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About the Role

Meta designs, builds, and operates advanced data center infrastructure. We are seeking an experienced Data Center Development Manager to play a central role in enabling the data center buildout of the future. This high-impact, collaborative position involves balancing speed-to-market, project flexibility, and capital efficiency to deliver projects that keep Meta's data center portfolio ahead of demand.

Responsibilities

• Drive the entitlements process (e.g., zoning, land use permitting) to ensure accurate and timely submission and execution of necessary site entitlements and permits to meet project timelines.
• Lead the diligence and development process to vet prospective sites and assess site risks and opportunities by analyzing regional and site-specific information.
• Organize communications by creating scalable processes and tracking progress towards on-time delivery of projects by key internal and external stakeholders.
• Work with Site Selection Manager and other key project team members to ensure alignment among all internal stakeholders and overcome obstacles in the site development process.
• Support the preparation of project recommendations for management approval.
• Support the development of Meta's near and long-term data center location and leased portfolio strategy.
• Support a portfolio of existing sites under construction or in operations to facilitate on-time and quality delivery and development that meets permit requirements and local expectations.
• Track and monitor ongoing site development, including agreement management.
• Develop scalable, efficient tools and processes to improve delivery and communication for data center site development.

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in a directly related field, or equivalent practical experience.
• Bachelor's degree in Business, Planning, Engineering, Science or Environmental management.
• 5+ years of site development experience, or equivalent experience managing large scale, complex infrastructure projects.
• Experience in managing multiple projects and coordinating with internal staff and external consultants, vendors and other stakeholders.
• Experience with a range of project management tools and software (e.g., Google Suite, Excel, project management software, PowerPoint, etc.).
• Experience in large and complex infrastructure projects.
• Demonstrated ongoing AI skill development (e.g., prompt/context engineering, agent orchestration) and staying current with emerging AI technologies.
• Advanced technical degree, law degree, or MBA.
• Experience adhering to and implementing responsible, ethical AI practices (e.g., risk assessment, bias mitigation, quality and accuracy reviews).
• Demonstrated ability to integrate AI tools to optimize/redesign workflows and drive measurable impact (e.g., efficiency gains, quality improvements).
• Experience with planning, land use diligence and engineering, and entitlements processes.

Skills

• Project management
• Site development
• Data analysis
• Communication
• Stakeholder management
• AI skill development
• Prompt engineering
• Agent orchestration
• Ethical AI practices
• Risk assessment
• Bias mitigation
• Quality and accuracy reviews
• Workflow optimization
• Planning
• Land use diligence
• Engineering
• Entitlements processes

Location

• Remote

Work Type

• Full-time
• Hybrid

Experience Level

• 5+ years of site development experience
• Equivalent experience managing large scale, complex infrastructure projects

Education Level

• Bachelor's degree in Business, Planning, Engineering, Science or Environmental management
• Advanced technical degree
• Law degree
• MBA

Salary/Compensations

• $170,000/year to $238,000/year + bonus + equity + benefits

Benefits

• Bonus
• Equity
• Benefits

About the Company

• Meta designs, builds, and operates some of the most advanced and efficient data center infrastructure in the world.
• Ensuring that this infrastructure is available at the right place, at the right time, and at the right scale is critical to Meta's ability to serve billions of users across its family of apps and services.