Technical Program Manager - Ranking AI

About this role

Meta is seeking a Technical Program Manager (TPM) to drive the evolution of its state-of-the-art cloud-scale infrastructure. With a vast physical footprint and support for a wide range of products and services, Meta's infrastructure is undergoing a major transformation—streamlining the developer experience, optimizing efficiency at scale, and supporting cutting-edge web and AI workloads.

As a TPM focused on software engineering investments within core infrastructure, capacity, and efficiency teams, you will play a key role in this transformation. Partnering closely with engineering, product, and cross-functional teams, you will identify technical challenges, develop roadmaps, scope programs to align with business priorities, establish milestones and success metrics, and lead large-scale cross-functional initiatives to successful completion.

Responsibilities

Establish and lead effective program teams to ensure alignment and achieve common objectives Work closely with engineering and business stakeholders to define program requirements, prioritize initiatives, and establish scope, including shaping the roadmap and long-term strategy for partner teams Create and implement communication strategies to proactively share program status, challenges, and risks with stakeholders Proactively manage cross-functional dependencies, risks, and changes by adjusting scope, schedule, and resources as needed to achieve optimal outcomes Collaborate with cross-functional teams to lead technical analysis, design, development, testing, implementation, and post-implementation phases Establish and monitor key metrics, quality benchmarks, and performance indicators to drive cross-functional execution of program deliverables Anticipate and assess complex, long-term, and critical infrastructure challenges in partnership with engineering leaders and stakeholders Shape product decisions to align with overarching company initiatives Lead internal and external process enhancements across teams and functions, streamlining workflows and minimizing manual efforts through automation

Minimum Qualifications

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, a related technical field, or equivalent experience 12+ years of experience in software engineering, systems engineering, hardware engineering, or technical product/program management Experience delivering technical programs or products from inception to delivery, with an understanding of user needs, gathering requirements, and defining scope Experience working self-sufficiently across multiple teams, demonstrating critical thinking and providing thought leadership Experience in communicating and collaborating with technical management teams to develop systems, solutions, and products Experience in organizational coordination and building work relationships across multidisciplinary teams and partners in different time zones Experience in analytical thinking and problem-solving for large-scale systems, such as cloud-scale storage systems

Preferred Qualifications

Experience with capacity planning and resource optimization for AI workloads Experience with AI/ML infrastructure, ranking systems, or recommendation platforms Experience with distributed systems architecture and large-scale data processing Demonstrated ability to integrate AI tools to optimize/redesign workflows and drive measurable impact (e.g., efficiency gains, quality improvements) Experience leading programs across geographically distributed teams Demonstrated ongoing AI skill development (e.g., prompt/context engineering, agent orchestration) and staying current with emerging AI technologies Experience adhering to and implementing responsible, ethical AI practices (e.g., risk assessment, bias mitigation, quality and accuracy reviews)

$199,000/year to $272,000/year + bonus + equity + benefits