Regulatory Readiness Program Manager

Meta; Seattle (WA); On-site; USD 134,000 - 192,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Bonus

Equity

Benefits

Job summary

Meta is seeking a Regulatory Readiness Program Manager to work with product, Legal, Policy, Operations and other partners to understand external pressures and translate them into actionable product plans.

You will lead cross-functional coordination, perform gap analyses, define requirements, and scale the team through process improvements. The role emphasizes ambiguity navigation and stakeholder management to deliver structured solutions.

Qualifications

• 5+ years in strategy, management consulting, business operations, program management, regulatory operations, or related fields.
• 2+ years partnering with cross-functional teams including legal, policy and product.
• 2+ years working on regulatory response, risk management, compliance or control frameworks.

Responsibilities

• Lead coordination of Meta's response to laws, regulations, and external pressures affecting youth and other regulatory risks.
• Define requirements, and align on a response strategy with diverse partners across teams.
• Ensure Product is aware of external pressures identified by Legal, Policy, and forecasting teams.
• Lead gap analyses to map deltas between new regulations and existing products or strategies.
• Identify opportunities to improve processes and collaboration models across regulatory teams.
• Scale the Regulatory Readiness team through process optimization and mentoring.
• Drive progress on priority workstreams and decision-making frameworks.
• Prepare communications for leadership and multiple audiences.

Skills

Strategy

Cross-functional collaboration

Regulatory operations

Product partnership

Job description

The Regulatory Readiness Obligation Management team works across regulatory domains (e.g. Privacy, Integrity, Security) and partners closely with Legal, Policy, Operations, and Product to understand and respond to key external pressures that could impact Meta's businesses. We work with our partners to develop and scale Meta's end-to-end Regulatory Readiness program. The Regulatory Readiness Program Manager supporting a given regulatory area is central to ensuring Product can identify how external pressures may impact current and/or future product plans. This role is for those seeking to work closely with product teams on a daily basis, and to better understand how regulatory, competitive, and legal matters relate to Meta's data practices and product offerings. As this is a highly visible role that requires leadership, stakeholder management, and technical experience, the candidate should have experience navigating ambiguity by defining structure, clarifying requirements, and driving alignment across cross-functional teams and have experience tackling complex, ambiguous challenges and delivering structured solutions.

Regulatory Readiness Program Manager Responsibilities

• Lead coordination of Meta's response to laws, regulations, and other external pressures related to Youth and other regulatory risks
• Work across a broad range of partners to define requirements, develop and align on a response strategy to key external pressures that could impact Meta's business
• Ensure Product is aware of external pressures identified by Legal, Policy, and teams working forecasting and analysis of the competitive landscape
• Lead gap analyses that allow Product teams to more easily identify deltas between new regulations and existing product and/or strategic positions
• Identify opportunities to improve processes and collaboration models between teams working on regulatory response
• Scale the capacity of the Regulatory Readiness team through process optimization, training and mentoring team members
• Drive progress on priority work-streams and deliverables and help build decision‑making frameworks
• Prepare communication materials and progress tracking for multiple audiences, including company leadership

Minimum Qualifications

• 5+ years of experience in strategy, management consulting, business operations, program management, regulatory operations, or other operational discipline
• 2+ years of experience working within a product environment and partnering with cross-functional stakeholders, including legal, policy and product functions
• 2+ years of experience working on regulatory response, operational risk management, compliance, audit and implementation of control frameworks, or information security

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience evaluating products or processes to ensure compliance with applicable requirements
• Experience adhering to and implementing responsible, ethical AI practices (e.g., risk assessment, bias mitigation, quality and accuracy reviews)
• Demonstrated ability to integrate AI tools to optimize/redesign workflows and drive measurable impact (e.g., efficiency gains, quality improvements)
• Project Management / Program Management Certification(s)
• 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.

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$134,000/year to $192,000/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.