Workforce Strategy & Insights Planner

Within Meta’s People@ organization, the Workforce Strategy & Insights (WS&I) Planning team serves as the business-facing, consultative partner that translates leadership thinking and financial plans into actionable workforce strategy. Meta is seeking an experienced workforce planner to support strategic headcount planning and workforce optimization across business functions. In this role, you'll partner directly with business leaders, Finance, HR, and Recruiting to facilitate headcount exercises, deliver actionable workforce insights, and ensure hiring demand accuracy at scale. This is a role that blends strategic workforce planning with operational rigor.

Responsibilities
Partner with Finance and HR to integrate workforce planning outputs into annual and off-cycle headcount and budget planning cycles
* Execute and own the position management for headcount at various levels of granularity
* Analyze workforce data to identify gaps, risks, and opportunities across headcount, skills, and organizational structure
* Partner with the business, recruiting, HR, and finance teams on shifting priorities for hiring
* Facilitate cross-functional team discussions on headcount management updates, leveraging data to share insights and recommendations
* Translate workforce analytics into executive-ready reports and develop recommendations for senior business leaders
* Identify and define important workforce planning problems in ambiguous or rapidly evolving business environments, driving clarity and resolution
* Monitor workforce plan execution against targets and provide ongoing variance analysis with recommended corrective actions
* Design and deliver workforce planning frameworks and processes that improve planning consistency across teams

Qualifications
6 years of experience in workforce planning, headcount management, or people analytics within a large, complex organization
* Experience working with cross-functional stakeholder groups and executive leadership
* Demonstrated analytical and problem-solving skills Demonstrated ability to integrate AI tools to optimize/redesign workflows and drive measurable impact (e.g., efficiency gains, quality improvements)
* Experience adhering to and implementing responsible, ethical AI practices (e.g., risk assessment, bias mitigation, quality and accuracy reviews)
* Experience in a technology company or similarly fast-paced environment where workforce plans must adapt to rapid business change
* Demonstrated ongoing AI skill development (e.g., prompt/context engineering, agent orchestration) and staying current with emerging AI technologies
* Experience applying scenario modeling and sensitivity analysis to support organizational design decisions