The S&OP Materials Program Management team drives material strategy and execution in support of Meta Reality Labs' product roadmap - balancing supply flexibility, cost exposure, and operational resilience across the full product portfolio. Meta Reality Labs is seeking a Materials Program Manager to lead material strategy across our Sales & Operations Planning (S&OP) cycles. In this role, you will own material budgeting, Excess & Obsolescence (E&O) planning, and risk mitigation across the product lifecycle. You will drive both short-term and long-term material planning, demand/supply forecasting, and alignment of Lifetime Volume scenarios with Sales and Finance stakeholders through End-of-Manufacturing.

Responsibilities

Lead end-to-end material strategy and execution across S&OP cycles, from early product development through End-of-Manufacturing
• Own material budget management, E&O planning, and lifecycle risk mitigation across the product portfolio
• Design and implement a Material Drive strategy to manage appropriate buffers and flexibility at the component level, enabling rapid response to demand changes
• Drive short-term and long-term demand/supply forecasting and align lifetime volume scenarios with sales and finance stakeholders
• Drive cross-functional alignment on production readiness qualification priority and material allocation across sites and programs to optimize supply chain performance
• Develop "what-if" scenarios (e.g., capacity constraints, supplier disruptions, demand spikes) and present trade-off recommendations across cost, service level, inventory, and capacity dimensions
• Collaborate with Contract Manufacturers, Engineering, Product Cost Engineering, and Global Supply Management to assess sourcing opportunities - including multi-source, alternate source, and multi-flow/site strategies - while driving cross-functional Risk Buy approval and procurement kick-off
• Partner cross-functionally with Planning, Operations, Procurement, Quality, and Finance - as well as externally with contract manufacturers - to shape critical supply chain strategies and deliver results
• Drive contingency planning and risk mitigation strategies to protect supply chain continuity and financial targets

Minimum Qualifications
• 4+ years of experience in material management, supply chain, or purchasing within a high-volume hardware industry
• Experience solving material planning and supply chain problems using data analysis, with demonstrated ability to manage complexity across multiple manufacturing sites
• B.S. in Supply Chain, Business, Electrical Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Manufacturing & Operations Engineering, or equivalent experience

Preferred Qualifications
• Experience within complex supply chains, including OEM/ODM/JDM management
• Demonstrated ability to integrate AI tools to optimize/redesign workflows and drive measurable impact (e.g., efficiency gains, quality improvements)
• Demonstrated ability to integrate AI tools to optimize or redesign workflows and drive measurable impact (e.g., efficiency gains, quality improvements)
• Demonstrated ability to influence and drive decisions with data across cross-functional stakeholders
• Experience adhering to and implementing responsible, ethical AI practices (e.g., risk assessment, bias mitigation, quality and accuracy reviews)
• Proven experience developing data models or partnering with IT /Solution teams to design and scale tools/systems for efficiency improvement
• Demonstrated ongoing AI skill development (e.g., prompt/context engineering, agent orchestration) and staying current with emerging AI technologies
• Track record of driving alignment with cross-functional teams through structured communication, stakeholder engagement, and shared decision-making - both internally and with external manufacturing partners
• Experience managing high-volume consumer electronics product launches and delivery