Facebook Lead & Learn: Cross-Team Alignment in the Workplace of the Future

Aubrey Kayla

Facebook Lead & Learn: Cross-Team Alignment in the Workplace of the Future

Challenges with working on cross-functional teams intensify as more people are involved, often resulting in miscommunication and misaligned priorities.

Aubrey Kayla, Director of Software Engineering at Facebook, works in the fastest growing department at the organization— cross-team...

Challenges with working on cross-functional teams intensify as more people are involved, often resulting in miscommunication and misaligned priorities.

Aubrey Kayla, Director of Software Engineering at Facebook, works in the fastest growing department at the organization— cross-team alignment is an integral part of her daily responsibilities. Aubrey believes establishing trust and building meaningful partnerships are key to ensuring teams reach a common goal.

In this chat, we’ll sit down with Aubrey to discuss building relationships across tech and non-tech teams and learn ways of overcoming challenges with cross functional collaboration, thereby reaching greater objectives, especially in the remote world.

We’ll talk about:

Developing and empowering talent on remote teams
Tips for building, scaling, and leading engaged teams
The importance of developing meaningful relationships and partnerships for growth
Managing diverse teams and perspectives with inclusion in mind

Meet The Speaker

Aubrey Kayla

Director of Software Engineering, Facebook

Aubrey is currently Director of Engineering at Facebook, joining 3+ years ago to scale the commerce ecosystem bringing Facebook’s FRL hardware to the world. Over the past 20 years, her career has spanned internal roles, startups, and consulting, all with a central theme in and around global commerce. These experiences establishing and scaling both product and engineering strategies has enabled her to support FRL’s rapid growth.