Technical Program Manager, Wearables AI

Meta; Sunnyvale (CA); On-site; USD 168,000 - 234,000; Full time

Job summary

Meta Reality Labs is seeking an experienced Technical Program Manager to define and drive cross-functional Device and SW releases across OS, firmware, apps, and cloud. You will work with teams across the organization to deliver trustworthy experiences for Quest, Ray-Ban Meta glasses, and other products.

You will manage risks, dependencies, and resources, develop execution plans, and produce architecture diagrams, launch criteria, and test plans while guiding projects from inception through

Qualifications

• 7+ years of experience as a technical program manager, leading hardware and/or software programs.
• Experience delivering technical programs from inception to delivery.
• Analytical, critical thinking and problem solving for large-scale systems.
• Proven communicator with both technical and non-technical stakeholders.
• Autonomous work across multi-disciplinary teams with initiative.
• Experience leading execution across ambiguous, complex products and tradeoffs

Responsibilities

• Develop and manage cross-functional programs spanning OS, FW, apps, and cloud.
• Drive visibility, accountability, and execution across software development.
• Identify risks, dependencies, and optimize resources.
• Create architecture diagrams, specifications, launch criteria, and test plans.
• Provide hands-on program management through all phases

Skills

Cross-functional

Program management

Stakeholder communication

Risk management

Technical planning

OS/FW/Apps/Cloud knowledge

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or related field

Job description

Summary

Meta Reality Labs is building software for all realities - Augmented or Virtual. Our team is looking for an experienced Technical Program Manager (TPM) who will play a key role in defining and driving highly complex, cross-functional Device and SW releases across the stack (OS/FW/Apps/Cloud). This role will have the opportunity to work closely with development teams and leaders across the organization to bring together multiple technologies, delivering trustworthy experiences into Meta products (Quest, Quest Pro, Ray-Ban Meta smart glasses, etc). Our teams work on technologies that span across OS, Computer Vision, Machine Learning, and customer facing software to create experiences that millions of our customers love.

Required Skills

Technical Program Manager, Wearables AI Responsibilities:

1. Develop and manage cross-functional programs, facilitating relationships across multiple teams to identify risks, manage dependencies and optimize resources

2. Drive visibility, accountability, and execution across their areas of software development for the organization

3. Understand technology stack and roadmap, technical challenges, business needs, and develop a plan for mitigating risks and delivering features that meet customer needs

4. Work cross-functionally to develop best practices and product development processes in a fast-changing environment, drive impact through deployment of key initiatives and garner adoption of those processes

5. Establish expertise in an area, becoming the go-to escalation point for execution, leader for driving visibility across the program, and orchestrator for managing the integration across your program area

6. Drive high quality technical outcomes for the team, coordinating and contributing to engineering deliverables including architectural diagrams, specifications, launch criteria, and test plans

7. Provide hands-on program management during analysis, design, development, testing, implementation, and post implementation phases

Minimum Qualifications

Minimum Qualifications:

1. Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or a related technical discipline, or equivalent experience

2. 7+ years experience as a technical program manager, leading complex hardware and/or software development programs

3. Experience delivering technical programs or products from inception to delivery

4. Analytical, critical thinking and problem-solving experience with large-scale systems

5. Proven communicator who can translate high-level goals into tangible action plans, and vice-versa, with expertise communicating with technical and non-technical stakeholders

6. Experience operating autonomously across multi-disciplinary teams, demonstrating initiative and informed decision-making

7. Demonstrated experience leading execution across highly ambiguous, complex products and programs, with experience making technical and product tradeoffs balancing business needs and technical constraints

Preferred Qualifications

Preferred Qualifications:

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

2. Experience shipping consumer wearable products with AI-powered features

3. Experience managing or contributing to full software development lifecycle processes (planning, development, testing, release)

4. Experience with AI

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

6. Firmware development

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

Public Compensation

$168,000/year to $234,000/year + bonus + equity + benefits

Industry

Internet

Equal Opportunity

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