HR Director, Insights

Meta; Austin (TX); On-site; USD 293,000 - 339,000; Full time

Job summary

Meta is seeking an HR Director to lead HR business partnership for the Insights organization, guiding a global, matrixed team through transformational change. You will set the people agenda, design scalable processes, and partner with executives to drive organizational health and talent strategies across product, data science, and research teams.

The role requires executive presence, data‑driven decision making, and experience building inclusive, high‑performing teams in a fast‑moving

Qualifications

• Experience leading the people agenda for large, global, highly matrixed organizations through periods of significant growth or change.
• Experience managing and developing a team of HR Business Partners.
• Demonstrated experience in organizational design, workforce planning, and large‑scale change management.
• Proven ability to influence and build credibility with VP‑level and above leaders, including constructive challenge.
• Demonstrated judgment in assessing and navigating organizational, people, and reputational risk.
• Experience using data and insight to frame problems and drive executive decision‑making.
• Executive communication, consulting, coaching, and facilitation skills.
• Demonstrated experience building inclusive teams and driving inclusion work.
• Experience operating in a constantly changing environment with a high degree of ambiguity.

Responsibilities

• Serve as the senior HR leader and strategic advisor to the leadership team of a complex, cross‑functional organization, owning the end‑to‑end people strategy.
• Lead, coach, and develop a team of senior HR Business Partners.
• Set priorities, and build bench strength within the team.
• Shape organizational design, workforce planning, and talent strategy at scale, including leader‑level succession and bench development.
• Lead and land large‑scale change and reorganizations, including the organizational design, sequencing, and communications strategy.
• Coach and develop senior leaders and managers‑of‑managers, raising the leadership bar across the organization.
• Set the agenda for talent management, performance, and engagement cycles across the organization, translating company frameworks into business‑relevant execution.
• Use workforce data and insights to diagnose organizational health and drive leadership decisions on attrition, span of control, capability gaps, and investment trade‑offs.
• Partner across Recruiting, Learning & Development, Compensation, Legal, Employee Relations, and HR Programs to design and scale solutions.
• Represent the business in enterprise‑level HR governance and contribute to the broader HR function’s strategy and operating model.
• Partner with regional and international HR leaders on global strategy and consistent execution across geographies.

Skills

HR strategy leadership

People analytics

Executive coaching

Organizational design

Workforce planning

Change management

Cross-functional collaboration

Executive communication

Diversity & inclusion

Ambiguity navigation

Education

BA/BS degree

Tools

AI tools in HR

Job description

Summary:

Meta is seeking an HR Director to lead HR business partnership for the Insights organization under Alex Schultz - the analytics, data science, data engineering, and user research teams that shape how Meta understands its products and improves itself. The organization is building AI‑first, redefining what insights work looks like as the tooling changes underneath it, and doing so after a period of significant structural change. This role operates as a strategic thought partner to VP and Director‑level leaders while leading and developing a team of senior HR Business Partners, setting both the people agenda for a large, highly matrixed, global organization and the priorities, coverage, and bench strength of the HR team supporting it. Success in the role means stabilizing and energizing a changing organization, keeping senior individual contributors engaged and thriving, and bringing judgment to leadership capability, cross‑functional composition, and strong org design as the team continues to transform. The ideal candidate combines executive influence with the judgment to navigate ambiguity, and can move fluidly between enterprise‑level strategy and the hands‑on work of coaching leaders through change.

Required Skills:

HR Director, Insights Responsibilities:

1. Serve as the senior HR leader and strategic advisor to the leadership team of a complex, cross‑functional organization, owning the end‑to‑end people strategy.
2. Lead, coach, and develop a team of senior HR Business Partners
3. set priorities, and build bench strength within the team.
4. Shape organizational design, workforce planning, and talent strategy at scale, including leader‑level succession and bench development.
5. Lead and land large‑scale change and reorganizations, including the organizational design, sequencing, and communications strategy.
6. Coach and develop senior leaders and managers‑of‑managers, raising the leadership bar across the organization.
7. Set the agenda for talent management, performance, and engagement cycles across the organization, translating company frameworks into business‑relevant execution.
8. Use workforce data and insights to diagnose organizational health and drive leadership decisions on attrition, span of control, capability gaps, and investment trade‑offs.
9. Partner across Recruiting, Learning & Development, Compensation, Legal, Employee Relations, and HR Programs to design and scale solutions.
10. Represent the business in enterprise‑level HR governance and contribute to the broader HR function’s strategy and operating model.
11. Partner with regional and international HR leaders on global strategy and consistent execution across geographies.

Minimum Qualifications:

Minimum Qualifications:

1. Experience leading the people agenda for large, global, highly matrixed organizations through periods of significant growth or change
2. Experience managing and developing a team of HR Business Partners
3. Demonstrated experience in organizational design, workforce planning, and large‑scale change management
4. Proven ability to influence and build credibility with VP‑level and above leaders, including constructive challenge
5. Demonstrated judgment in assessing and navigating organizational, people, and reputational risk
6. Experience using data and insight to frame problems and drive executive decision‑making
7. Executive communication, consulting, coaching, and facilitation skills
8. Demonstrated experience building inclusive teams and driving inclusion work
9. Experience operating in a constantly changing environment with a high degree of ambiguity

Preferred Qualifications:

Preferred Qualifications:

1. Experience supporting infrastructure, technical, or revenue‑generating organizations
2. Experience partnering across multiple regions, including EMEA and APAC
3. Experience applying AI tools to scale HR workflows, insight generation, or decision support
4. Experience leading or developing HR professionals
5. BA/BS degree

Public Compensation:

$293,000/year to $339,000/year + bonus + equity + benefits

Industry:

Internet

Equal Opportunity:

Meta is proud to be an Equal Employment Opportunity and Affimative 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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