Data Science - APAC - Product Analytics
First seen by Alion on Nov 2, 2026. Meta scores B on the Alion truth index.
As a Data Scientist at Meta, you will shape the future of people-facing and business-facing products we build across our entire family of applications (Facebook, Instagram, Messenger, WhatsApp, Oculus). By applying your technical skills, analytical mindset, and product intuition to one of the richest data sets in the world, you will help define the experiences we build for billions of people and hundreds of millions of businesses around the world. You will collaborate on a wide array of product and business problems with a wide range of cross-functional partners across Product, Engineering, Research, Data Engineering, Marketing, Sales, Finance and others. You will use data and analysis to identify and solve product development's biggest challenges. You will influence product strategy and investment decisions with data, be focused on impact, and collaborate with other teams. By joining Meta, you will become part of a analytics community dedicated to skill development and career growth in analytics and beyond.
Product leadership: You will use data to shape product development, quantify new opportunities, identify upcoming challenges, and ensure the products we build bring value to people, businesses, and Meta. You will help your partner teams prioritize what to build, set goals, and understand their product's ecosystem.
Analytics: You will guide teams using data and insights. You will focus on developing hypotheses and employ a varied toolkit of rigorous analytical approaches, different methodologies, frameworks, and technical approaches to test them.
Communication and influence: You won't simply present data, but tell data-driven stories. You will convince and influence your partners using clear insights and recommendations. You will build credibility through structure and clarity, and be a trusted strategic partner.
Responsibilities- Defining new opportunities for product impact
- Influencing product and sales to solve the most impactful market problems
- Apply your expertise in quantitative analysis and the presentation of data to look beyond the numbers and understand how our users interact with our growth products
- Work as a key member of the product team to solve problems and identify trends and opportunities
- Inform, influence, support, and execute our product decisions and product launches in partnership with Product, Engineering, and cross-functional teams
- Set KPIs and goals, design and evaluate experiments, monitor key product metrics, understand root causes of changes in metrics
- Exploratory analysis to discover new opportunities: understanding ecosystems, user behaviors, and long-term trends
- Identifying levers to help move key metrics
- Bachelor's degree in Mathematics, Statistics, a relevant technical field, or equivalent
- 4+ years of experience with data querying languages (e.g. SQL), scripting languages (e.g. Python), and/or statistical/mathematical software (e.g. R)
- 4+ years of experience solving analytical problems using quantitative approaches, understanding ecosystems, user behaviors & long-term product trends, and leading data-driven projects from definition to execution (including defining metrics, designing experiments, and communicating actionable insights)
- 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
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.
Skills
AI Ethics, R Programming, Query Language, Quantitative Analysis, Team Problem Solving, product opportunities, Development of Metrics, Support Product Launches, SQL, Python, Key Metrics, Exploratory Analysis, integrated workflow, Mathematical Statistics, data integration projects, Product Launch