Facebook Looking For Documentation Manager at Remote Full Time

Facebook is seeking a Manager for Documentation Engineering team that is focused on building internal documentation to be used by other Facebook engineers. This person will support the existing team tasked with helping to scale Facebook documentation to our growing Enterprise Products organization. This role would be responsible for not only managing the overall team, hiring new team members, but also setting the strategy, direction and communication of a team with a mission to connect the internal organization through documentation. You’ll work incredibly closely with Facebook Engineering leadership to establish priorities, strategy and communicate regular updates on what’s happening with the team and space. You would be responsible for ensuring solid partnerships, steady growth, and measurable impact. This is a full-time position.

Documentation is a priority focus for Facebook’s Enterprise Products organization as we scale and support a growing product catalogue. The Documentation Manager will have the opportunity to underpin this growth through key technical initiatives and alignment.

Manage a high-performing team to create engaging and effective documentation for technologies and tools used internally and externally

Partner with Engineering and other cross-functional leadership to establish priorities, strategy, and communicate regular updates on documentation initiatives

Manage expectations of all interested parties: define clear schedules with key deliverables and milestone dates, identify and communicate risks and adjustments to the overall documentation deliverables

Develop and implement key performance indicators to track progress to key metrics and goals

Hire and develop new documentation team members

8+ years experience in technical documentation, and/or developer outreach for a developer audience

4+ years of experience managing a team

4+ years of experience independently driving technical documentation projects and authoring tools

Experience organizing content in a logical flow

Demonstrated experience in comprehensive technical documentation, proofreading, and editing

Experience partnering with Engineering leadership to establish priorities, strategy, and communicate regular updates on documentation initiatives

Proficiency in technical documentation across multiple programming languages based on an understanding of coding and object-oriented design principles

BS/BA degree in Computer Science, Technical Communication or a related discipline

Experience writing code

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