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.

Facebook Reality Labs is seeking a Content Acquisition Manager to source, acquire, and distribute video content for new AR/VR products. In this role, you will participate in every stage of our content acquisition process - defining programming strategy through analyzing data, identifying and vetting content opportunities, driving business terms, and working cross-functionally to amplify our existing content portfolio. This role demands someone with the ability to blend quantitative output with a strong subjective filter, dynamic interpersonal skills, and the ability to effectively drive change in a fast-paced environment. This is a highly cross-functional position connecting and collaborating with external content partners, as well as internal teams such as Legal, Production, Business Development, Product and more to explore and implement world class media for our global user base. This is an opportunity to get in on the ground floor of a growing team and truly own bringing new content to the Oculus platform for virtual viewing experiences.

Responsibilities

• Drive the formulation and communication of our content strategy internally and externally, using data to drive key business decisions and optimize our content portfolio
• Identify and pitch new content categories and partners that are enticing to Oculus consumers for immersive and traditional content types
• Work with business development and legal for content rights clearances, ensuring content meets quality standards for distribution according to provided guidelines
• Track and evaluate content, both off platform for licensing opportunities and on platform for impact analysis, and work collaboratively with our Finance and Business Development teams to value content
• Build models and presentations supporting content strategies and deal proposals
• Monitor and report on content performance and advocate for improvements or optimizations
• Devise and propose publishing schedules
• use awareness of pop culture to inform scheduling strategy
• Collaborate with internal teams including product and engineering to improve tools and launch new features to support the integration of new content
• Anticipate bottlenecks, make tradeoffs, and balance business needs vs. technical constraints
• Take large, complex projects and break them down into manageable pieces, and build efficient, repeatable processes that can enable the business to scale
• Complete ad-hoc and long-term projects, including trackers and competitive analyses, to support content strategy and content operations
  

Minimum Qualification

• 6+ years of relevant work experience in content acquisition, BD/partnerships, digital production/publishing, or media
• Capacity to work autonomously, drive processes independently, and move projects to completion
• Experience working in a fast-paced environment while documenting processes, workflows, and schedules
• Experience planning, organizing, executing, and time management to meet all deadlines
• Experience working with cross-functional teams in a matrixed environment
• Experience with content management systems and publishing/programming tooling
• Flexibility, agility, and willingness to take on multiple areas of responsibility in an evolving and occasionally ambiguous environment
• BA or BS Degree
  

Preferred Qualification

• Background in the VR and/or stereoscopic industry or on new product development
• Experience developing digital content acquisition strategies (bonus if in VR, 3D rectilinear video, or Media space)
• Hands-on experience with user acquisition and engagement data analysis and insights, including social and web/app surfaces
• MBA Degree
  

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.