Product Design Leader, Messenger (Video Chat)

Intro: 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.Summary: We’re looking for a strong leader to join our team to help us build the future of messaging and real time experiences. Your role will be to drive vision and strategy for video calling (group and 1:1), rich experiences and Messenger Desktop app for Mac and Windows. The ideal candidate will have a strong consumer or enterprise product background and is able develop products balancing user needs all while having strong fundamentals in systems, interaction and visual design, with experience leading a large team of designers working across projects in multiple stages, from incubation to optimization.Your role will be to both help set the vision and drive execution on any work related to real time experiences messaging in Messenger. This includes creating new and better ways for people to interact - ranging from Messenger video calls, Messenger Desktop and co-watching.Required Skills:

Building and managing a growing team of talented designers.

Help establish shared vision across the company by building consensus on priorities leading to product design and execution.

Help lead the vision and strategic planning for the product roadmap, both short term and long-term.

Manage multiple projects and allocate design resources accordingly, ensuring deadlines are met and setting up team members for success by setting clear and measurable goals.

Offer organizational design thinking to best structure the team and equip them for success in their goals.

Drive product design with a team of world-class engineers, Product Managers, analysts and user researchers.

Establishing a strong, collaborative design practice.

Minimum Qualifications:

10+ years of experience in Product Design.

6+ years of management experience with direct reports under your guidance and leadership.

8+ years of experience working collaboratively with engineering, design and user research teams.

Senior people management, team development, and recruiting experience.

Experience growing strategic design practice within design teams.

Visual and interaction experience in software design.

Organizational and analytical experience.

Experience executing with hands-on design.

Preferred Qualifications:

Experience in a two-sided marketplace.

Industry: InternetEqual Opportunity: Facebook is proud to be an Equal 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. Facebook 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.