Product Operations Manager, Central and Standalone Products

Meta

$120K — $145K *
Business Services
5 - 7 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • Bachelor's degree in related field or equivalent experience
  • 6+ years in product or business operations, strategy, or analytics
  • Proficient in SQL for data extraction and analysis
  • Skilled in building dashboards/reporting frameworks
  • Experienced in managing cross-functional projects
  • Ability to dissect ambiguous problems into actionable insights

Responsibilities

  • Partner with product and engineering teams to identify and improve operational inefficiencies
  • Build and maintain metrics systems for product health and performance tracking
  • Conduct data analysis to inform product and operational decisions
  • Manage operational cycles and progress tracking for product portfolios
  • Translate business questions into clear analytical tasks
  • Collaborate on metrics definitions and reporting standards with cross-functional partners
  • Coordinate product launch operations and communicate status to stakeholders
  • Develop written summaries and briefs on product performance and priorities
  • Identify and automate manual workflows to enhance efficiency

Benefits

  • Collaborative work environment within a leading technology company
  • Opportunities for cross-functional partnerships
  • Focus on operational excellence and data-driven decision-making
  • Involvement in shaping product development and improvements
  • Utilization of advanced BI tools and AI technologies
Full Job Description
Meta is seeking a Product Operations Manager to support the Central and Standalone Products organization, driving operational excellence, data-informed decision-making, and cross-functional alignment across a portfolio of core Meta products. In this role, you will partner closely with product, engineering, design, and data science teams to identify operational gaps, build scalable processes, and translate complex product and business data into actionable insights. You will play a critical role in ensuring that product teams operate efficiently and that strategic priorities are clearly tracked, communicated, and executed.

Responsibilities

Partner with product and engineering teams across Central and Standalone Products to identify operational inefficiencies and design scalable solutions that improve team velocity and product quality
• Build and maintain dashboards, reporting frameworks, and metrics systems that provide visibility into product health, launch readiness, and key performance indicators
• Conduct structured data analysis using SQL and business intelligence tools to surface trends, diagnose issues, and inform product and operational decisions
• Define and manage operational rhythms including planning cycles, cross-functional syncs, and progress tracking mechanisms for the product portfolio
• Translate ambiguous business and product questions into well-scoped analytical workstreams with clear outputs and stakeholder-ready deliverables
• Collaborate with cross-functional partners in data science, finance, and operations to align on shared metrics definitions and reporting standards
• Support product launch operations by coordinating readiness reviews, tracking dependencies, and communicating status to relevant stakeholders
• Develop written materials including executive summaries, operational reviews, and strategic briefs that communicate product performance and operational priorities
• Identify opportunities to automate manual workflows and reporting processes, leveraging available tooling to reduce operational overhead
• Contribute to team-level planning by synthesizing input from multiple product areas and helping prioritize initiatives based on impact and feasibility

Minimum Qualifications
• Bachelor's degree in a directly related field, or equivalent practical experience
• 6+ years of experience in product operations, business operations, strategy, or a related analytical function
• Experience using SQL to extract, manipulate, and analyze large datasets to answer business and product questions
• Experience building dashboards or reporting frameworks using business intelligence tools to track product or operational metrics
• Experience managing cross-functional projects and communicating progress and findings to stakeholders across product, engineering, and business functions
• Experience breaking down ambiguous problems into structured analytical frameworks and delivering actionable recommendations

Preferred Qualifications
• Familiarity with product development lifecycles and experience coordinating operational processes around product launches or roadmap planning
• Demonstrated ability to integrate AI tools to optimize workflows and drive measurable impact such as efficiency gains or quality improvements
• Experience adhering to and implementing responsible, ethical AI practices (e.g., risk assessment, bias mitigation, quality and accuracy reviews)
• Experience with Python or other scripting languages for data analysis or workflow automation
• Experience supporting a portfolio of multiple products or product lines simultaneously within a large technology organization
• Demonstrated ability to integrate AI tools to optimize/redesign workflows and drive measurable impact (e.g., efficiency gains, quality improvements)
• Demonstrated ongoing AI skill development (e.g., prompt/context engineering, agent orchestration) and staying current with emerging AI technologies

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