UX Research Manager, Reality Labs

Meta; New York (NY); On-site; USD 163,000 - 226,000; Full time

Job summary

Meta is seeking an experienced UX Research Manager for Reality Labs who will lead a team to deliver impactful products and experiences. This role demands strong leadership, communication skills, and the ability to influence product strategy through data-driven insights. Candidates must have a robust background in UX research with a focus on innovative consumer technologies.

Qualifications

• 10+ years of hardware and software UX experience.
• 2+ years of people management experience.
• Experience guiding a research team with generative, iterative, and evaluative research plans.

Responsibilities

• Lead the team to define strategy and vision across Wearable devices.
• Identify and prioritize impactful research activities.
• Effectively communicate findings & recommendations to stakeholders.

Skills

Leadership

Communication

Data Analysis

Partnership Skills

Education

MS in HCI, Cognitive Psychology, Neuropsychology, Human Factors, Anthropology

PhD in HCI, Cognitive Psychology, Neuropsychology, Human Factors, Anthropology

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$163,000.00/yr - $226,000.00/yr

At Facebook Facebook Reality Labs, we are inventing the future. We are looking for an experienced UX research leader with demonstrated leadership, communication, and partnership skills to deliver amazing products and experiences for consumers. As a Research Manager in the Facebook Reality Labs organization, you will lead a team of UX researchers. It's not enough to answer interesting questions about user behavior; our team focuses on impact. You will lead a team of world-class researchers across a key product vertical, and across multiple research disciplines.You and your team will define the user needs that our AR devices will support and then operationalize these needs into use cases and partner with designers and developers to create valuable, innovative software experiences. You must become a trusted, strategic partner to product stakeholders by communicating and demonstrating the value of user research, and by delivering insights that lead to measurable business value. You must be a data expert, but also know when to trust your gut. You must contribute to design and strategic discussions and be an overall expert in the relationship between research, design, marketing and product. You must build close relationships with other research teams at Facebook to ensure a cohesive and cross-functional vision for Research at Facebook.

UX Research Manager, Reality Labs Responsibilities:

• Lead the team to define clear strategy and vision across Wearable devices
• Identify and prioritize short-term and long-term research that delivers impact
• Resource Allocation - ensure we are always focusing on the highest priority things, focusing both on the short term needs as well as looking ahead to the next big challenge
• Hiring, developing, and retaining talent
• Passionate about build and scaling a 0-1 product and hold the team accountable to ship high-quality products
• Thrive in supporting quantitative and qualitative research to solve ambiguous problems
• Influence product strategy and roadmapping through your team’s insights and frameworks
• Build and grow close relationships between your team and partner teams (UX design, software engineering, etc.) to create a full picture of end users’ experience
• Effectively communicate findings & recommendations to engineering & leadership stakeholders
  
  

Minimum Qualifications:

• 10+ years of hardware and software UX and experience working across the full product lifecycle
• 2+ years of people management experience
• Mentorship experience with experience leading an organization at various experience levels from interns to researchers
• Technical knowledge across topics including social networks, new hardware, social acceptability of new devices, qualitative and quantitative data analysis
• MS in HCI, Cognitive Psychology, Neuropsychology, Human Factors, Anthropology, or a related field
• Breadth and depth of research skills.
• Experience to understand the balance and trade-offs between scrappy and rigor, and ultimately how research translates into design and product recommendations and decisions.
• Experience in guiding a research team to develop generative, iterative, and evaluative research plans.
• Must be familiar with every aspect of the product development lifecycle, including early (first principles) research and discovery, definition, and analysis of requirements.
  
  

Preferred Qualifications:

• PhD in HCI, Cognitive Psychology, Neuropsychology, Human Factors, Anthropology, or a related field
• Experience shipping consumer devices, including wearable devices
• Experience with Wearable technology, AI/LLM-powered experiences
  
  

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.

Meta is proud to be an Equal Employment Opportunity and Affirmative Action employer. We do not discriminate based upon race, religion, color, national origin, sex (including pregnancy, childbirth, or related medical conditions), sexual orientation, gender, gender identity, gender expression, transgender status, sexual stereotypes, age, status as a protected veteran, status as an individual with a disability, or other applicable legally protected characteristics. We also consider qualified applicants with criminal histories, consistent with applicable federal, state and local law. Meta participates in the E-Verify program in certain locations, as required by law. Please note that Meta may leverage artificial intelligence and machine learning technologies in connection with applications for employment.

Meta is committed to providing reasonable accommodations for candidates with disabilities in our recruiting process. If you need any assistance or accommodations due to a disability, please let us know at [e-mail].

$163,000/year to $226,000/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.

Seniority level

• Seniority level

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Employment type

• Employment type

  Full-time

Job function

• Job function

  Information Technology

• Industries

  Technology, Information and Internet

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