Product Manager, Central Product

About the Role

Meta is seeking an experienced Product Manager to lead AI-driven product development within a complex product segment. The role involves working collaboratively with diverse teams including engineering, design, data science, and research to innovate and execute impactful product strategies at scale.

Key Responsibilities

• Take ownership of a complex product domain, setting clear success criteria, prioritizing challenges, and identifying optimal strategies aligned with organizational priorities.
• Continuously refine strategies as learnings accumulate and contexts change.
• Create consensus on priority areas to maximize the impact within the product scope.
• Make informed decisions on when to begin or halt investments, especially in AI-related initiatives.
• Assess critically when AI solutions are appropriate, evaluating tradeoffs, risks, and consequences with depth.
• Translate artificial intelligence capabilities into powerful product visions that deliver unique value.
• Formulate and advocate AI-centric strategies including thorough evaluations and data methodologies to foster ongoing improvement.
• Lead cross-functional teams to define product visions, build roadmaps, track progress against milestones, solve challenges, and enhance team effectiveness and health.
• Identify and resolve dependencies by fostering coordinated strategies across related product teams.
• Reinvent operational processes by responsibly implementing AI tools to significantly boost team output and skill sets.
• Encourage a culture focused on rapid experimentation and organizational learning.
• Expand the adoption of AI best practices, responsible AI use, workflows, and related documentation throughout product teams to build cumulative organizational capability.
• Mentor and coach fellow product managers and cross-functional collaborators in AI-native methodologies.
• Influence organizational strategy and progress with partner functions, improving collaboration and resolving conflicting objectives.
• Synchronize execution across multiple initiatives by blending AI automation with strategic human oversight to reduce repetitive tasks while sustaining quality and accountability.
• Communicate product visions and developments with utmost clarity to all stakeholders.
• Utilize AI-powered tools independently to design prototypes, validate concepts, or deliver products.
• Leverage research insights and leading-edge knowledge to inform product strategy employing rigorous logical analysis.
• Demonstrate comprehensive understanding of system and architectural tradeoffs affecting user experience and business outcomes.
• Lead credible technical discussions with engineering partners.
• Use qualitative and quantitative research, along with market analysis, to guide product decisions and shape organizational perspectives.
• Design complex experiments, analyze results with AI-enhanced techniques, and drive actionable product adjustments.
• Devise and execute evaluation strategies for interpreting model performances, adjusting approaches accordingly, and promoting evaluation as a core product function.

Minimum Qualifications

• Proven expertise in leveraging AI-enabled tools to generate product deliverables.
• Proficient in integrating diverse user requirements and contextual factors into unified product strategies.
• Experienced in recruiting and building AI-capable cross-functional teams.
• At least eight years of relevant industrial experience, including a minimum of three years in product management roles.
• Demonstrated experience shepherding a product throughout its entire lifecycle.
• Capability in developing and scaling AI-native approaches, including evaluation and data strategies across teams.
• Strong analytical skills managing large-scale, complex datasets to inform decisions effectively.
• Leadership skills in inspiring teams and influencing across organizations.
• Excellent communicator, skilled at conveying complex technical information clearly across diverse audiences.
• Proven track record in significantly enhancing product performance and team effectiveness.
• Experience managing cross-functional product teams over full product lines, developing mission and strategy, defining requirements, coordinating resources, and successfully delivering key objectives.
• Bachelor's degree or equivalent, preferably in STEM fields such as Computer Science, Engineering, Information Systems, Analytics, Mathematics, Physics, or Applied Sciences.

Preferred Qualifications

• Demonstrated success in applying AI tools to redesign workflows resulting in measurable improvements like efficiency or quality gains.
• Experience in adopting and enforcing responsible and ethical AI practices, including risk assessments, bias mitigation, and quality assurance.
• Commitment to continuous AI skill enhancement, including prompt engineering and agent orchestration, with an awareness of emerging AI trends.

Company Overview

Meta is a leading innovator in technology that connects people, fosters communities, and enables business growth. Starting with Facebook in 2004 transformed digital connection, and expanded through apps such as Messenger, Instagram, and WhatsApp that empower billions worldwide. Meta is advancing beyond traditional screens towards immersive virtual and augmented reality experiences, shaping the future of social technology beyond physical and digital limits.

Equal Employment Opportunity & Accessibility

Meta is committed to equal opportunity and affirmative action, prohibiting discrimination based on race, religion, gender, sexual orientation, age, disability, veteran status, or other protected characteristics. Qualified candidates with criminal histories are also considered per applicable laws. Reasonable accommodations are provided for candidates with disabilities throughout the recruiting process upon request.

Compensation & Benefits

The annual base salary ranges from $173,000 to $241,000, with additional bonus, equity, and benefits packages. Individual total compensation varies based on skills, qualifications, experience, and location. Further details regarding benefits are available internally.