Technical Program Manager, Risk & AI Governance

Meta; Pierre (SD); On-site; USD 199,000 - 272,000; Full time

Job summary

Meta's Risk organization seeks a Technical Program Manager to lead large-scale risk programs spanning engineering, product, legal, policy, and compliance. You will design, implement, and scale frameworks, controls, and tooling to keep Meta's products and infrastructure trustworthy as they grow.

You will drive end-to-end risk programs from identifying emerging risks to implementing controls and evidence of effectiveness, partnering with engineering leaders to deliver auditable results and reduce

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 (keep the original instead if this role covers AI risk).
• Demonstrated experience in identifying new opportunities for the larger organization and influencing stakeholders.
• Proven commitment to scaling risk management and infrastructure for large-scale AI distributed compute 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 management

Cross-functional collaboration

Technical leadership

Executive communication

Risk management

AI/ML knowledge

Large-scale systems

Education

Bachelor's degree in EE/CS/ME or related field

Job description

Meta's Risk organization seeks a Technical Program Manager to lead large-scale risk programs spanning engineering, product, legal, policy, and compliance. You will design, implement, and scale frameworks, controls, and tooling to keep Meta's products and infrastructure trustworthy as they grow.

You will drive end-to-end risk programs from identifying emerging risks to implementing controls and evidence of effectiveness, partnering with engineering leaders to deliver auditable results and reduce