Workforce Planner

As a Planner within Meta's Workforce Planning & Operations team, you will drive headcount operations and strategic workforce planning across multiple business areas. This FTE role is responsible for delivering actionable workforce insights, facilitating annual and in-year headcount allocation exercises, supporting reorganization efforts, and managing workforce escalations. You will play a critical role in operational workforce management, engaging in position management activities and collaborating with cross-functional partners to ensure Meta's talent strategy aligns with business objectives.

Workforce Planner Responsibilities:

• Lead and execute the yearly headcount planning cycle, developing and managing end-to-end project plans to ensure timely delivery
• Own and manage position management for headcount at granular levels, ensuring accuracy and compliance
• Proactively minimize downstream impacts and communicate changes effectively, partnering with recruiting teams to adapt to shifting hiring priorities
• Collaborate with Mission Control, analysts, and cross-functional partners to develop robust reporting and analytics
• Leverage data- insights to inform workforce decisions and provide strategic recommendations
• Manage headcount allocations to support business growth, balancing supply and demand through collaboration with Finance, Recruiting, HR, and business teams
• Build relationships with hiring managers, finance, and HR partners to understand hiring needs and optimize demand-supply processes

Minimum Qualifications:

• 3+ years of workforce planning/management or equivalent experience
• BA/BS degree in Finance, HR, or related field, or equivalent experience
• Demonstrated thought leadership within an organization
• Analytical and problem-solving skills
• Experience with finance and recruiting processes
• Dive into analytics and communicate data-driven stories

Preferred Qualifications:

• Experience influencing and presenting to leadership
• Proficiency with complex data/analytics tools (e.g., Tableau)
• Advanced spreadsheet skills
• Experience in workforce planning, headcount planning, and allocation management

About Meta:

Meta builds technologies that help people connect, find communities, and grow businesses. When Facebook launched in 2004, it changed the way people connect. Apps like Messenger, Instagram and WhatsApp further empowered billions around the world. Now, Meta is moving beyond 2D screens toward immersive experiences like augmented and virtual reality to help build the next evolution in social technology. People who choose to build their careers by building with us at Meta help shape a future that will take us beyond what digital connection makes possible today-beyond the constraints of screens, the limits of distance, and even the rules of physics.

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.

$94,000/year to $136,000/year + bonus + equity + benefits

Individual compensation is determined by skills, qualifications, experience, and location. Compensation details listed in this posting reflect the base hourly rate, monthly rate, or annual salary only, and do not include bonus, equity or sales incentives, if applicable. In addition to base compensation, Meta offers benefits. Learn more about benefits at Meta.

Client-provided location(s): Menlo Park, CA

Job ID: a1KDp00000E2eJ2MAJ

Employment Type: OTHER

Posted: 2025-09-23T19:55:55