Meta is seeking a Program Manager to design, launch, and scale a new initiative for attracting and developing exceptional emerging and early-career technical talent to support Meta’s AI research and engineering priorities.
This senior individual contributor role owns the program end-to-end from strategic sourcing and selection to onboarding and pathway development working closely with executive leadership to maximize talent quality and long-term impact.
Responsibilities
- Define and deliver program strategy, roadmap, operating model, and investment plans with senior leadership.
- Identify top technical talent (PhD and non-PhD) and partner with recruiting to build targeted sourcing strategies.
- Build relationships with universities, faculty, and technical communities to drive targeted engagement.
- Partner across engineering, recruiting, and L&D to design selection, onboarding, mentorship, and evaluation programs.
- Lead cross-functional execution across HR, Ops, Recruiting, and Compensation to align key decisions.
- Track metrics on talent quality, conversion, and long-term outcomes to continuously optimize the program.
Minimum qualifications
- 10+ years of experience in program management, talent acquisition, recruiting, strategy or other relevant disciplines
- Proven track record of delivering complex, cross-functional programs from strategy through execution
- Experience crafting sourcing and engagement strategies for top-tier technical talent
- Ability to advise senior executives and influence cross-functional decisions
- Skilled at translating ambiguous business needs into actionable strategy and execution plans
- Strong communication skills with experience using data and market insights to guide decisions
Preferred qualifications
- Experience building selective early-career technical programs in high-performing talent environments
- Knowledge of North American and global university technical talent markets
- Experience partnering with AI research/engineering teams to design development and full-time conversion pathways
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