
Strategic Partner Manager, Wearables
Required skills
- strategic relationships
- executive-level relationship owner
- joint roadmaps
- mutual business outcomes
- partnership agreements
- AI glasses
- complex business problems
- risk mitigation
- escalations
- partner landscape
Nice to have
- prompt engineering
- agent orchestration
- emerging AI technologies
- stakeholders
- influence
- AI
Role summary
Meta is seeking a Strategic Partner Manager for its Wearables team to cultivate and scale the ecosystem of strategic partners for smart glasses and AR hardware. This role involves defining and leading high-impact partnership strategies, operating at the intersection of product, business development, and emerging technology. Responsibilities include building strategic relationships, serving as the executive-level owner for key partners, collaborating across internal teams to deliver partnership agreements, and developing frameworks for partner management. The ideal candidate will have 8+ years of experience in strategic partnerships within consumer hardware or mobile platforms, with a track record of defining organizational-level partnership strategies and communicating outcomes to executives. Experience with AI, AR/VR, or wearable device ecosystems is preferred.
Responsibilities
- Build and maintain strategic relationships with key leaders at Wearables Partners and internally, effectively communicating strategic recommendations, influencing outcomes, and providing detailed updates
- Serve as the primary executive-level relationship owner for a portfolio of high-priority wearables partners, driving alignment on joint roadmaps and mutual business outcomes
- Collaborate with product, engineering, marketing, legal, and finance teams to deliver partnership agreements that unlock new capabilities for AI glasses and Wearables
- Develop frameworks and playbooks for partner onboarding, performance measurement, and lifecycle management specific to the wearables ecosystem
- Identify and analyze complex business problems, develop novel solutions, and provide recommendations to leadership
- Mitigate risks, manage escalations to internal and external executives, and identify opportunities through mapping the partner landscape, data analysis, and gaining a holistic partner perspective
- Define and execute a multi-year partnership strategy for Meta's wearables ecosystem, identifying and prioritizing partners that expand platform capabilities, distribution reach, or user value
Minimum Qualifications
- 8+ years of experience in strategic partnerships or alliance management within consumer hardware, mobile platforms, or adjacent technology ecosystems
- Experience leading end-to-end partnership post-deal signing, performance measurement, and lifecycle management of a product
- Experience defining partnership strategy at an organizational level, including prioritization frameworks, partner segmentation, and long-term planning
- Track record of partnering with Product and Marketing organizations
- Experience communicating partnership strategy and business outcomes to executive audiences through written proposals, briefings, and structured presentations
Preferred Qualifications
- Demonstrated ongoing AI skill development (e.g., prompt/context engineering, agent orchestration) and staying current with emerging AI technologies
- Experience in communicating effectively with a broad range of stakeholders and a track record of growing influence inside and outside of a product organization
- Willingness to travel domestically and internationally for business engagements
- Experience working on partnerships specifically within AI, AR, VR, or wearable device ecosystems
- Experience operating in a matrixed organization where partnership outcomes depend on sustained cross-functional influence across product, engineering, and go-to-market teams
- Experience adhering to and implementing responsible, ethical AI practices (e.g., risk assessment, bias mitigation, quality and accuracy reviews)
- Demonstrated ability to integrate AI tools to optimize/redesign workflows and drive measurable impact (e.g., efficiency gains, quality improvements)
$162,000/year to $227,000/year + bonus + equity + benefits
