Operations Program Manager, Robotics

About the role

The NPI Operations Program Manager (OPM) on the Robotics Team at Meta Reality Labs plays a unique and high-impact role in driving cutting-edge technology from development to mass production while developing a new supply chain. This position is vital for bringing Meta's innovative robotics ambitions to life, requiring demonstrated experience in product development, manufacturing, and engineering to ensure high-quality product and launch outcomes. The OPM bridges core product engineering teams with a broad spectrum of functional organizations—including Manufacturing Engineering, Hardware/Software Engineering, Quality Engineering, Supply Chain, Legal, and Finance—as well as external manufacturing partners and suppliers. The OPM serves as the backbone of program execution, ensuring engineering trade-offs, manufacturing constraints, and system-level dependencies are rigorously understood, communicated, and resolved across complex, high-priority initiatives.

Responsibilities

• Own end-to-end Supply Chain and Operations for Robotics, working cross-functionally within a matrix organization.
• Manage cross-functional execution of NPI Product Development by integrating engineering, manufacturing, and supply chain plans; communicate risk and status clearly and succinctly to management, calling out key technical issues and presenting options for resolution.
• Establish and lead on-site bring-up and integration activities, coordinating with both internal and external resources.
• Drive supplier readiness activities to execute development builds leading up to ramp, development of process qualification plans, and defining capacity and capex requirements, clearly identifying deliverables and dependencies.
• Assess, analyze, consolidate, and communicate risk and status clearly and succinctly to management, calling out key issues and presenting options for resolution to the cross-functional executive team through new product reviews and other executive forums.
• Lead the tactical execution of go-to-market initiatives by working closely with key cross-functional engineering and operations teams, bringing a technically informed point of view to guide decisions related to manufacturing feasibility, test coverage, quality readiness, and service model.
• Liaise across cross-functional teams to ensure product cost, manufacturability, reliability, product quality, and safety and compliance performance goals are met.
• Drive the Operations team toward factory readiness with manufacturing partners to support MP (line layout, automation, capacity, CapEx).
• Work with Product Cost Engineers to track and drive product cost targets.

Requirements

• Bachelor of Science or higher in Business, Engineering, Supply Chain/Operations discipline, or equivalent experience.
• 10+ years of experience in an operations-focused program management role in new production introductions.
• Experience applying structured problem-solving and data-driven analysis to resolve operational or engineering challenges.
• Experience with product features/specifications, manufacturing processes, and the supply chain for highly technical products.
• Experience working with and managing external suppliers and manufacturers.
• Experience leading development and delivery of highly complex hardware products through the full NPI lifecycle.
• Experience navigating ambiguity in a fast-paced environment and prioritizing multiple and competing work threads to maximize impact.

Preferred Qualifications

• Master’s degree (e.g., MBA, Engineering, or other relevant field) with experience in management consulting, strategy, business operations, corporate strategy, or similar discipline.
• Experience adhering to and implementing responsible, ethical AI practices (e.g., risk assessment, bias mitigation, quality and accuracy reviews).
• Demonstrated ability to integrate AI tools to optimize/redesign workflows and drive measurable impact (e.g., efficiency gains, quality improvements).
• Experience managing JDM/ODM partners across different models of engagement, with the ability to drive technical alignment on manufacturing processes and quality standards.
• Demonstrated ongoing AI skill development (e.g., prompt/context engineering, agent orchestration) and staying current with emerging AI technologies.
• Experience leading development/delivery of multiple high-volume products.
• 3+ years of experience in a robotics-focused program management role.

Pay

$168,000/year to $234,000/year + bonus + equity + benefits. Individual compensation is determined by skills, qualifications, experience, and location.

Benefits

In addition to base compensation, Meta offers benefits. Learn more about benefits at Meta.