Manager, Technical Program Management, Search Core Relevance

Facebook is seeking a Manager for the Search, Technical Program Management (TPM) team. Technical Program Managers in Search lead cross-team engineering efforts for Facebook that help People find and discover People, Communities and Content that they care about. This role is part of the core Search team that powers the ranking of the Search suggestions as well as results pages. In this position, you will build the roadmap and lead the engineering execution defining and operationalizing a Core area within Relevance. This is a critical part of Search because most of the team’s ranking models are based on high-scale Machine Learning techniques. Your team will do that while working closely with some of the world’s most talented Ranking/Product Engineers, Data Scientists, Data Engineers, Researchers and Product Managers to define the long-term vision and feature requirements for the team. You’ll also provide cross-team and executive presentations to gain buy-in from key stakeholders. Search Technical Program Managers are a group of passionate individuals who go deep on learning their teams’ systems and then leverage this technical knowledge to influence and drive cross-team projects and roadmaps. The Search TPM works horizontally to create long-term value for Facebook Search by promoting the right technologies for productivity, stability, and growth.
New hires in this role go through the manager training, engineering bootcamp, are expected to build an overarching understanding of the whole system architecture and are embedded into the engineering and PM organization. As peers to Engineering Managers and Product Managers, Search TPMs heavily contribute to planning, negotiating cross-team dependencies, representing the voice of the customer, and are expected to shine as a valuable addition to the Search organization.