Regional Program Manager, Strategic Response (Sub-Saharan Africa) at Facebook

Regional Program Manager, Strategic Response (Sub-Saharan Africa) Responsibilities

• Lead company wide preparations to protect the integrity of elections across Sub-Saharan Africa.
• Proactively identify process, policy and product gaps and recruit resources to fill them as quickly as possible.
• Absorb a significant amount of information and synthesize it into clear product, policy, and process requirements.
• Work across teams to identify potential integrity risks and drive the creation of solutions to solve them.
• Develop and coordinate company-wide strategies to protect elections integrity on our platforms in multiple countries simultaneously from start to finish.
• Manage high profile escalations within the company including: chairing cross-functional meetings, aligning decision-makers, and escalating issues to leadership for decision as needed.
• Regularly communicate progress and challenges to leadership.
• Travel will be required both in region and to California.

Minimum Qualifications

• Significant years of experience with a Bachelor's degree.
• Knowledge of geopolitical issues in Sub-Saharan Africa, including experience working on elections and how they intersect with social media.
• Experience working with cross-functional partners across EMEA and North America
• Experience managing escalations and counseling leadership.
• Experience running integrity programs and building consensus among stakeholders.

Preferred Qualifications

• Fluency in French
• Experience structuring complex problems and managing to resolution
• Experience driving and managing multiple projects simultaneously
• Knowledge about Facebook's mission, our community and our values
• Experience working in a deadline driven environment and being resilient