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.At Oculus Research, we’re developing the future of virtual and augmented reality. As a Technical Program Manager, your job will be figuring out what we need to do to build it. You’ll be a critical member of a multi-disciplinary team contributing to our efforts to gain a scientific understanding of imaging systems, and whatever else we dream up to create the ultimate VR and AR experience. You will work closely with internal Oculus teams, academic institutions, external partners, and vendors to help: define requirements and deliverables, schedule and track project progress, order and manage equipment, coordinate with other internal teams, schedule shared resources, and manage partner relationships. To be successful, you will be eliminating barriers to your team’s success, clearly communicating their work to all stakeholders and ensuring the big picture stays in focus while delving into the details on specific issues. Ideal team members are adaptable and resilient, eager to attack unfamiliar problems with curiosity and tenacity, and able to use a light touch to find ways to help the team be more efficient.
Responsibilities
- Work with research teams to identify scope, constraints, dependencies, and risks.
- Develop project schedules to help them to complete research prototypes, user studies, and technology transfer to product teams.
- Identify resources needed and work closely with team leaders to maintain full visibility of the project schedule and potential roadblocks.
- Ensure that the information your team needs is complete, current, accurate, and easy to find.
- Recognize when further information is required and work to provide it.
- Proactively identify technical, legal, procedural, logistical, and communication issues and drive creative solutions to fix them and manage risk.
- Work with teams to alleviate project bottlenecks.
- Coordinate communication between internal and external teams.
- Drive deliverables from external partners and ensure that they have the information and resources needed to succeed.
- Bachelor’s degree in an Engineering field.
- 3+ years of experience as a project manager in research, software development, or hardware development.
- Experience building and managing relationships with hardware vendors and other external partners, including drafting statements of work and negotiating purchase agreements.
- Experience to understand and communicate technical information to non-experts.
- Experience building, coordinating, and maintaining schedules across multiple teams, managing shared resources, and coordinating with a legal team on IP or similar issues.
- Organizational and planning skills, and attention to detail.
- Interpersonal skills with the experience to motivate and resolve conflicts.
- Experience to operate autonomously across multiple teams.
- Proven problem-solving skills, attention to detail, and a focus on continuous improvement.
- Graduate degree in Optics, Imaging Systems, Image Processing, Physics, or related field.
- Experience in research, incubation, or startups.
- Experience with external vendors, including collaborations with universities.
- Experience managing hardware or rapid prototyping projects.
- Experience working with a cross-disciplinary team of researchers, mechanical engineers, electrical engineers, optical engineers, and software engineers.