**Summary:** Meta is seeking Research Scientist Managers to join Reality Labs, focused on making significant advances in bringing the power of AI to wearable devices: Rayban Meta and our family of VR products. Our current focus includes efficient vision and language foundational models, multimodal understanding and on-device perception. We focus on groundbreaking research on efficient models and on delivering these models to power novel experiences in our products. We seek Research Scientist Managers with relevant expertise to join our research team to foster cutting-edge research in on-device AI. **Required Skills:** Research Scientist Manager - Reality Labs Responsibilities: 1. Support and grow/build a team of AI experts. 2. Develop research plans, long-term strategy and set direction for the team and the organization. 3. Identify opportunities for productizing research and foster collaborations with partner teams. 4. Communicate, collaborate, and build relationships with peer teams to accelerate research and development across projects. **Minimum Qualifications:** Minimum Qualifications: 5. 2+ years of hands-on experience supporting and leading teams of researchers and engineers. 6. Experience and track of record in delivering large research initiatives, starting from research to productization. 7. 5+ years of hands-on experience in research in multimodal modeling, deep learning and related fields. 8. Demonstrated experience recruiting, building, structuring, leading technical organizations, including performance management. **Preferred Qualifications:** Preferred Qualifications: 9. Currently has, or is in the process of obtaining, a PhD in deep learning, computer vision or natural language processing or related fields. 10. Experience with model optimization, efficient training and inference 11. Interest in cross-disciplinary research in topics relevant to developmental AI. 12. Evidence of research background with publications in top conferences/journals in the related fields. **Public Compensation:** $177,000/year to $251,000/year + bonus + equity + benefits **Industry:** Internet **Equal Opportunity:** Meta is proud to be an Equal Employment Opportunity and Affirmative Action employer. We do not discriminate based upon race, religion, color, national origin, sex (including pregnancy, childbirth, or related medical conditions), sexual orientation, gender, gender identity, gender expression, transgender status, sexual stereotypes, age, status as a protected veteran, status as an individual with a disability, or other applicable legally protected characteristics. We also consider qualified applicants with criminal histories, consistent with applicable federal, state and local law. Meta participates in the E-Verify program in certain locations, as required by law. Please note that Meta may leverage artificial intelligence and machine learning technologies in connection with applications for employment. Meta is committed to providing reasonable accommodations for candidates with disabilities in our recruiting process. If you need any assistance or accommodations due to a disability, please let us know at accommodations-ext@fb.com.