Business Analyst III

Meta Platforms • Burlingame, CA

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About The Position

The Business Analyst III will own demand forecasting for Reality Labs’ VR headset and wearables product lines. This hands-on, execution-focused role builds and maintains sell-through and sell-in forecasts, partners with sales and channel operations teams, and presents performance insights to business leaders. The role uses data-driven planning to support consumer hardware products, including AR/VR hardware and accessories.

Requirements

• At least 4 years of experience in demand forecasting for hardware products, including accessories.
• At least 6 years of experience in business strategy, finance, analytics, or sales planning.
• Experience with Excel, PowerPoint, and Google Suite products.
• Ability to dive in and do the work.

Responsibilities

• Partner with sales account managers, category managers, data analysts, and business unit marketing teams to drive accurate demand planning and identify growth initiatives using forecast models.
• Build bottom-up sell-through and sell-in forecasts using quantitative and qualitative datasets, and present cycle-over-cycle results to Reality Labs business leaders.
• Forecast and track weekly, monthly, quarterly, and yearly sales performance for hero and accessories hardware products in AR/VR.
• Own actuals-versus-forecast and goal performance analysis, identify root causes, and plan mitigation measures for performance gaps.
• Share forecast assumptions and explain how strategic activities affect forecast outcomes to the broader organization and stakeholders.
• Drive implementation of tools and techniques to continuously improve forecast accuracy by analyzing large datasets, identifying trends, dependencies, and correlations, and creating future outlooks.
• Partner with Channel Operations teams to inform production and launch decisions.
• Present outcomes at reviews with business leaders across Reality Labs.

What This Job Offers

• Career Level: Mid Level
• Education Level: No Education Listed