Compensation Business Systems Program Manager
Meta
Operations
Menlo Park, CA, USA
Posted on Nov 11, 2025
Compensation Business Systems Program Manager
Menlo Park, CA • Full Time
Meta
People & Recruiting
G and A
As a Program Manager at Meta, you will provide strategic leadership and end-to-end ownership of complex, high-impact programs within our compensation domain. You will drive the planning, execution, and successful delivery of initiatives such as the annual Compensation Cycle, Transfer Freeze, and the migration of our compensation systems to a new platform. In this role, you will coordinate and influence cross-functional teams, manage executive stakeholder expectations, and ensure quality throughout the program lifecycle.
Compensation Business Systems Program Manager Responsibilities
- Define project scope, goals, and deliverables that support business goals in collaboration with leadership and stakeholders
- Develop full-scale project plans and associated communications documents
- Effectively communicate project expectations to team members and stakeholders in a timely and clear fashion
- Serve as the primary point of contact for program stakeholders, proactively communicating progress, risks, and dependencies
- Estimate the resources and participants needed to achieve project goals
- Set and continually manage project expectations with team members and other stakeholders
- Develop and maintain detailed program plans, milestone schedules, and track program milestones, deliverables, and critical paths
- Lead change management efforts, including communications, training, and adoption strategies for new compensation systems and processes
- Identify, assess, and mitigate program risks. Resolve complex issues and escalate as appropriate to ensure program success
- Develop and deliver progress reports, proposals, requirements documentation, and presentations
- Determine the frequency and content of status reports from the project team, analyze results, and troubleshoot problem areas
- Proactively manage changes in project scope, identify potential crises, and devise contingency plans
- Motivate project team members and contractors and influence them to take action and accountability for their assigned work
- Build, develop, and grow any business relationships vital to the success of the project
Minimum Qualifications
- Bachelor's degree in a directly related field, or equivalent practical experience
- Proven program management experience (7+ years) in a large-scale, matrixed organization, within technology, HR, or compensation systems
- Demonstrated success leading complex, cross-functional programs with significant business impact
- Demonstrated experience in influencing and driving alignment among various stakeholders, including executive leadership and cross functional partners
- Experience managing large-scale system migrations or implementations
- Analytical, problem-solving, and organizational skills. Experience managing competing priorities in a time-sensitive, ambiguous environment
- Demonstrated communication skills, with experience presenting to and influencing leaders
- Experience of consistently working under your own initiative, proactive, and experienced in navigating change and ambiguity
- In depth familiarity with project management software
- Experience of consistently working under your own initiative and in a team-oriented, collaborative environment is essential
- Can conform to shifting priorities, demands, and timelines through analytical and problem-solving skills
- Experience in interpreting communication styles of team members and contractors who come from a broad spectrum of disciplines
- Persuasive, encouraging, and motivating
- Experience in defusing tension among project teams, should it arise
- Demonstrated experience in learning, understanding, and applying new technologies
- Customer service skills are an asset
- Experience in effectively prioritizing and executing tasks in a time-sensitive environment is crucial
- Highly organized and process oriented
Preferred Qualifications
- Experience with Salesforce, "Get Stuff Done (GSD)", and/or Workday a plus
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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.
$122,000/year to $177,000/year + 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.
Equal Employment Opportunity
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