Program Manager III

Introduction

Meta is seeking a Project Specialist or Project coordinator to join the System Technical Project Management team (System TPM) in Reality Labs. The candidate we seek should have a strong background in working with highly complex projects with a full gamut of requirements management, change traceability and change management. The candidate should also have a solid experience in using Jira or similar tools and working cross-functionally with a large multi-disciplinary team.

Job Description

In this role the candidate will be responsible for driving a CCB (Change Control Board) process. From gathering change requests through the driving review process and tracking these all the way through change execution. This will require collaborating closely with domain experts in Augmented Reality across multiple disciplines such as system architecture, electro-mechanical design and sensor leads.

The ideal candidate is someone who has experience in managing change control using Jira, in close partnerships with highly technical and diverse engineering teams. The candidate should be able to work independently with other stakeholders to gather change requests, track these changes and use dashboards to communicate status to leadership

Job Responsibilities

• Collaboratively gather requirements from domain experts and ensure they meet appropriate quality bars for a large cross-functional review. Track the Change Control process in Jira rigorously and communicate with stakeholders on any gaps that are needed to execute a change. Maintain a high bar of continuous improvement to encourage compliance amongst all domain experts.
• Use and even define dashboards to clearly communicate gaps needed for requirements change execution.
• Build strong relationships with other groups within engineering and/or across the company. Actively solicit feedback from related teams, and use that feedback to improve the tools and efficiency as the infrastructure scales.

Minimum Qualification

• Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Science, Computer Engineering, or commensurate experience
• +2 year on working in change management or configuration management
• +1 year of working directly on a program managed in Jira

Desired experience

Previous experience with project management desired.

Previous experience in hardware product development desired.

Experience communicating project progress to technical and non-technical peers and managers.

Locations:

Redmond WA or Sunnyvale CA

This is the pay range that Meta reasonably expects to pay for this position: $69.49/hour

Optional Benefits: Medical, Dental, Vision, 401K 

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