Application Manager

Meta's Enterprise Products team is responsible for the productivity of Meta Employees. The team is seeking an experienced, insightful, forward-thinking Application Manager to identify, design and implement efficient and effective solutions. This role will be as the Foundations Applications subject matter expert to manage the third party software lifecycle management. Additionally, as a valued member of the Enterprise organization, this person will invest in all aspects of our 1P/3P software productivity, collaboration tools suite, including real time document collaboration, document storage, Project Management and other tools used to improve information collaboration. This is a full-time position based in the Bay Area.

Responsibilities

Be the subject matter expert for first party/third party Productivity/Collaboration Applications, communicate feature sets cross functionally and own the roadmaps of the entire enterprise software lifecycle

• Own the relationship with software vendors, driving for product enhancement to meet Meta's growing business requirements

• Determine the best available products to use for the employee population for their specific use cases, based on competitive analysis and consultation with internal stakeholders (security, legal etc)

• Collect internal requirements from various teams and work to find the right solutions. Narrow down to a specific vendor/solution and work with Purchasing to finalize the contract

• Manage the renewal process with the vendor management team for existing software licenses, including negotiation of terms and pricing based on usage

• Project manage the internal deployment of tools including: roll-out strategy, communication plan, training and enablement of internal teams, marketing of new features and capabilities

• Partner with Data Science and Data Engineering to develop analytics to understand adoption and feature usage which will lead to roadmap decisions

• Collaborate with internal security teams to ensure all applications meet our security guidelines

• Work with Meta engineers to develop integrations with these productivity tools and Meta products to streamline workflows

• Migrate off of declining tools, manage communication and process for migration

• Work with the internal helpdesk team to ensure they are aware of product issues and they are working with the vendors to remediate those issues. Train the help desk to respond to issues correctly

Minimum Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, relevant technical field, or equivalent practical experience

• 8+ years experience working with end users to find and build productivity solutions

• 8+ years experience in Application Management, Solutions Architecture or equivalent

• 5+ years experience in software procurement space - source to procure to provisioning

• 4+ years experience designing and implementing solutions for Productivity Applications

• 3+ years experience managing productivity tools in an environment with more than 10,000 users

• 3+ years experience Google Workspace in an Enterprise environment

Preferred Qualifications

• Communication and leadership skills and experience working with users across teams and functions and to communicate at an executive level

• Demonstrated project management skills to bring large projects to fruition

• Experience working with minimal daily guidance

• Aware of license management (policies & procedures) around enterprise softwares like Google Workspace

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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