Director, Product Staff

Meta

$180K — $220K *
Consumer Technology
11 - 15 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • 12+ years of experience in Product Management and/or Product Design
  • 10+ years of collaborative experience with engineering, design, and user research teams
  • 8+ years in hiring, managing, and developing individual contributors and senior leaders
  • Proven analytical leadership and critical thinking skills
  • Demonstrated proficiency in AI-enabled tools for product development
  • Experience formulating and promoting AI-native strategies across organizations
  • Skilled in presenting to senior executive audiences
  • BA/BS in Computer Science or related field

Responsibilities

  • Identify and shape transformative, long-term opportunities in product areas, setting a vision that influences broader organizational direction.
  • Drive consensus and clarity on ambiguous opportunities among multiple organizations and senior leadership.
  • Establish criteria for optimal AI application across product portfolios.
  • Champion and evaluate AI-native strategies to enhance organizational excellence.
  • Lead ideation, technical development, and launch of innovative products with a world-class team.
  • Foster a culture of rapid experimentation and learning to gain competitive advantage.
  • Develop a talented team of product leaders with a focus on AI capabilities.

Benefits

  • Work at a leading consumer product company with global reach.
  • Participate in an innovative culture that values rapid experimentation.
  • Access to cutting-edge technology and AI tools.
  • Collaborative environment with top-tier engineers and designers.
  • Opportunities for professional growth and leadership development.
Full Job Description
Instagram is where over 3 billion people discover, create, and connect - and we've built one of the best consumer product teams in the industry to make that possible. Product Staff is how we build at Instagram: small, talent-dense teams of product builders, engineers, designers, and data scientists focused on creating amazing products directly. Beyond setting strategy, Members of the Product Staff create directional design, analyze data hands-on, and leverage AI tools to move faster with fewer handoffs. We are looking for product builders who value moving quickly and embrace AI-native product development.

Responsibilities

Vision & Strategy:
• Is the primary driver for identifying and shaping transformative, long-term opportunities across multiple large Product areas or portfolios, setting vision and strategy that influences Meta's broader organizational and industry direction.
• Generates buy-in and drives consensus across multiple organizations and senior leadership, bringing clarity and structure to highly ambiguous, company-level opportunities; consistently demonstrates initiative and executes with minimal oversight, often setting new standards.
• Set the standard for critically evaluating when AI is (and isn't) the optimal solution across product portfolios.
• Champion AI-native strategies including comprehensive evals and data strategies that enable org-wide excellence.
• Leadership & Collaboration:
• Lead a team through the ideation, technical development, and launch of innovative products.
• Drive product development with a team of world-class engineers and designers.
• Attract, build, manage, and develop a talented team of product staff and product leaders with a broad range of experiences, perspectives, approaches, and backgrounds-with emphasis on AI-native capabilities.
• Reimagine workflows, responsibly using AI tools to transform team velocity and capability at organizational scale.
• Foster a culture of rapid experimentation and learning that becomes a competitive advantage for the organization.
• Scale AI best practices (including responsible AI use), workflows, and artifacts across teams so organizational capability compounds over time.
• Structure an org effectively around the most critical priorities and goals, including the right mix of generalist Product Staff and specialist depth.
• Proactively increases the capacity of the effort through efficiency and recruiting.
• Own org-wide standards and company-wide quality oversight standards for how Product Staff engage with data, including when tool-generated output is trustworthy versus when specialist validation is required.
• Execution & Prioritization:
• Orchestrate complex execution across multiple teams and organizations by combining AI automation with strategic human oversight.
• Maximize efficiency in a constantly evolving environment where the process is fluid and innovative solutions are the norm.
• Technical / Analytical / Design:
• Set expectations for product technical capability, including use of AI-enabled tools to build products.
• Integrate usability studies, research and market analysis into product requirements to enhance user satisfaction.
• Ensure teams understand system/architecture trade-offs and how they impact user experience and business outcomes.
• Communication:
• Express complex and technical concepts at the right altitude, choosing the right medium and level of detail for executive, engineering, and cross-functional audiences.
• Measurement & Impact:
• Define and analyze metrics that inform the success of products.
• Establish evaluation (evals) as a first-class product practice across teams for AI-powered experiences.
• Drive decision-making through user insights, quantitative analysis, and AI-accelerated experimentation.

Minimum Qualifications
• 12+ years of experience in Product Management and/or Product Design
• 10+ years of experience working collaboratively with engineering, design and user research teams
• 8+ years of experience hiring, managing, and developing both individual contributors and senior leaders
• Critical thinking/analytical leadership experience
• Demonstrated proficiency using AI-enabled tools to build product artifacts at scale
• Experience developing and championing AI-native strategies across organizations
• Experience presenting to senior executive audiences
• BA/BS in Computer Science or related field

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