Competitive Intelligence Lead

Meta; San Francisco (CA); On-site; USD 147,000 - 208,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Bonus

Equity

Benefits

Job summary

Meta seeks an Analytics Leader within Competitive Intelligence to guide data-driven narratives that influence product direction and strategy. You will work across ambiguous environments, blending econometrics, Bayesian approaches, and AI-enabled analytics to deliver actionable market insights.

You will lead analyses on 3P datasets, synthesize signals into high-fidelity reports, and communicate complex findings to diverse stakeholders, shaping analytics foundations across Meta's products.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree and at least 4 years in business intelligence, product analytics, or economic/strategy consulting in tech
• Experience ethically sourcing, validating, and synthesizing high-signal insights from people while maintaining privacy and integrity
• Proficiency with Generative AI tools, prompt engineering, and AI system orchestration to automate analyses and synthesize insights
• Practical working knowledge of data analytics tools and managing 1P/3P datasets
• Experience with SQL, Python, and/or statistical software, and skills in data interpretation and visualization

Responsibilities

• Lead data-driven analyses to influence product direction and competitive strategy
• Develop statistical models, forecasts, and high-fidelity trend reports
• Onboard and evaluate third-party datasets for signal quality and predictive power
• Triangulate data from multiple sources to form coherent market narratives
• Apply causal inference and Bayesian methods to understand exogenous shocks and competitor actions
• Present findings to both technical and non-technical stakeholders

Skills

Analytical thinking

Stakeholder communication

Ambiguity navigation

Strategic thinking

Data-driven storytelling

Competitive intelligence

Econometrics

Bayesian methods

Education

Bachelor's degree in a relevant field

Master's or Ph.D. in quantitative field

Tools

SQL

Python

R

Job description

As an Analyst in Meta’s Competitive Intelligence organization, you will operate at the intersection of analytics, data science, and market strategy. You will work on major projects and product areas (often in environments of significant ambiguity or technical complexity) to drive 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 knowledge, 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.

Competitive Intelligence Lead Responsibilities:

• Market Strategy: Influence organization‑level product direction through data‑driven narratives and an in depth understanding of the competitive 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.
• Analytics Leadership: Conduct analyses with 3P datasets, develop statistical models and forecasts, and deliver actionable insights that inform market and business strategy.
• These include, but are not limited to:
• Data onboarding: Identify, onboard, and rigorously evaluate 3P datasets to determine their signal‑to‑noise ratio and predictive power.
• 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.
• 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 Insight and implications: Apply guidance from analyses to increase the accuracy of forecasts and better understand market trends.
• Technical & Methodological Knowledge: Demonstrated knowledge in relevant technical or methodological areas (e.g., causal inference, bayesian aggregation), driving the adoption of appropriate methods and organization‑wide best practices that raise the bar for the entire team.

Minimum Qualifications:

• Bachelors degree and a minimum of 4 years of work experience (minimum of 2 years with a Ph.D.) in business intelligence, product analytics, or economic / strategy consulting in a technology environment with increasing scope and impact
• 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
• 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)
• Practical working understanding of data‑analytics tools, and direct experience managing, analyzing, manipulating and interpreting 1P and external 3P datasets
• Experience with data querying languages (e.g., SQL), scripting languages (e.g., Python), and/or statistical/mathematical software (e.g., R)
• Experience with statistical analysis, including causal inference (e.g., randomized control trials, quasi‑experimention such as synthetic control, diff‑in‑diff, meta‑analyses) and/or bayesian aggregation (e.g., bayesian pooling, hierarchical modeling)
• Demonstrated communication skills and experience presenting complex findings to both technical and non‑technical stakeholders
• Demonstrated experience thriving in ambiguous environments and shaping new analytics organizations or products

Preferred Qualifications:

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

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.

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$147,000/year to $208,000/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.