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.

We are looking for a skilled and motivated Research Science Manager to join our team, whose mission is to solve the human-centered optimization problem for the next generation of virtual, augmented, and mixed reality devices and experiences. We are specifically looking for a candidate with passion in defining and building interactive technologies that solve real world problems and experience in leading and growing researchers.

Responsibilities

• Grow, lead, and nurture a team of applied researchers by supporting their career growth, well-being, and productivity.
• Build strong relationships with stakeholders across scientific, engineering, design disciplines within and across organizations to enable collaboration align on priorities.
• Set clear expectations and goals for direct reports and collective team while holding individuals and the team accountable to deliver research outcomes influencing the design of XR interaction devices and experiences.
• Provide technical leadership and guidance to both your team members and peers within the organization in the area of user experience and set strategic directions in collaboration with other functional leads.
• Conduct high quality experience-focused research for key strategic areas related to XR interactions.
  

Minimum Qualification

• Masters degree in the field of human computer interaction, psychology, human factors or a related field.
• 5+ years experience conducting applied research on interactive devices or systems.
• 3+ years experience owning the end-to-end research process of planning, recruiting, executing/facilitating, analyzing, and reporting the insights.
• Experience in leading an applied UX or relevant human-science research team in an industry setting.
  

Preferred Qualification

• Ph.D. in the field of human computer interaction, psychology, human factors or a related field.
• Experience in managing a team delivering UX research for the V1 interactive hardware product throughout the entire product development life cycle.
  

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.