Program Manager, Emerging Technical Talent Strategy

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.

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 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