Facebook is seeking an experienced Analytics Manager in a people management capacity for the Business Planning and Operations Analytics Team to support company-wide Signals go-to-market (GTM) efforts. The ideal candidate will possess a very fine balance of very strong project management, technical, analytical, communication and stakeholder management skills who can partner effectively with leadership across our Global Marketing Solutions organization and will work cross-functionally with several teams at Facebook. The Business Planning and Operations team provides business critical insights to maintain and improve day-to-day operations, definitively explain business trends, and evolve early stage ideas into future-growth initiatives. In addition, we manage strategic company initiatives such as product sales goal setting, product revenue performance, industry/verticals GTM and more. The expectation is that the candidate will be passionate about Facebook, interested in advertising, a strategic thinker, highly analytical, an excellent problem solver, a fast learner, comfortable with ambiguity, and able to focus on the details while thinking strategically. The candidate will have excellent communication skills, strong technical acumen, and experience managing cross-functional work streams and stakeholders. The ideal candidate can move fast while keeping focused on high-impact projects and a structured thinker who also loves the details. Youre as comfortable solving conceptual problems and creating frameworks to refine a teams thinking as you are getting into the weeds to understand the details of how things work. You can move seamlessly between conversing with data engineers, product marketers and leading presentations with regional sales leaders. You have a proven ability to build strong working relationships with business partners; this is a highly cross-functional role, so high collaboration is essential.
Analytics Manager, Signals - Business Planning & Operations Responsibilities
* You will lead a team of analytics analysts while providing end-to-end analytical support for various cross-functional stakeholders, in the space of Ad Signals products.
* As an Analytics Manager, you will work closely with leadership groups across primarily Business Product Marketing as well as various other teams to lead a product sales goal-setting program. You are also expected to manage multiple analytics efforts as part of a measurement pillar, by working with respective program managers.
* The scope of the effort spans from ideating on the ideal product mix to goal sales based on our product leadership groups priorities, through architecting sales goals, through seeking consensus across a wide leadership group as well as fully coordinating end-to-end implementation across our various tooling and reporting teams.
* Responsible for designing and building Quarterly Business Reviews reflecting the performance of clients, partners, our family of products in terms of growth drivers, product and sales goals, revenue projections, critical GTM activities all supported by rich insights and compelling storylines that go beyond the obvious, as well as presenting these on a monthly/quarterly basis applicable with various stakeholders and executives across the Global Marketing Solutions group.
* Lead the analytics and measurement pillar encompassing sizing, goal-setting and regular tracking supporting a company-wide ads product (Signals) multi-year GTM initiative (product to market fit, opportunity sizing, long range targets, sales goal-setting, new metric creation etc.) with responsibilities spanning prioritization and scoping, end-to-end project management of deliverables, hands-on analytics support, steering committee ownership and operation, cross-functional communications, executive updates and more.
* Responsible for building hands-on analytical solutions, detailed work plans, leading end to end analytical projects from planning, to design, to development, to insights and executive storytelling all in a consistent and structured manner.
* You will work cross-functionally with several teams at Facebook with the objective of enabling leadership to make effective, data-driven operating decisions.
* Structure complex, ambiguous business questions and utilize strong analytical skill set to drive insightful analysis using internal and external data (e.g. revenue, product, market, industry, user behavior, external customer surveys) to answer key business questions across a large cross-functional leadership stakeholder group.
* Gather, and analyze large amounts of data across a variety of business dimensions (products, countries, verticals, sub-verticals, segments and many more) in a fast paced environment and build sophisticated and complex dashboards to evaluate business detailed performance, identify trends and advise leadership on potential opportunities for investment and growth.
* Focus on process and continuous improvement of core projects through automation and process enhancement.
* Drive client assessment needs for upcoming analytics needs and help prioritize and communicate roadmaps.
* Conduct regular training on our analytics portfolio, tools and engagement model.
Minimum Qualifications
* Bachelors degree
* 10+ years of work experience (or 8+ years work experience with MBA/Masters Degree) involving analytical rigor as typically seen in Sales Finance, Sales Analytics, Sales Operations, and/or Strategy consulting
* People management experience
* Experience leading major end-to-end analytic projects (planning, design, hands-on development, stakeholder management, communication and maintenance)
* Demonstrated experience conducting analysis using proprietary and market data (e.g. revenue, product, market, industry, trends) to derive insights that drive strategic business decisions and ensure the smooth running of weekly, monthly and quarterly business rhythms
* Project management experience and experience building hands-on detailed analytics project plans and leading launches (QBR, Dashboard)
* Experience utilizing SQL, Tableau, and Excel to build analytical tools to scale insights, data pipelines to automate reporting and dashboards to support business needs
* Demonstrated thought leadership experience applying data driven models that have had a tangible impact on business and sales operations across international markets
* Communication, leadership stakeholder management and presentation skills
* Experience coordinating and influencing cross-functional teams
Preferred Qualifications
* Experience or knowledge of advertising and ad products
* Experience in training peers on analytics tools and subject matter expertise in various analytical solutions available in the market
* Experience in a fast-moving, ambiguous environment, and capable of seeking information, corralling resources, and delivering results without direction
* Experience taking complex topics and create compelling and structured narratives for different audiences on a consistent basis
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Facebook, Inc. provides various products to connect and share through mobile devices, personal computers, and other surfaces worldwide. The company’s products include Facebook that enables people to connect, share, discover, and communicate with each other on mobile devices and personal computers; Instagram, a community for sharing photos, videos, and messages; Messenger, a messaging application for people to connect with friends, family, groups, and businesses across platforms and devices; and WhatsApp, a messaging application for use by people and businesses to communicate in a private way. It also provides Oculus, a hardware, software, and developer ecosystem, which allows people to come together and connect with each other through its Oculus virtual reality products. As of December 31, 2018, it had approximately 1.52 billion daily active users. The company was founded in 2004 and is headquartered in Menlo Park, California.