Job Description
Facebook's mission is to give people the power to build community and bring the world closer together. Through our family of apps and services, we're building a different kind of company that connects billions of people around the world, gives them ways to share what matters most to them, and helps bring people closer together. Whether we're creating new products or helping a small business expand its reach, people at Facebook are builders at heart. Our global teams are constantly iterating, solving problems, and working together to empower people around the world to build community and connect in meaningful ways. Together, we can help people build stronger communities - we're just getting started.Through cutting-edge graphics, best-in-class hardware, and artistically rendered experiences, VR lets us explore new worlds, defy obstacles, and attempt the impossible. And thanks to the magic of presence — the feeling that you’re sharing the same space with others — we can do all of it together.Facebook Reality Labs is driving the industry forward by delivering best-in-industry VR products like Oculus Quest, Oculus Go, and Rift/Rift S. In this role, you will lead the technical program managers responsible for the developer experiences in Oculus. The VR Developer team is responsible for delivering intuitive and powerful developer-facing experiences with SDKs, industry leading engine integrations, tooling and content, as well as our browser experiences.As the TPM Manager for this team, you will be managing and growing an existing team of TPMs to help drive highly cross-functional projects that shape the way our users interact with our devices. This includes working with software engineers and interaction designers, and release management and quality assurance, tying together various efforts into a holistic program and driving it forward. You’ll have a pivotal role defining how developers interact with VR systems both now and well into the future, and be part of a well-supported team that values career development and personal growth. The right candidate will possess a strong technical program management background, will have demonstrated experience leading large projects across multiple software teams, as well as building and growing teams. You will have a well-rounded technical background, with experience iterating with a multi-disciplinary team on the design of developer interactions. You must be able to thrive and succeed in an entrepreneurial environment, and not be hindered by ambiguity or competing priorities. This means you are not only able to manage the team, develop and drive high-level strategic initiatives, but can also roll up your sleeves, dig in and get the job done.
Responsibilities
- Be responsible for people management of the team, providing performance reviews, continual feedback, coaching and career growth
- Turn requirements into actionable plans that drive clarity, urgency, and alignment
- Self-host your features by prototyping VR experiences on the platform
- Communicate with clarity and precision to drive alignment in small and broad teams
- Effectively collaborate, build relationships and influence team members to achieve product objectives
- Work with engineering, product, data, and design leadership to define and revise the long-term strategy for the FRL software organization in the area of developer experience
- Work with partner teams and leadership to ensure what we build has the right balance of cost, risk, benefit, and focus on addressing the highest priority team and customer needs
- Empathy for developers. Experience with developer platforms and tools, API and SDK design
- Experience in managing people, growing teams, and developing a team culture
- Fantastic communication and interpersonal skills, including relationship building and collaboration within a cross-functional team
- Experience with ambiguity and change and bringing clarity to the team
- 6+ years of experience in technical program management