The NPI Operations Program Manager (OPM) role at Reality Labs offers a unique opportunity to manage cross-functional execution of advanced NPI and strategic initiatives for cutting-edge consumer electronic devices. The OPM will be responsible for ensuring seamless execution of complex, high-priority initiatives that directly influence the success of innovative products in a fast-paced, evolving environment.
Requirements
- Manage cross-functional execution of advanced NPI and strategic initiatives for cutting-edge consumer electronic devices
- Establish and lead a system to intake and integrate Pre-Discovery phase of NPIs into the roadmap
- Drive supplier strategy with cross functional partners to deliver proper allocation, integration, and potential ramp challenges based on the overall roadmap
- Execute development builds leading up to ramp, development of process qualifications plans, and defining capacity and Capex requirements
- Lead the tactical execution of go-to-market initiatives for our products
- Bring a point of view to the team, informing and guiding decisions related to these initiatives
- Drive Operations team towards factory readiness with manufacturing partners
- Work with Product Cost Engineers to track and drive product cost targets with manufacturing partners
- Act as the first Operations entry point for new Wearables initiatives during pre-discovery / pre-development phases
- Drive alignment on problem statement, scope boundaries, assumptions, milestones, and success metrics before plans are committed
- Define and align minimum operational requirements to proceed
- Identify early risks and constraints and drive mitigation plans and decisions
- Drive strategic initiatives that improve how Wearables NPIs is executed
- Align priorities and tradeoffs across programs to maximize portfolio outcomes
- Create scalable playbooks and mechanisms that reduce duplicated work across teams
- Ensure internal tools/databases are the single source of truth for scope, schedules, decisions, dependencies, readiness status, and key manufacturing metrics
- Define data standards and enforce adoption so reporting is decision-grade and auditable
- Build dashboards/operating reviews that drive action, not just status
- Make AI the default approach to reduce operational toil and improve decision velocity and predictability across Wearables NPI execution
- Deploy/scale AI-enabled workflows such as: plan & status synthesis, meeting-to-actions, risk signal extraction, dependency mapping, change-log summarization—paired with traceability and quality controls
- Define success metrics and drive adoption across teams
Benefits
- Generous Paid Time Off
- 401k Matching
- Retirement Plan
- Bonus & Equity
