What are the responsibilities and job description for the Workforce Planning Program Manager position at Facebook?
Are you passionate about resource and growth strategy for technical teams? Excited about a role where you could take on high visibility, cross-functional program management responsibilities? If this sounds interesting, we want to talk to you. In this role, you will see a direct link between your work, company growth, and our ability to transform over time. You could work on some of the most challenging workforce growth issues at a scale that few companies can match.
The Mission Control team is a group of people at Facebook responsible for workforce planning and resource allocations for the technical and product teams. We are looking for a program manager (PM) to lead key initiatives that cut across how we serve the technology organization. You will serve as a PM responsible for understanding how our entire team operates so you can work cross-functionally on complex and highly impactful projects, such as the annual headcount planning process overall. Project management expertise is a must and experience specific to headcount planning and with recruiting, HR, and finance is a plus.
The Mission Control team is a group of people at Facebook responsible for workforce planning and resource allocations for the technical and product teams. We are looking for a program manager (PM) to lead key initiatives that cut across how we serve the technology organization. You will serve as a PM responsible for understanding how our entire team operates so you can work cross-functionally on complex and highly impactful projects, such as the annual headcount planning process overall. Project management expertise is a must and experience specific to headcount planning and with recruiting, HR, and finance is a plus.
- Understand Mission Control Planning processes by role/pillar in order to execute programs which address the needs of all of FB tech
- Develop program charters including scope, timelines, deliverables, roles and responsibilities and align with cross-functional partners
- Drive multiple complex programs simultaneously including stakeholder meetings, project plan/action tracking, and status communications
- Facilitate end-to-end change management including development of impact assessments and mitigation strategies
- Establish high quality measurement and tracking, including long term monitoring plans
- Deliver leadership presentations on program progress
- Understand tooling needs and partner with internal tools teams to design and later roll out features
- Communicate updates to key, cross-functional stakeholder groups and support the development and execution of roadshows to educate the business on processes and systems
- Drive key projects geared towards continuous process improvement, stakeholder education and accountability and team branding/communications
- B.S. or B.A., or equivalent project/program management experience
- 4 years experience managing complex, cross-functional programs
- Knowledge of end-to-end workforce planning concepts including headcount planning and allocation management
- Experience working in a fast-paced environment
- Advanced organization skills
- Analytical skills, problem-solving skills and experience interpreting forecasts
- Communication skills
- Intermediate Excel skills
- PMP or other accredited project management certification
- 3 years workforce planning experience including headcount planning and position management
- Experience with finance and recruiting processes
- Experience working with highly technical management teams
- Experience with complex data/analytics models and tools (e.g., Tableau)
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