Technical Program Manager, Wearables AI

• 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.
  Technical Program Manager, Wearables AI Responsibilities
  Develop and manage cross-functional programs, facilitating relationships across multiple teams to identify risks, manage dependencies and optimize resources
  Drive visibility, accountability, and execution across their areas of software development for the organization
  Understand technology stack and roadmap, technical challenges, business needs, and develop a plan for mitigating risks and delivering features that meet customer needs
  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
  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
  Drive high quality technical outcomes for the team, coordinating and contributing to engineering deliverables including architectural diagrams, specifications, launch criteria, and test plans
  Provide hands-on program management during analysis, design, development, testing, implementation, and post implementation phases

Minimum Qualifications:

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or a related technical discipline, or equivalent experience
7+ years experience as a technical program manager, leading complex hardware and/or software development programs
Experience delivering technical programs or products from inception to delivery
Analytical, critical thinking and problem-solving experience with large-scale systems
Proven communicator who can translate high-level goals into tangible action plans, and vice-versa, with expertise communicating with technical and non-technical stakeholders
Experience operating autonomously across multi-disciplinary teams, demonstrating initiative and informed decision-making
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:

Experience adhering to and implementing responsible, ethical AI practices (e.g., risk assessment, bias mitigation, quality and accuracy reviews)
Experience shipping consumer wearable products with AI-powered features
Experience managing or contributing to full software development lifecycle processes (planning, development, testing, release)

Experience with AI:

Demonstrated ongoing AI skill development (e.g., prompt/context engineering, agent orchestration) and staying current with emerging AI technologies
Firmware development
Demonstrated ability to integrate AI tools to optimize/redesign workflows and drive measurable impact (e.g., efficiency gains, quality improvements)

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 Whats App 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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United States of America: $168,000/year to $234,000/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.

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