Messenger Hiring For Program Manager, Special Projects (Messenger) at Menlo Park, CA Full Time
Messenger’s goal is to empower people to feel closer even when they’re not physically together. In this world, everyone can stay connected and share experiences with friends and family everyday. Messenger has spent years as Facebook’s communication platform that connects billions of people around the world. Today, we are connecting people more than ever as we expand our mission to other mediums, networks and realities with new products and platforms. Messenger is expanding from being an app to also being a platform/experience that powers conversations within and across Facebook’s multiple apps, including Instagram, Portal, and Facebook app.
The Program Manager of Special Projects is part of a new team focused on ensuring strategic alignment and seamless execution of cross-app cross-functional initiatives across Messenger and other Facebook apps. This team is responsible for driving program management of highly complex and multi-app initiatives from Messenger, working closely with leaders across our consumer marketing and product organization. In this role, you will be responsible for implementing the marketing strategy, strategically coordinating across multiple go-to-market teams including marketing, partnerships, growth, Communications/PR, creative, analytics and others, and ensuring alignment and smooth decision making for key stakeholders.
The ideal candidate is passionate about technology and marketing and has exceptional strategic, organizational, communication and program management skills. They thrive in complexity and are passionate about putting methods to madness. They must be able to succeed in a fast-paced, often-ambiguous, often-changing environment and be able to thrive in and work with cross-functional teams.
Program Manager, Special Projects (Messenger) Responsibilities
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Own the program management of high priority, cross-product initiatives that require strategic coordination and implementation
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Drive strategic integration and execution of plans across all go-to-market teams, including product marketing, integrated marketing, social, communications, product growth, partnerships etc.
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Drive visibility, stakeholder alignment and decision making across go-to-market teams
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Communicate up/down/across the organization to ensure transparency, alignment, and advocacy of marketing strategy and plans
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Partner closely with PMM to develop strategic communications and frameworks for aligning key stakeholders on go-to-market strategy (audiences, launch sequencing, positioning/messaging) and plans
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Develop playbooks that standardize how cross-product initiatives are planned and executed against
Minimum Qualifications
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8 or more years of experience with program management, strategy, or marketing strategy
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Experience developing marketing strategies and translating those strategies into business plans
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Experience utilizing data and measurement to drive decisions
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Experience communicating concepts – engaging and influencing at all levels of organizational leadership
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Highly collaborative with demonstrated experience leading cross-functional teams effectively
Preferred Qualifications
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MBA
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Corporate strategy, strategic planning or management consulting experience
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Strong business acumen and outstanding strategic problem solving skills
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Excels in a fast-paced, entrepreneurial environment with a bias for action. Embraces day-to-day flex between strategic thinking and hands-on execution
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About the Facebook company
Facebook’s mission is to give people the power to build community and bring the world closer together. Through our family of apps and services, we’re building a different kind of company that connects billions of people around the world, gives them ways to share what matters most to them, and helps bring people closer together. Whether we’re creating new products or helping a small business expand its reach, people at Facebook are builders at heart. Our global teams are constantly iterating, solving problems, and working together to empower people around the world to build community and connect in meaningful ways. Together, we can help people build stronger communities — we’re just getting started.
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