Design Engineering Program Manager Job Reston area,Virginia USA,Management

Position: Design Change Engineering Program Manager

Summary

Meta is seeking an Engineering Program Manager to join our Data Center Engineering and Construction (DEC) team. Our data centers are the foundation upon which our rapidly scaling infrastructure operates and our services are delivered as we continue our mission to build a community and bring the world closer together. This role drives complex technical and cross‑functional challenges from problem definition through design to executable engineering packages.

It requires technical understanding of civil, electrical, mechanical, and connectivity systems and the ability to drive decisions and alignment across Meta's infrastructure ecosystem.

Required Skills

Lead end‑to‑end program execution by developing complex problem statements, defining clear milestones, and driving schedules to decision points and implementation

Partner cross‑functionally (Engineering, Facilities, E/M, Construction, Network, Cabling, Security, and business owners) to define requirements, align scope, and ensure execution readiness

Drive decision‑making with rigor by collecting required inputs and producing recommendations grounded in trade‑off analysis across scope, schedule, cost, and risk

Communicate design direction and outcomes clearly across multiple organizations, ensuring alignment, accountability, and fast issue resolution

Synthesize technical inputs into executable plans by reviewing cross‑disciplinary documentation, validating needs, and packaging requirements into cohesive delivery artifacts

Manage dependencies and handoffs to reduce execution friction and continuously optimize integrated schedules

Improve delivery systems by innovating on processes, tools, and frameworks that increase predictability, enable on‑time delivery, and reduce costs

Own design change management and governance, including change request workflows, impact assessment standards, approval protocols, release documentation, and policy enforcement across product and hardware development

Operate and evolve Change Control Board (CCB) mechanisms, including agenda/priority setting, decision logs, escalation paths, and stakeholder alignment

Evaluate design change requests with engineering, industrial design, manufacturing, supply chain, quality, and compliance partners for feasibility, cost, schedule risk, and regulatory requirements

Build scalable change tooling and infrastructure to track status, revision history, dependencies, and integration across concurrent programs and manufacturing readiness gates

Define program metrics and reporting to monitor change velocity, backlog health, traceability, and on‑time resolution for leadership visibility

Drive continuous improvement by identifying systemic gaps in change operations and reducing cycle time while increasing cross‑functional transparency

Lead enablement and capability building by authoring standards documentation, facilitating training, and mentoring program managers and operations specialists on best practices

Travel: up to 25% as required

Minimum Qualifications

Experience owning and scaling design change control processes, including change request workflows, impact assessments, and cross‑functional approval governance processes

Bachelor's degree in a directly related field, or equivalent practical experience

Experience partnering with engineering, manufacturing, and supply chain teams to evaluate, validate, and execute design changes across complex, multi‑disciplinary construction projects

Experience driving process improvement initiatives that reduce operational friction and improve traceability across concurrent product development programs

Experience defining program‑level operational metrics and reporting frameworks to track design change performance and communicate status to leadership

10+ years of experience in design operations, engineering program management, or change management within data centers, hardware, consumer electronics, or wearables product development

Understanding of engineering details and the impacts of change across multiple disciplines

Preferred Qualifications

Familiarity with product lifecycle management (PLM) systems and engineering change order (ECO) tooling used in high‑volume…