Strategic Partner Manager, Wearables

Meta is building the future of human connection through wearable devices, including smart glasses and augmented reality hardware. The Wearables partnerships team is responsible for cultivating and scaling the ecosystem of strategic partners that power these products. In this role, you will define and lead high-impact partnership strategies that accelerate the adoption of Meta AI across hardware partners. You will operate at the intersection of product, business development, and emerging technology to shape how people access Muse on Wearables.

Strategic Partner Manager, Wearables 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 data-informed 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 ability to integrate AI tools to optimize/redesign workflows and drive measurable impact (e.g., efficiency gains, quality improvements)

Demonstrated ongoing AI skill development (e.g., prompt/context engineering, agent orchestration) and staying current with emerging AI technologies

Experience operating in a matrixed organization where partnership outcomes depend on sustained cross-functional influence across product, engineering, and go-to-market teams

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 adhering to and implementing responsible, ethical AI practices (e.g., risk assessment, bias mitigation, quality and accuracy reviews)

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.

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$162,000/year to $227,000/year + bonus + equity + benefits

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.