Area Schedule Lead, Leased Data Centers

Jobicy; United States; Remote; USD 140,000 - 170,000; Full time

Job summary

Meta is hiring an Area Schedule Lead, Leased to oversee schedule management and reporting for a portfolio of Data Center projects. This role partners with Delivery Team and Project Controls to forecast risks and drive on-time delivery.

Candidate will manage contractor schedules, apply EOT logic, and lead a team of schedulers, with significant interdepartmental collaboration and travel to Meta sites.

Qualifications

• 10+ years in planning, scheduling, construction management, or related field.
• Expert in Primavera P6 or equivalent scheduling software.
• Experience with data center, infrastructure or complex construction programs.
• Proven ability to lead cross-functional planning and reporting.
• Strong analytical, communication, and problem-solving skills.

Responsibilities

• Identify, document, and communicate schedule risks through defined processes.
• Own contractor baseline schedule development and evaluation for early delivery.
• Lead EOT and delay tracking with guidance aligned to contracts.
• Coordinate proactive risk indicators and escalations to health reviews.
• Direct a team of schedulers and partner with site teams across programs.
• Travel 25–50% to other Data Center sites and Meta offices.

Skills

Primavera P6

Scheduling

Project Controls

Risk Management

Stakeholder Mgmt

Team Leadership

AI Tools

Analytics

Vendor Management

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Engineering/Related Field

Tools

MS Project

Job description

We are seeking a candidate for a key leadership role in scheduling for a portfolio of Data Center projects of strategic importance to Meta. The Area Schedule Lead, Leased will act as a technical Schedule subject matter expert overseeing all schedule management and reporting for the Leased portfolio of projects.The successful candidate will have focus on speed to market and be a critical partner for the Delivery Team and the Project Controls Lead to forecast and help mitigate schedule related risks and issues on the project, enable commercial accountability, manage schedule health reporting/escalation, and ensure that schedule change management is effective and expedient.This position will work closely within the DEC Technical Operations team and various internal departments including Site Project Management teams, Pre-Construction, Contracts, Finance, Accounting, Sourcing and Operations Engineering.

Responsibilities

• Identifies, documents, and communicates schedule risks through defined processes, including Risk Registers, health reviews, and Leased Program management meetings
• Accountable for all aspects of vendor and Contractor schedule management
• Accountable for Contractor baseline schedule development and evaluation during pre-con, including ensuring adherence to program guidance and specifications. Will lead efforts to optimize schedules for speed to market and successful on-time-delivery
• Responsible for application of commercial entitlement for contractor Extensions Of Time (EOT) for their designated portfolio of projects. Provide leadership to site teams for Delay Tracking, EOT requests and claims. Responsible for making recommendations that are in line with contract and escalating when site decisions differ from the contractual or program guidance
• Lead the identification and application of Proactive Risk Indicators in sub-area and ensure all risks are properly escalated to Health Reviews, and other appropriate forums. Lead ad-hoc schedule analysis to support program as required
• Lead a small team of consultants (if required) to support effective schedule management for the designated portfolio of projects
• Approximately 25-50% travel to other Data Center sites and Meta Offices

Qualifications

• 10+ years of Planning, Scheduling, Construction Management, or Related field experience
• Bachelor’s degree in Engineering, Construction Management, or Equivalent Technical Field or related field experience
• Subject Matter Expert in Primavera P6 and/or other scheduling related methodologies and software
• Experience developing/managing an Owner’s planning/scheduling program
• Experience with Data Center, Infrastructure or Construction programs requiring complicated commissioning specifications
• Demonstrated analytical, communication, problem solving, prioritization, organization and reporting skills
• Experience leading complex project or program planning and coordination amongst a large group of internal and external project stakeholders
• Experience developing and driving actions or operational adjustments based on schedule or project controls performance metrics
• Experience partnering with cross-functional teams to influence strategic direction
• Experience identifying schedule efficiencies and driving programmatic or organizational alignment in changing execution strategies to optimize schedule performance
• Experience negotiating schedule changes or complex construction claims
• Successful development and implementation of scheduling or project controls strategies in a large organization
• Familiar with complex networking systems and electrical infrastructure
• Experience managing a team of Contingent Worker Schedulers
• 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