Competitive Intelligence Lead

Meta; Sacramento (CA); On-site; USD 177,000 - 247,000; Full time

Job summary

Meta seeks a Competitive Intelligence Lead to steer data-driven market strategy at scale, combining analytics, econometrics, and strategic thinking to shape product direction. You will lead cross-functional projects, manage 3P data, apply Bayesian methods, and translate insights into actionable recommendations that drive growth.

A strong background in AI tools, data governance, and the ability to communicate complex results to diverse stakeholders is essential.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree and a minimum of 6 years of work experience (minimum of 4 years with a Ph.D.) in business intelligence, product analytics, or economic or strategy consulting in a technology environment with increasing scope and impact
• Demonstrated skill to ethically source, validate, and synthesize high-signal insights from people while maintaining privacy, consent, and integrity
• Proficiency in AI-powered tools and experience designing, prompting, and orchestrating AI systems to automate data analyses
• Practical working understanding of data-analytics tools and experience managing and interpreting 1P and 3P datasets
• Experience with SQL, Python, and/or R for data querying and analyses
• Experience with statistical analysis including causal inference and Bayesian aggregation
• Demonstrated communication skills presenting complex findings to technical and non-technical stakeholders
• Ability to thrive in ambiguity and shape new analytics orgs or products

Responsibilities

• Influence organization-level product direction through data-driven narratives and market understanding
• Conduct advanced analyses with datasets, develop models and forecasts, deliver actionable insights
• Identify, onboard, and evaluate datasets for signal strength and predictive power
• Triangulate data from multiple sources to produce high-fidelity trend reports
• Apply quasi-experimental designs to isolate effects of market shocks and competitor actions
• Drive adoption of advanced methods and best practices across the team
• Champion data privacy, security, and quality with governance frameworks
• Operate with bias for action and adaptability

Skills

Market strategy

Analytics leadership

Data onboarding

Data triangulation

Data transformation

Insight and implications

Technical & methodological expertise

Data governance & quality

Resourceful

Education

Bachelor's degree

PhD preferred

Tools

SQL

Python

R

Job description

Summary:

As a Competitive Intelligence Lead in Meta’s Competitive Intelligence organization, you will operate at the intersection of advanced analytics, data science, and market strategy. You will lead major projects and product areas—often in environments of significant ambiguity or technical complexity—driving both technical and business outcomes. This is a hands‑on, high-impact role for builders who thrive on solving real problems. This role demands a unique blend of analytical and statistical expertise, strategic thinking , and the ability to translate complex insights into impactful product and business decisions. You will be recognized as a thought partner by cross‑functional leads and will help shape the analytical foundations that inform how we build and grow our products.

Required Skills:

Competitive Intelligence Lead Responsibilities:

1. Market Strategy: Influence organization‑level product direction through data‑driven narratives and an in depth understanding of the market landscape. Demonstrated experience operating at scale, and across ambiguous, environments with working knowledge of econometrics. As a quantitative market‑strategist, you will blend practical and applied understanding with technical expertise, including pressure‑testing data for quality, reliability, understanding data‑biases and being solution driven

2. Analytics Leadership: Conduct advanced analyses with 3P datasets, develop statistical models and forecasts, and deliver actionable insights that informs market and business strategy. These include, but are not limited to:

3. Data onboarding: Identify, onboard, and rigorously evaluate 3P datasets to determine their signal‑to‑noise ratio and predictive power

4. Data triangulation: Triangulate data from many sources of imperfect information. Synthesize multiple, low‑fidelity 3rd‑party signals into a single high‑fidelity trend report using Bayesian aggregation or other methods

5. Data transformation: Apply quasi‑experimental designs (e.g., synthetic control, diff‑in‑diff) to isolate the impact of exogenous market shocks and competitor actions on internal performance metrics, using 3rd‑party behavioral and economic datasets

6. Insight and implications: Apply guidance from such analyses to increase the accuracy of forecasts and better understand market trends

7. Technical & Methodological Expertise: Act as a recognized professional in a technical or methodological area (e.g., causal inference, bayesian aggregation), driving the adoption of advanced methods and organization‑wide best practices that raise the bar for the entire team

8. Data Governance & Quality: Ensure data privacy, security, and compliance with organizational standards. Champion data quality frameworks and documentation practices that enable credible reproducible analyses

9. Resourceful, adaptable professional with a bias for action

Minimum Qualifications:

Minimum Qualifications:

1. Bachelors degree and a minimum of 6 years of work experience (minimum of 4 years with a Ph.D.) in business intelligence, product analytics, or economic or strategy consulting in a technology environment with increasing scope and impact

2. Demonstrated skill to ethically source, validate, and synthesize high‑signal insights from people (e.g., stakeholder interviews, skilled conversations, field research, and relationship‑based information gathering) while maintaining high standards for privacy, consent, and integrity

3. Proficiency in AI‑powered tools: Demonstrate working knowledge of Generative AI technologies (e.g., LLM and AI agents) and experience designing, prompting, and orchestrating AI systems (e.g., prompt engineering) to automate data analyses, synthesize insights, and execute multi‑step analytical tasks (e.g., prompting agent to clean datasets, build visualizations)

4. Practical working understanding of data‑analytics tools, and direct experience managing, analyzing, manipulating and interpreting 1P and external 3P datasets

5. Experience with data querying languages (e.g., SQL), scripting languages (e.g., Python), and/or statistical/mathematical software (e.g., R)

6. Proven experience with statistical analysis including causal inference (e.g., randomized control trials, quasi‑experimentation such as synthetic control, diff‑in‑diff, meta‑analyses), and/or bayesian aggregation (e.g., bayesian pooling, hierarchical modeling)

7. Demonstrated communication skills and experience presenting complex findings to both technical and non‑technical stakeholders

8. Demonstrated experience thriving in ambiguous environments and shape new analytics organizations or products

Preferred Qualifications:

Preferred Qualifications:

1. Master's or Ph.D. Degree in a quantitative field such as Quantitative Economics or Political Science, Operations Research, Data Science, Computer Science, Physics, Business, or Mathematics

2. Demonstrated ability to integrate AI tools to optimize/redesign workflows and drive measurable impact (e.g., efficiency gains, quality improvements)

3. Experience adhering to and implementing responsible, ethical AI practices (e.g., risk assessment, bias mitigation, quality and accuracy reviews)

4. Demonstrated ongoing AI skill development (e.g., prompt/context engineering, agent orchestration) and staying current with emerging AI technologies

Public Compensation:

$177,000/year to $247,000/year + bonus + equity + benefits

Industry:

Internet

Equal Opportunity:

Meta is proud to be an Equal Employment Opportunity and Affinitive 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.

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