Manager, Strategic Partner Initiatives

Meta is seeking a Manager, Strategic Programs to support Facebook’s zero-to-1 partnership initiatives. This person will operate as the “quarterback” helping to set up, support and help execute complex, cross-organization partner initiatives with high leadership visibility spanning multiple product areas and teams.

This person will have experience driving strategic initiatives through proactive operational and thought leadership in a cross-functional environment, someone who is strategic, can drive results and stay focused on high-impact projects.Manager, Strategic Partner Initiatives Responsibilities

• Problem Solving: Identify and analyze complex business problems and develop novel, creative solutions. Develop recommendations and a clear, substantiated point-of-view on a plan of record. Exhibit a solutions-oriented approaches to issues, driving to timely resolutions
• Strategic Planning and Program Management: Drive projects or initiatives that require additional due diligence and clarity before engaging further with a partner (for example, analyzing internal and external data and analysts reports to assess partner feasibility). Help coordinate and drive program management across different business development teams.
• Communications: Drive key leadership meetings and effectively communicate strategic recommendations and updates to leadership and stakeholders. Ensure strategic and cross-ecosystems view of key partners in preparation for executive meetings, escalations and deal negotiations
• Collaboration & Influence: Partner with cross-functional teams (product, engineering, strategic response, legal, policy, communications, marketing) to ensure preparation for any partner meetings or public engagements with background information, goals, and materials, and to ensure accurate representation of our strategy
• Stay up-to-date with trends in business and technology including knowledge of current/potential Meta partners

Minimum Qualifications

• 8+ years of experience of business development, strategy, consulting or related field
• Experience with clear and concise executive communications
• Experience leading cross-functional projects, working effectively with internal and external partners at all levels
• Experience building a variety of internal and external relationships based on trust and respect
• Experience balancing between high-level strategy and diving into execution
• Experience delivering thought leadership through research and data-driven approaches
• Experience handling confidential information, with experience exercising discretion, poise and professionalism at all times
• Experience analyzing and solving complex and diverse business problems (commercial, operational, organizational), and driving projects from strategy to execution.
• Experience leading and influencing stakeholders at all levels of an organization.
• Bachelor’s Degree

Preferred Qualifications

• MBA or Master's Degree, with prior background in consulting/business strategy
• 5+ years experience in the tech industry executing and operating on strategic initiatives
• Experience defining, developing and driving large programs in a deadline-focused, rapidly changing environment
• Product sense, including an understanding of Facebook’s strategic and competitive position
• Experience working with product and cross-functional stakeholder leadership to build consensus, drive efficient decision making and move projects forward

For those who live in or expect to work from California if hired for this position, please click here for additional information. About Meta Meta builds technologies that help people connect, find communities, and grow businesses. When Facebook launched in 2004, it changed the way people connect. Apps like Messenger, Instagram and WhatsApp further empowered billions around the world. Now, Meta is moving beyond 2D screens toward immersive experiences like augmented and virtual reality to help build the next evolution in social technology. People who choose to build their careers by building with us at Meta help shape a future that will take us beyond what digital connection makes possible today—beyond the constraints of screens, the limits of distance, and even the rules of physics.
$159,000/year to $223,000/year + bonus + equity + benefits

Individual compensation is determined by skills, qualifications, experience,