Media Strategy and Planning Lead

Meta Meta · Big Tech · Menlo Park, CA +2

This role leads the development and execution of innovative, data-driven media strategies for Meta's Public Affairs priorities globally. It involves managing a team, partnering with various internal and external stakeholders, and leveraging insights and analytics to shape and implement sophisticated issue campaigns. The role requires cross-channel media expertise, stakeholder alignment, and the ability to translate goals into measurable impact. While the role emphasizes using AI tools to optimize workflows and requires ongoing AI skill development, its core function is media strategy and planning, not AI/ML development.

What you'd actually do

  1. Lead integrated channel strategy, planning, and execution for Public Affairs priorities across Meta’s owned and off-platform channels
  2. Develop media strategies and plans grounded in clear objectives, audience, and marketplace insights to deliver measurable outcomes
  3. Cross-functionally lead the team to provide thought leadership and strategic analysis to shape go-to-market media and measurement approaches
  4. Define clear media briefs, including campaign parameters, audience and channel strategies, and testing/learning agendas
  5. Leverage quantitative and qualitative insights, measurement models, and programmatic buying to develop, execute, and optimize media strategies

Skills

Required

  • Media strategy and planning
  • Cross-channel media expertise
  • Data-driven strategy development
  • Stakeholder management and alignment
  • Team leadership
  • Media measurement and analytics
  • Campaign execution and optimization
  • Understanding of media landscape and audience insights
  • Translating goals into integrated programs
  • Adapting to shifting priorities
  • Prioritizing competing projects
  • Experience with AI tools for workflow optimization
  • Ongoing AI skill development (prompt/context engineering, agent orchestration)
  • Experience in public affairs or regulated/sensitive cause-based marketing
  • Experience leading media strategy across multiple regions
  • Experience with data science/analytics collaboration for measurement
  • Experience collaborating with creative teams

Nice to have

  • Experience in policy
  • Experience in highly regulated environments

What the JD emphasized

  • 10+ years of managing large-scale consumer and/or public affairs campaigns
  • Demonstrated experience in influencing and aligning cross-functional stakeholders
  • Demonstrated track record of leading campaign strategy development
  • Experience presenting to executive stakeholders and leadership teams
  • Experience adhering to and implementing responsible, ethical AI practices
  • Demonstrated ability to integrate AI tools to optimize/redesign workflows
  • Demonstrated ongoing AI skill development
  • Experience working closely with creative teams