As Meta's Wearables roadmap expands to cater to a growing consumer base, delivering exceptional user experiences demands innovation, deployment, and scaling of critical optical components and modules, such as waveguides, lenses, and eye-piece integration. This technology requires rapid advancements in performance, partner expansion, scalability, and cost-efficiency in a new and emerging space. We are looking for an experienced sourcing professional with a technical and sourcing background in module integration to drive deployment of new technologies, new partners, own factory operations and sourcing of eye-piece modules and components for AR applications.

Strategic Sourcing Manager AR Waveguides & EP Module Responsibilities:

• Operate in an new, developing and ambiguous space to develop cohesive supply chain and sourcing strategies aligned with product roadmaps, technical and commercial goals. Communicate trade-offs, advise internal partners, drive consensus among key stakeholders and executive leadership
• Research and identify potential suppliers of components and eye-piece modules, assess supplier capabilities, technology roadmap, and quality standards, conduct supplier audits and technical assessments
• Lead commercial negotiations to secure favorable pricing, terms, and conditions, draft, review, and manage contracts and supply agreements, ensure compliance with company policies and industry regulations
• Work closely with cross-functional teams including engineering, product development, and quality teams to define technical requirements
• Collaborate with legal, finance, and operations to support contractual and sourcing activities
• Build and maintain solid relationships with key suppliers and internal cross-functional teams
• Stay updated on market trends, emerging technologies, and industry landscape, provide strategic recommendations to internal stakeholders
• Drive supplier readiness activities to execute development builds leading up to ramp, development of process qualifications plans, and defining capacity and capex requirements, clearly identifying deliverables and dependencies
• Manage production ramps with suppliers in close collaboration with operations teams, and deliver supply against demand forecast. Build contingency strategies to support and maintain supply continuity through program lifetimes. Monitor supplier performance and resolve issues related to quality, delivery, or cost
• Own module and component supply and pricing through program end of life
  
  

Minimum Qualifications:

• Bachelor of Science or higher in Business, Engineering, Supply Chain/Operations discipline or equivalent experience
• 5+ years’ experience in a Sourcing role for high-volume consumer electronics device
• Proven background in advanced manufacturing processes, including lamination, assembly, SMT etc
• Proven problem solving and analytical skills, including advanced skills in Excel
• Experience with product features/specifications, manufacturing processes and the supply chain for consumer electronics products
• Experience influencing stakeholders, managing internal partnerships, external suppliers and manufacturers
• Project management experience, including cross-functional stakeholder management
• Experience navigating ambiguity in a time-sensitive environment and prioritize multiple and competing work threads to maximizing impact
• Demonstrated history of owning factory operations and delivery through module/component lifecycle
  
  

Preferred Qualifications:

• Prior Experience in eye piece modules integration, lens and waveguides is a bonus but not required
  
  

About Meta:

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.

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.