Menlo Park, California, US
Facebook's mission is to give people the power to build community and bring the world closer together. Through our family of apps and services, we're building a different kind of company that connects billions of people around the world, gives them ways to share what matters most to them, and helps bring people closer together. Whether we're creating new products or helping a small business expand its reach, people at Facebook are builders at heart. Our global teams are constantly iterating, solving problems, and working together to empower people around the world to build community and connect in meaningful ways. Together, we can help people build stronger communities - we're just getting started.
WhatsApp drives the adoption of Meta monetization products in parts of the world where we have historically had smaller revenue opportunities. In order to grow the Meta ecosystem, we are bringing online both first time online businesses from round the world as well as seasoned marketeers looking to grow WhatsApp as their next big channel. The Business Products team is at the forefront of enabling businesses to run their entire operations from the WhatsApp SMB app. We are looking for a Research Leader to support a team of researchers working across areas like the SMB app growth, Marketing Messages, GenAI and Meta Verified for WA to build a unified vision of the app and the value to businesses it can deliver. To give you an idea of some of the big questions in this space, here are some projects our team is working on this half: - Redesign the WA SMB app for end to end business management for SMBs. - Improve business efficiency through smart tools, marketing messages and other paid / non-paid offerings to enhance a business’ capability. - Innovate on the nature and format of customer engagement that businesses of the future are likely to engage in - Drive equality and inclusion in the SMB sector through inclusive product design We are keen to chat to you if you: - Have experience working with teams on commerce experiences enabled by GenAI - Get excited by supporting a team that is solving difficult and often complex problems in the privacy enabled business space - Have experience in working with SMBs and enterprise customers - Enjoy being hands on in supporting product direction and execution through strong UXR leadership while keeping abreast of future trends and industry changing shifts - Partner highly effectively with Data Science and Product Growth around quantified funnel conversion, experimentation and strategic and tactical improvements
Independently manage a research team that is large in size and/or complexity.
Enjoy being hands on in supporting product direction and execution through strong UXR leadership while keeping abreast of future trends and industry changing shifts
Have a point of view about strategic decisions, using insights from the team. Understand how to influence stakeholders and leaders to implement the best ideas.
Become a trusted, strategic partner to product stakeholders by communicating and demonstrating the value of user research, and by delivering insights that lead to demonstrable business value.
Communicate clearly and effectively across all organizational levels.
Set clear expectations and goals for individuals and the team.
Make staffing decisions based on business priorities, both short term and long term, as well as team strengths and motivation.
Identify gaps and solutions for future growth and scale within the team or organization, including system, product, function, partnership, culture and/or organization opportunities.
Responsible for the quality of the team, including coaching, growing IC's and managers (if applicable) and coaching under-performing team members.
Build a diverse and an inclusive environment across the team, model inclusive behaviors, and hold managers accountable.
Give clear, actionable feedback on a timely basis.
Partner highly effectively with Data Science and Product Growth around quantified funnel conversion, experimentation and strategic and tactical improvements
Bachelor’s degree or significant experience conducting UX research with meaningful business impact
18+ years of experience conducting and/or studying research post-Bachelor’s degree
5+ years of experience directly managing, coaching and developing full-time researchers
Experience building and scaling successful consumer and/or ads products, with an excellent consumer product sensibility.
Have experience working with teams on technical issues including ads networks, ads optimization, signals collection, improving return on improvement, media marketing
Experience navigating and supporting teams through high ambiguity and rapid change
Experience directly managing across different research methodologies
Experience directly conducting primary research (either qualitative or quantitative) end-to-end (i.e., designing, fielding, analyzing and reporting out data)
Experience building teams over time through hiring, growing, and retaining high-performing researchers
Experience building and setting research strategy that connects with business strategy
Track record of translating research into business impact
Expertise working with cross-functional teams leading engineering, marketing, sales, and partnerships and engineering teams.
Experience with business products, business insights, and product development
Have experience in working with SMBs and enterprise customers
Quantitative or Mixed Methods research experience
Business modelling and revenue stream definition
WhatsApp은 기회 균등 및 차별 철폐 조치를 준수하는 고용주가 된 것을 자랑스럽게 생각합니다. 인종, 종교, 피부색, 국적, 성(임신, 출산 또는 관련 건강 상태), 성적 지향, 성 정체성, 젠더 표현, 나이, 국가유공자 여부, 장애 여부, 유전 정보, 정치관이나 정치 활동 또는 기타 법적으로 보호받는 특성을 근거로 차별하지 않습니다. 요기에서 우리의 고용 평등 알림을 확인해보세요. 이러한 방침은 전과 기록이 있으나 해당 연방, 주 및 현지 법률에 부합하며 자격이 있는 지원자에게도 해당됩니다. Facebook은 법률에서 요구하거나 허용하는 경우 Facebook, 직원, 기타 관계자들의 안전과 보안을 유지하는 데 사용자 정보를 활용할 수 있습니다. 해당 링크를 클릭하면 Facebook의 결제 투명성 정책and 고용 평등법/ 알림을 볼 수 있습니다. 또한 WhatsApp은 법률 규정에 따라 특정 지역에 대해 전자 고용 인증(E-Verify) 프로그램/file-link에 등록되어 있습니다.
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