### Thank you notes

##### Abhi - Loop - Product
Thank you for an engaging product case discussion Abhi, it was insightful and I was particularly impressed with your multi-faceted experience on bringing explainability to various AI use cases. My biggest takeaway was your mention of having razor focus on long term success. I will look forward to hearing further update from the recruiter on the loop round.
##### Hunter & Ivory
Thank you Hunter & Ivory for taking time to listen to my experiences and stories. I learned a lot about Meta's culture and how you manage product risk while bringing ruthless prioritization forward when balancing multiple initiatives. I will look forward to hearing further update from the recruiter on the loop round. 

##### Madeline - Loop - Analytical
Thank you for an exciting conversation around Meta Horizon success metrics. It gave me useful context on how to shape my analytical thinking around platforms at scale. Plus, I found your insights on Meta's PM culture in Trust & Safety very interesting, I related the most with, 1) focusing on long-term customer value and 2) collaboration mindset to help internal teams with improved model performance. I will look forward to hearing further update from the recruiter on the loop round. 

##### Laura - Screening - Analytical
Thank you for an exciting conversation around AI pin success metrics. It gave me useful context on how to shape my analytical thinking further. Plus, I found your insights on Meta's PM culture in Reality Labs very interesting, I related the most with, 1) focusing on demos and iterative delivery and 2) collaboration mindset to achieve fast execution alignment. I will look forward to hearing further update from the recruiter on the screening rounds. 
##### Aryeh - Screening - Product
Thank you for an engaging product case discussion Aryeh, it was insightful and I was particularly impressed with your multi-faceted experience from software to hardware to security. My biggest takeaway was your mention of having razor focus on product execution to bring long term success in career and the product updates I launch next. I will look forward to hearing further update from the recruiter on the screening rounds.
##### Conor
Thank you Conor for having an engaging product case discussion with Aryeh and me. In our short conversation with you, I learned about how PMs get guidance from senior leaders that helps brings consistent product culture across the board, and how your team is trying to find a delicate balance of team empowerment vs centralizing core test and release capabilities across Meta FoA. I will look forward to hearing further update from the recruiter on the screening rounds.

### Resume submitted
[[Saurabh Pitkar Resume 20250610.docx]]

### Pitch
Hi I'm Saurabh, a Product Manager with over a decade of experience across eCommerce, technology and supply chain at both big corporates and high growth unicorns. 

As a principal PM at Dell, I own the entire purchase experience platform for all $100B of sales motions across the company. I work with 5 product teams and am responsible for building product strategy and roadmap to drive business priorities with a focus on improving purchase capabilities, driving revenue growth and operational efficiencies. For example, I architected vision and roadmap for next-gen purchase platform, leveraging AI-based insights, simplifying platform API capabilities and building flexible commerce workflows that would make all purchase paths efficient and save $25M per year. I also spearheaded platform improvements that expanded Dell's market reach by $8B by adding marketplace engine and supporting large value data center transactions. 

Prior to this, I was senior product manager for 3 generations of highest performance Dell computers where I drove hardware product development from conception to launch with overall gains of $100M additional revenue by bringing data driven product discovery processes during product development. 

As a professional, I thrive in high stakes environments that empower product teams to drive innovative solutions and deliver continuous value. My diverse experience across startups and large corporations, plus my expertise in product management, has honed my ability to be a strategic thinker and switch into technical conversations seamlessly. As I reflect on my journey so far, my motivation to look out would be to own product strategy for platforms larger than the scale that Dell can offer and bring innovative technologies at faster pace. 

This is exactly why I'm interested in Meta. With Meta, I get opportunity to build products beyond commerce into entertainment, communication and social media. My experience of leveraging AI for business transformations, driving revenue and building scalable product platforms aligns well with Meta's priorities. Secondly the bottoms up culture is empowering and entrepreneurial which will allow me to contribute quickly. So I'm curious to hear more from you on specifics of role and answer any question you may have. 

[Product Manager, Business AI | Meta Careers](https://www.metacareers.com/jobs/915142950787728/)
[Product Manager | Meta Careers](https://www.metacareers.com/jobs/2980755635415261/)

### Questions for recruiter

##### Spatial AR VR side of products - Laura Onu
1. How do PMs define success in relatively new domains like AR/VR products where product market fit isn't established yet?
2. What thinking approach would you use when building for upcoming quarters when balancing between available latest tech advancement and user features or value?
3. What do you see as a differentiator in the successful PMs around you based on your past experiences?
4. How does the 5 strategic priorities that Mark laid out in last earnings call translate to your domain and as a PM what would be a challenging problem to solve in AR/VR? 
5. How do you make sure there are prioritization alignments across the board to make sure your team ideas are executed well? Do you go bottoms-up or sideways or both? 

##### Reality labs - Aryeh S
1. Aryeh managed various products in Meta, what key difference you've seen in Reality Labs compared to Facebook teams? 
2. How do you define goals for coming quarters for product like Portal that has smaller scale adoption? 
3. What 1 key skill differentiates great PMs from good ones at Meta? 

##### General questions to HR
1. Given my background in large-scale e-commerce platforms and 0-1 product development, what types of Principal Product Manager roles or teams are currently a priority for Meta, especially those leveraging AI or focusing on new growth areas?
2. How is the reporting and team structure for the role I would be working for? How many teams will I be influencing? Who are my key stakeholders?
3. What is the scope of work and how wide it would span? 
4. What does the career path look like from here on? 
5. Long term vision for business messaging? 
6. What specific challenges do you see in business messaging side that pushed Meta into investing further in it? 
7. Where are the teams geographically located? Are they all in US?
8. How does the process look like from this point onwards? 
9. Do you see potential fit for any other role? 


### Rounds
##### Initial screening 
- Product sense 
- Analytical thinking
##### Final loop
- Product sense
- Analytical thinking
- Leadership and drive - behavioral, high impact, strategic thinking
Team matching will happen after this.

### Coffee chats
[[Arpit U - Meta]]
[[Ram Kris]]


