The Wearables Partnerships team is seeking an experienced individual to help drive new product partnerships for emerging technology and new products. You'll be at the center of a multi-disciplinary, cross-functional team pushing on every aspect of bringing new wearable products to market. You will be responsible for leading partnership efforts across emerging Wearables products, and working closely with some of our most strategic partners. This work is very much zero to one and requires someone that is excited to jump into new environments and execute across ambiguity. This position requires creativity, strategic thinking, and troubleshooting as you will be leading deals that include a complex array of terms, while working cross-functionally with our Product, Engineering, Marketing and Legal teams to identify potential solutions. This is a global role with teams that span across the US and Europe. You will be required to travel both for external and internal meetings to support your partners and the team.

Responsibilities

Manage a large and complex partnerships to land deals for future products that enables Meta Reality Lab’s future roadmap
Define, negotiate, and close complex product, distribution, marketing, brand, and technology agreements with a large global partner and multiple other partners
Drive complex deals to resolution through both internal and external communications
Drive escalations to internal alignment
Craft documents that frame a deal / partnership issue and drive to completion
Represent Meta in external meetings with executives, both internally and externally
Span various product areas across Meta and strike deals that provide favorable outcomes across Meta
Work cross-functionally with product management, product marketing, legal, finance, and engineering teams to negotiate deal terms and advocate internally on behalf of partners

Minimum Qualifications

BA or BS Degree in a relevant field
15+ years of work experience in product/platform, partnership or technical experience in consumer technology and hardware focused companies
Expertise in structuring and negotiating brand licensing deals and co-branded partnerships, including licensing rights, royalty models, and brand usage terms, preferably in consumer electronics or wearables categories
10+ years of partner facing experience

Preferred Qualifications

Experience working in an evolving and collaborative environment and work effectively cross-functionally with cross-functional stakeholders across the organization and with external partners
Demonstrated ability to integrate AI tools to optimize/redesign workflows and drive measurable impact (e.g., efficiency gains, quality improvements)
Experience adhering to and implementing responsible, ethical AI practices (e.g., risk assessment, bias mitigation, quality and accuracy reviews)
Technical degree with JD or MBA
Demonstrates understanding of technology trends as well as emerging product categories
Demonstrated ongoing AI skill development (e.g., prompt/context engineering, agent orchestration) and staying current with emerging AI technologies
Proven track record navigating interpersonal dynamics and experience developing working relationships with internal and external counterparts

$193,000/year to $269,000/year + bonus + equity + benefits

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Wearables Partnerships, New Business Development & Brand Licensing