Technical Lead, NPI Program Management

Technical Lead, NPI Program Management – Meta

Apply for the Technical Lead, NPI Program Management role s role focuses on leading new product introduction (NPI) efforts for the Network Hardware teams, ensuring on‑time, on‑quality execution of NPI builds across AI compute, storage, and network hardware programs.

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• As the single‑threaded owner for Meta’s Network Supply Chain organization, apply hands‑on program management skills to drive overall schedule, build & testing readiness, factory readiness, material readiness, and risk management.
• Provide technical leadership to all NPI PMs as they bring Network NPIs from concept to Mass Production exit, optimizing performance and enabling supply‑chain synergies across programs.
• Act as primary liaison between Meta’s Network Supply Chain organization and all internal and external partners, owning program communication strategy and execution.
• Constructively influence partners to simplify direction on programs and eliminate supply‑chain risk.
• Drive multiple teams through high‑level risk management by leveraging synergies across all ISCE Network programs and ODMs.
• Mitigate risks related to supply‑chain disruptions, manufacturing issues, and quality concerns by assessing circumstances and learning from historical data.
• Drive supply‑chain decisions, influence strategic investments of limited resources, and offer clear context and narratives to impact NPI program direction and product cycles across the Infra organization.
• Mobilize and create new teams to align with organizational needs and strategies, driving process improvements and innovations.
• Own and drive program escalations across Meta internal and external teams and partners.
• Collaborate cross‑functionally with commercial/technical sourcing, engineering, operations, planning, and quality teams to ensure smooth transitions between phases.
• Support ISCE in building resilient, responsive supply chains that meet evolving partner needs.
• Drive build readiness, including all supply‑chain deliverables and daily build‑issue debug cadence across Meta’s Supply Chain and external engineering and manufacturing partners.
• Drive factory ramp readiness with internal and external engineering and manufacturing partners.

• Bachelor’s degree in a related field or equivalent practical experience.
• Expertise with general program‑management best practices in multi‑organizational, multi‑national technical environments; prior experience as an engineer or manufacturing engineer (AI, compute, or networking hardware).
• 10+ years of experience in computer hardware and/or networking manufacturing, shop‑floor control, supply‑chain execution, manufacturing testing, and product lifecycle management tools.
• Expertise with NPI product lifecycle and program management, including kickoff, stakeholder influence, strategy, workstream prioritization, cross‑functional execution, and establishing relationships across multidisciplinary teams.
• Expertise in supply continuity and early supply‑chain risk identification and mitigation.

• M.S. in hardware engineering, manufacturing engineering, or a related discipline, or equivalent experience.
• Experience sourcing and managing global suppliers and manufacturing partners.
• Experience with data‑center hardware architecture and deployment.
• Strong ability to navigate ambiguity with initiative and proactive planning.
• Knowledge of manufacturing‑specific roles and responsibilities across NPI phases (HW, SW, manufacturing, product, process, test & quality engineering, reliability, QA).
• Knowledge of supply‑chain‑specific roles and responsibilities across NPI phases (procurement, planning, product lifecycle management, materials management, demand and supply planning, logistics).
• Knowledge of manufacturing test processes & systems, including quality inspections, automated server, storage, and integrated rack testing.
• Knowledge of PLM concepts including BOMs, ECO/MCO, deviations, part substitutions, effectivity date management, and quality management systems.

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