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.

As a Research Design Manager on the Facebook Reality Labs Research team, you will be working on the cutting edge of Augmented Reality experiences. With our Research Team, you will explore, prototype, and build experiences that define the future of how people interact in AR. You love solving novel problems from first principles. Join a world-class team experimenting with bold ideas in areas including optics, haptics, tracking, displays, computer vision, user experience, audio, and perceptual psychology. Work alongside expert Interaction Designers, Scientists, Mechanical Engineers, Electrical Engineers and Software Engineers to create the technology that makes AR pervasive and universal.

Responsibilities

• Hire, mentor and manage small-to-medium design teams that consistently deliver on projects and are well-balanced across the different design skill sets, including researchers, designers and prototypers
• Responsible for overall team performance and health, resource allocation, project prioritization, and building a culture of design excellence
• Take broad, conceptual ideas and turn them into something useful and valuable for people using our research
• Use design to describe complex features and systems in detail and communicate technical information effectively to cross functional teams
• Empower individuals on the team to define, develop and execute design plans and activities
• Contribute to strategic decisions for executive teams, working with engineering and research teams
• Stay abreast of industry trends and emerging technologies
• Quickly identify and solve issues with your cross-functional leads
• Give and solicit feedback from others to raise the quality and craftsmanship of the design work
  

Minimum Qualification

• 5+ years of experience in leading design teams in the development of emerging technologies
• Experience with facilitating design thinking workshops, service design, or design strategy processes with cross functional teams
• An understanding of the product development process and has delivered products to the marketplace at scale and volume
• Experience with qualitative and quantitative methods for user research
• Portfolio featuring examples of design for emerging technologies
  
  

Preferred Qualification

• Experience working with new technologies and incubating them into refined prototypes
• Experience collaborating in a highly cross-functional environment that spans multiple design, engineering disciplines and research domains
• Familiarity with VR/AR systems or wearable technologies
  

Facebook is proud to be an Equal 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. Facebook 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 accommodations-ext@fb.com.