Technical Program Manager, Fair (ai Research)

Meta Meta · Big Tech · New York, NY

Technical Program Manager at Meta AI Research (FAIR) to lead complex, cross-functional programs that accelerate scientific discovery and innovation. The role involves partnering with researchers, engineers, and product managers to deliver scalable solutions for compute infrastructure, data management, and generative AI projects, enabling cutting-edge research and AI product development. Responsibilities include driving end-to-end program management, guiding technical strategy, identifying and mitigating risks, and facilitating communication. Qualifications include extensive experience in technical program management, systems engineering, or software engineering, with a preference for AI/ML backgrounds and experience integrating AI tools.

What you'd actually do

  1. Drive end-to-end program management for technical initiatives spanning compute infrastructure, data management, and generative AI projects.
  2. Ensure alignment and execution across research, engineering, product, infrastructure, and operations teams
  3. Collaborate directly with researchers to understand evolving requirements, workflows, and challenges.
  4. Co-design solutions that enable advanced experiments, model development, and scientific breakthroughs
  5. Guide technical strategy, system architecture, and process improvements for compute systems, data pipelines, and generative model productionization.

Skills

Required

  • technical program management
  • systems engineering
  • software engineering
  • cross-organizational programs
  • end-to-end delivery
  • risk identification and mitigation
  • influencing leadership
  • executive-level communication
  • technical strategy
  • system architecture
  • data management
  • generative AI
  • compute systems
  • AI tools integration
  • responsible AI practices
  • AI skill development

Nice to have

  • human data
  • machine learning datasets
  • RL environments
  • generative model development
  • compute systems
  • data engineering
  • machine learning
  • prompt/context engineering
  • agent orchestration

What the JD emphasized

  • 12+ years of experience in technical program management, systems engineering, software engineering, or a related technical discipline, with demonstrated ownership of cross-organizational programs at scale
  • 12+ years of experience driving end-to-end delivery of large, complex technical programs spanning multiple organizations, including defining scope, managing dependencies, tracking deliverables, and reporting to executive stakeholders
  • Experience identifying and resolving systemic technical risks and organizational misalignments across company-wide programs, including influencing VP-level and cross-company leadership to drive commitment and strategic alignment

Other signals

  • leading complex cross-functional programs
  • partnering with researchers and engineers
  • delivering scalable solutions
  • enabling cutting-edge research
  • development of state-of-the-art AI products