Senior Technical Program Manager, Risk & Trust

Meta; Phoenix (AZ); On-site; USD 199,000 - 272,000; Full time

Job summary

Meta is seeking a Technical Program Manager to lead risk-driven, large-scale programs across engineering, product, legal, policy, and compliance teams. You will design and implement risk frameworks, controls, and tooling to strengthen trust in Meta’s products at scale.

The role requires coordinating end-to-end program lifecycles, measuring performance, and driving cross-functional execution with executive-level communication.

Qualifications

• BS in EE, CS, ME, or related technical field, or equivalent experience.
• 12+ years in software engineering, hardware engineering, systems engineering, or technical product/program management.
• Knowledge of software and hardware development for large-scale hardware readiness, including end-to-end product development processes.
• Excel at clearly communicating complex technical investments simply and understandably.
• Experience delivering complex technology programs and products from inception through successful delivery.
• Knowledge of understanding user needs, gathering requirements, defining project scope.
• Experience working under own initiative across multiple teams, with critical thinking and thought leadership in ambiguous spaces.
• Experience defining and optimizing engineering processes at scale.
• Experience building cross-functional relationships and navigating complex challenges.
• Experience analyzing and solving complex technical problems in large-scale systems (root cause analysis, capacity planning, system design trade-offs, risk assessment).
• Experience building relationships across multi-disciplinary teams and partners in different time zones.
• Experience defining strategic direction and identifying new opportunities for impact across products, platforms, programs.
• Experience communicating at the executive level and influencing leadership and technical management teams.
• Knowledge of Large Language Models, machine learning, and scaling distributed systems.
• Knowledge of privacy, security, or regulatory compliance domains and how they apply to large-scale systems.

Responsibilities

• Establish and lead effective program teams to ensure alignment and achieve common objectives.
• Work closely with engineering, product, legal, policy, and compliance stakeholders to define program requirements, prioritize initiatives, and establish scope, including shaping the roadmap and long-term strategy for partner teams.
• Create and implement communication strategies to proactively share program status, challenges, and risks with stakeholders.
• Drive successful outcomes by actively managing cross-functional dependencies, mitigating risks, and adjusting scope, timeline, and resources as needed.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to lead the end-to-end lifecycle of programs, including technical analysis, design, development, testing, implementation, and post-launch support.
• Establish and track key metrics, quality benchmarks, and performance indicators to drive accountability and ensure effective cross-functional execution.
• Anticipate and evaluate complex, long-term risk and compliance challenges in close partnership with engineering leaders and key stakeholders.
• Drive product strategy to support and align with key company initiatives.
• Lead process improvements across internal and external teams, streamlining workflows and reducing manual effort through automation.

Skills

Program leadership

Cross-functional collaboration

Risk assessment

Stakeholder management

Executive communication

AI risk knowledge

Regulatory/compliance

System design & scaling

Education

BS in EE, CS, ME, or related technical field

Job description

Meta is seeking a Technical Program Manager to lead risk-driven, large-scale programs across engineering, product, legal, policy, and compliance teams. You will design and implement risk frameworks, controls, and tooling to strengthen trust in Meta’s products at scale.

The role requires coordinating end-to-end program lifecycles, measuring performance, and driving cross-functional execution with executive-level communication.