Yao Zhao

About Yao Zhao

Experienced engineering manager skilled in leading cross-functional product/platformteams. Adept at XFN management, ensuring timely collaboration forseamless project execution. Strategic thinker, proficient in precise productroadmapping and resource allocation. Committed to delivering exceptionalresults through innovative leadership.

Experience

1. Engineering Manager - Growth Marketing Experiences and Platform

   Meta

   Jan 2021 — Present

   Led a team of 7 engineers and 7 XFN specialist across product, data andresearch to develop growth experiences and marketing campaign platform.• Shaped 0->1 product strategy with the PM under a two-in-a-box model. Achieved breakthrough in driving new product metrics within 6 months.• Build a 0->1 engineering team. Recruited 6 engineerswithin 4 months. Developed 4 senior engineers and mentored 1 on themanagement track.• Structured three product domains and collaborated with 6 PMs and 15+marketing specialists on the product development strategies, resourcingand prioritization.‣ Delivered 3 noval product experience to support flagship marketing/growth campaign.‣ Grew internal user base of in-app promotion platform by 35%(from310 to 425+)‣ Bootstrapped work teams to explore emerging growth opportunitiessuch as email promotion campaigns and friending features.• Led a horizontal Immersive Redesign H2’2022 Sprint. Established amigration Federation spanning 20+ product teams.

Education

• University of Notre Dame

  Master's degree, Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering

  2007 — 2011

• University of Notre Dame

  Doctor of Philosophy (PhD), Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering

  2007 — 2013

Skills

• Posix
• Shell Scripting
• Python
• C
• Java
• Matlab
• Mathematical Modeling
• C++
• Mysql
• Oop
• Multithreading
• Mpi
• Numerical Analysis