As the Head of Developer Ecosystem Success, you will lead our organization focused on building world class services aligned to developer aspirations - attracting, enabling and launching amazing experiences. Your team will have oversight over 3rd party developer programs, integrity, developer engineering relations, QA and store operations, driving our efforts to enhance developer success through growth and community, deep technical engagement, and platform policy.In this role, you will help support the Meta Content Org's strategic priorities, outline data-driven strategic decisions, and frame actionable recommendations, all in service to making developers on our platform successful and driving a healthy application ecosystem. This is a hybrid role that requires technology leadership and developer programs and relationships. You will help shape and execute on our long term content strategy by identifying, building, and deploying the levers needed to drive and grow the developer businesses on Meta Quest and other Reality Lab platforms You will serve as an accelerant to a wide variety of developer businesses: independent startups, video game studios, lone creators, and established companies. This role calls for a driver who understands the fundamentals of running a developer business and can articulate that perspective. Success in this role requires not only support of external developers, but advocacy and thought leadership for developer needs within Meta. This role will closely partner with the VP of Content and many other senior strategic leaders across the Reality Labs organization.In addition to the above, you'll be the point person who understands the needs-both business and technical-of developers on our platforms, and to develop programs for both incubation and integrity enforcement. You will be expected to run a large team, manage budget and spending, and report on your work and the state of the platform up to senior leadership. You have strong communication skills, can convince others with your words, and the technical background to understand the nuances and details of building for RL platforms.
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Director of Developer Ecosystem Success Responsibilities:
- Support and influence the shape of our long term vision for our scaled content ecosystem, and the developers that drive it.
- Act as the right hand to the Head of Content, driving the strategy to enhance our 3rd party ecosystem and developer programs, as well as developer-focused engineering teams.
- Lead our integrity, compliance and QA teams
- Design strategies for developer success across many content categories, including those that are still in the early stages of finding their product-market fit.
- Experiment, design and influence rigorously the creation of these new kinds of experiences for consumers and the new business models that will support builders, creators, partners and developers.
- Uphold a culture of respect, integrity, inclusion, innovation.
- Represent Meta's Metaverse content efforts internally and externally.
- Implement the structure, success metrics and criteria, and operating rhythms to deliver results whilst also shaping the overall long range plans and budget priorities.
- 15+ years of relevant technical and game industry experience in senior leadership roles.
- Experience working with scaled developer programs, outreach, and/or compliance.
- Proven experience creating and implementing complex strategies and plans to bring products to market either within an organization or in collaboration with external developers, stakeholders, or partners.
- Demonstrated experience with various deal / content categories.
- Experience to influence through collaboration by fostering proven relationships
- Proven experience to overseeing creative teams and/or developers creating and then delivering high quality software products or services
- Innovative problem solver who suggests solutions for product and business challenges and brings the right people together to solve problems and resolve bottlenecks
- Proven understanding of the software development life cycle, tools, and processes from pre-production through to launch and in to live services
Meta builds technologies that help people connect, find communities, and grow businesses. When Facebook launched in 2004, it changed the way people connect. Apps like Messenger, Instagram and WhatsApp further empowered billions around the world. Now, Meta is moving beyond 2D screens toward immersive experiences like augmented and virtual reality to help build the next evolution in social technology. People who choose to build their careers by building with us at Meta help shape a future that will take us beyond what digital connection makes possible today-beyond the constraints of screens, the limits of distance, and even the rules of physics.
Meta is proud to be an Equal Employment Opportunity and Affirmative Action employer. We do not discriminate based upon race, religion, color, national origin, sex (including pregnancy, childbirth, or related medical conditions), sexual orientation, gender, gender identity, gender expression, transgender status, sexual stereotypes, age, status as a protected veteran, status as an individual with a disability, or other applicable legally protected characteristics. We also consider qualified applicants with criminal histories, consistent with applicable federal, state and local law. Meta participates in the E-Verify program in certain locations, as required by law. Please note that Meta may leverage artificial intelligence and machine learning technologies in connection with applications for employment.
Meta is committed to providing reasonable accommodations for candidates with disabilities in our recruiting process. If you need any assistance or accommodations due to a disability, please let us know at accommodations-ext@fb.com.
$328,000/year to $381,000/year + bonus + equity + benefits
Individual compensation is determined by skills, qualifications, experience, and location. Compensation details listed in this posting reflect the base hourly rate, monthly rate, or annual salary only, and do not include bonus, equity or sales incentives, if applicable. In addition to base compensation, Meta offers benefits. Learn more about benefits at Meta.