building or deploying automation or AI solutions in production workflows.
• Experience in AR/VR, wearables, consumer electronics or AI products.

Skills

Program management

Data operations

Vendor management

Stakeholder influence

Data quality standards

Data analysis

Prioritization

Problem decomposition

Cross-functional collaboration

Budgeting / cost tracking

AI/ML lifecycle

Multilingual work

Automation in workflows

AR/VR wearables

Education

Bachelor's degree in related field

Job description

Meta is hiring a Reality Labs Product Data Operations Program Manager to run multilingual data collection (DC) for our language expansion work. Reality Labs builds the next generation of computing across Meta's mixed reality, virtual reality, and wearables products. As we bring AI experiences to more languages and regions, the quality, coverage, and speed of our multilingual data shape how well our models understand and respond to people around the world.

Requirements

• Currently has, or is in the process of obtaining a Bachelor's degree in a directly related field, or equivalent practical experience.
• Degree must be completed prior to joining Meta Bachelor's degree in a directly related field, or equivalent practical experience.
• Degree must be completed before joining Meta 4+ years of experience in program management, data operations or technical operations in a data-driven, AI/ML or technology organization
• Experience in running data collection, annotation, or language data programs, including managing external vendors at scale
• Experience in communicating with and influencing multiple cross-functional stakeholders and leaders
• Experience defining and maintaining quality standards and acceptance criteria for data deliverables
• Analytical experience using data to spot trends, diagnose operational issues, and influence program direction
• Experience prioritizing competing workstreams based on impact and deadlines in fast-moving, agile environments with changing priorities
• Experience breaking ambiguous problems into component parts to develop solutions
• In-person presence at least 3 days per week, with occasional travel required
• Experience in owning program budgets, cost forecasting, or per-unit cost tracking
• Experience with AI/ML development lifecycles, including model evaluation, benchmarking, and data-centric improvement of model output
• Proficiency in one or more languages besides English, as the role supports multilingual data collection programs across multiple regions and locales
• Track record of building scalable, repeatable operating models or playbooks for a service function
• Experience designing hybrid in-house and vendor sourcing strategies, including cost/quality trade-off analysis
• Experience with participant recruitment, screening criteria, informed consent, and data governance for human-subject data across regions
• Experience with multilingual, speech, text, or conversational AI data, including localization or language expansion programs
• Experience building or deploying automation or AI solutions in production workflows
• Experience in AR/VR, wearables, consumer electronics or AI products